CNN's Jim Acosta has press pass suspended

That would require two things, personal responsibility and decency. Wont happen, pigs will fly in a blizzard in hell, first.

 

Yeah, The report I was discussing was Sept 18 this year. I used to be a big CNN fan for years. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Fox is the end all News reporting facility but the reporters that ran me off from CNN were Cooper, Van Jones (Mr. Whitelash) Lemon, and Stelter. IMHO the most bias reporters I have ever listened too and their ideas seam to trickle down

In the Fox arena, Hannity is just to repetitive driving his points home but he is really an opinion guy bolstering for his candidate. My favorite reporter would be Bret Bair and Shannon Bream. Tucker is good and I like the 5 but I think one of the reasons for Fox ratings is they give a 1 hour platform to Shepard Smith every day. He is the Don Lemon of Fox news in relation to hatred for Trump and they also give a platform to Juan Williams. I can't stand either one of them but they have a purpose. Bring in that left viewer.

If CNN gave a 1 hour platform to a Conservative reporter I think you would see very similar results. I didn't mean to give you the idea I was bolstering for Fox. I was making my case for CNN and Fox was part of the equation. If CNN put a conservative reporter on I would give it a try.

 

I would absolutely hope that journalists would continue to challenge politicians who make disingenuous claims, as Trump did in his statements about the threat we're facing from these migrants who are 100s of miles away. Again, this whole conversation is ridiculous.

 

the snowflake whines and curtsies - lol!

 

Funny how the right wing snowflake queen is demanding civility and respect from everyone else but fails to do it himself. Earlier today, I was posting on an international web forum and people from overseas were laughing at Trump for his immaturity and stupidity. The guy has made the USA the world's laughing stock.

 

Any time I've watched Carlson it's been horrible. It's the same schtick again and again of deliberately misconstruing something said by someone on the Left and then spending the rest of the segment bashing the left on account of it. Every argument I've ever heard from Carlson has been extremely cheap.

 

Any time I've seen Shep Smith call out Trump it's on account of Trump saying something that isn't true, That's on Trump, not Smith.

 

The President's opinion is that the migrant caravan is an invasion. Mr Acosta disagreed. The problem is not in disagreeing but in the manner in which he went about it. One might also argue that its not the role of a White House journalist is not to stand in front of the President bickering with him on subjective matters but rather to observe, record, and report.

My opinion is that Mr Acosta enjoys the rivalry he has with the President and his Press Secretary. Its certainly been doing well for his career. I propose that it is not out of the realm of possibility that Mr Acosta is, in theory, willing to cross the line of civility just to produce these types of moments. There has been an observable escalation. Question is will it continue after this.

 

LOL, no tears. Trump (who is pretty tall) stooped a bit for the medal, VS a straight up bow

 

I think we are forgetting this has been in the works for a while. Acosta has been savage to Sara Sanders with loaded questions painting her and the President as racist and continued to interrupt the President in other meetings continuing to scream out questions after being told the President won't answer. He is nothing more than a buffoon with on-air monologues. He should never be allowed in our White House

 

They let him slide so he thought they would continue to let him slide. Screw him. He's not a reporter. He's an instigating attention whore.

 

Last week Trump was applauding a candidates ability to body slam a reporter. Playing the civility card on Trump's behalf is a farce.

And Trump has a very well established record of saying things that are obviously and verifiably untrue. I'm not sure how anyone could prioritize civility over the challenging of a world leader being held accountable for lying. If there's a break down in civility, that's on Trump for necessitating a break down in civility by lying to the people who elected him.

That most of you seem to like the lies is separate issue.

 

I don't mind any reporter calling out Trump for decisions, judgments, or accountability but Shep has a long running disdain for Trump and it shows in his reporting. If the stock market falls 400 points from a 26000 high he paints it as a premise to a failing economy. Hours after the pipe bomber was arrested and before we even knew the guys name Shep started his segment with (Should we blame Trumps rhetoric for endangering the lives of Democratic leaders.)

It became so bad that Chris Wallace came on and was sparring with Shep that there was no evidence that this could be connected to Trump. He also reminded Shep he never blamed the Scalise shooter on Bernie when we found out that the shooter was actually looking for Republicans and a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Chris was chastising Shep for being irresponsible in this reporting segment. I have seen Shep do this a lot and for Chris to come to Trumps defense you know it had to be pretty bad. I provided the link for your review but I watched the segment myself. I watch him everyday and during his segment is when I switch between CNN and Fox just as soon as he goes off the rails which happens just about every day.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...par-over-trump-responsibility-after-mail-bomb

 

Ok, Got it, Trumps fault again. Give me a break man. Are you kidding me. Lets get this straight.
Like it or not, Trump is the President
Trump can pull your credentials for any reason he wants and he doesn't even have to give you a reason.
Acosta is a media whore and mono-logs over stupid stuff with Sara all the time
He interrupts Sara and the President whenever he feels like it.
He has never had respect for Sara or Trump or his fellow reporters and will even interrupt his own kind to get camera time.
Name other reporter acts like Acosta does, ever
He is rude, obnoxious, and the most bias reporter out there and continues to bolster loaded questions in his infantile way thinking he is somehow going to tramp Sara or the President in a gottcha question.

You can have what ever feelings you want about Trump but nothing gives you the right to be an obnoxious ass as a reporter in our White House.

I would have pulled his credentials a year ago but Trump hasn't done it and given this guy a hell of a lot of rope. CNN could do so much better.

 

Sorry, my tone was a little harsh. Didn't mean it that way. My apologies.

 

Not at all. S'all good.

And whatever you think of Acosta or his motives, I'll stick to the larger issue being that Trump and Sanders do get behind podiums and flat out knowingly straight up lie. That needs to be challenged and they deserve to be disrespected over it. Civility or Camera Time Hogging or whatever are besides the point. If the explanation that we've been given for why Acosta's credentials have been pulled is the he assaulted this intern, then that explanation is itself asinine and cheap and the sort of thing that these people ought to be getting called out for.

IF Acosta is a D-Bag, fine, I don't care. He has no real impact on my life. The President and his Press Secretary being deliberate liars is a problem that needs to be called out and it looks like they just made up a fake excuse to remove one of the loudest voices that actually was calling them out.

That's not a good thing.

 

Trump presented himself to the world after the mid-term elections to, one would expect, reflect on its results.
Instead the only reflection the world got was on his sick brain.
This is clearly a mentally ill individual who ony seeks value in demonizing journalists and having his spokes-woman send out propaganda against the media that would make Joseph Goebbels proud.

For in Trump's reality there is no such thing as the truth, other than the one he dictates.

if journalist Jim Acosta is guilty of ''assault'', then the next person in America eating a bag of crisps might be arrested for doing so.

Simply because Trump has identified it as a felony.

Fascism is a mental illness, which is why it can exist in the first place.
And it should have no place in America other than in a mental hospital.

Like the hospital from which Donald Trump most likely escaped.

 

Lock Costa up! Assaulting women has no place in our society!

 

Lighten up, Francis.

 

After plowing through this thread, I'm left wondering if anyone watched the press conference. Pages devoted to OMG he touched her? Hard not to touch someone when you're in a wrestling match over a hot mic. There's a pretty good story here but that sure wasn't it.

That wasn't a press conference, it was a press riot. Somebody decided to take the gloves off on Trump and the rest followed. It was a full scale donnybrook and one thing became abundantly clear, the press hates Trump's guts and considers HIM to be the real enemy of the people. The scary part is that this uproar is probably a microcosm of what's brewing in the public square.

Possibly the Washington press corp was emboldened by the Democratic win in the House?? Clearly, there's plenty of open animosity there. A few month's back one reporter stalked out of the pressroom saying, 'I can't stand the lying.' Trump lies, the press knows he lies and it drives them to distraction, this was payback. Trump's lawyer advised him not to get interviewed by Mueller. 'Why not,' Trump asked? "Because you're a F***ing liar."

I wonder when that little tidbit shows up in a press conference. The media is increasingly using the "lying" and "liar" word on Trump. I'm waiting for the "F" bomb.

 

I doubt that Trump ever got called out for blatantly lying in any of his previous jobs. I'm not surprised that he would be indignant over being called out now. I'm not saying he has a fair claim to be indignant, just that I'm not surprised.

 

Thank you

Everything you think or claim about Trump is echoed by the right about Obama. I don't think we need to debate that.
Show me a single video of a Conservative reporter treating President Obama or his Press Secretary in the same manor or any other president for that manor. If we allow a reporter to disrespect our President, what do you think is going to happen when you get your President in office. What happens next? Our White House Marines refuse to salute because the other party thinks the President is a (name you choice)
Acosta is disrespecting the office of the President of the United States, no matter who is the President is.
If you have the privilege of credentials to the White House you will govern yourself accordingly. We did it for Obama and the left will do it for Trump.

Accusing Trump of (your choice) doesn't give you the right to piss on the office. Acosta is disgracing the office in front of our Nation, our Allies, and the World. Acosta has had a reputation of hijacking press conferences since Trump got in office and it hasn't stopped coupled with the fake news reputation of CNN.

 

Of course that won't happen.
INFOWARS, National Enquirer and Klan Weekly will fill in the empty chairs.

 

Oh no, We are in yet another Constitutional crisis? I thought Trump killed about a 150 Russians in Syria and expelled 60 of their diplomats.

 

That's how a President deals with an annoying reporter.