Posted on 11/08/2018 9:24:41 AM PST by Kaslin
Various press organizations have decided to chime on the Trump administration's decision to revoke Jim Acosta's hard press pass on Wednesday night.
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) slammed the White House and encouraged them to reinstate Acosta's access in a statement:
The White House Correspondents' Association strongly objects to the Trump Administration's decision to use US Secret Service security credentials as a tool to punish a reporter with whom it has a difficult relationship. Revoking access to the White House complex is a reaction out of line to the purported offense and is unacceptable
Journalists may use a range of approaches to carry out their jobs and the WHCA does not police the tone or frequency of the questions its members ask of powerful senior government officials, including the President. Such interactions, however uncomfortable they may appear to be, help define the strength of our national institutions.
We urge the White House to immediately reverse this weak and misguided action.
We encourage anyone with doubts that this reaction was disproportionate to the perceived offense to the video of the events from earlier today.
The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press had a similar sentiment as the WHCA. Here's their press release:
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the nation’s premier defender of the legal rights of journalists, joins the White House Correspondents’ Association in vehemently objecting to the revocation of a CNN reporter’s access credentials. Journalists have a right to ask questions and seek answers on behalf of the American people.
This is clearly inappropriate and unprecedented punishment by the Trump administration for what it perceives as unfair coverage by the reporter, and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders’ false description of the events leading up to it is insulting not only to the nation’s journalists, but to its people.
The founders of our country knew there would be tension between our leaders and our journalists. In fact, they designed our system that way, knowing that a free and assertive press is the best defense against tyranny.
We urge the White House to reconsider this overreach of power and to reinstate Jim Acosta’s credential immediately.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the Trump administration stands by their decision.
Mr. Trump is the POTUS. If he wants to admit someone to the White House, he can - but most of us can’t get in. No one has access to the presence of the POTUS as a matter of right.If Mr. Acosta is unhappy about being banned, he has every right to complain - and the president has every right to ignore him.
If other journalists presume to tell Mr. Trump who he can and cannot exclude from his presence, that is their right - but it raises questions about the independence of journalists from each other. The First Amendment exists to assure that the government does not homogenize journalism, and the Sherman AntiTrust Act exists to assure that no private institution centralizes control of any market - journalism not excluded. “The MSM” - the AP and its member journalism outlets - looks exactly like an institution which homogenizes journalism, which is precisely what the First Amendment assays to preclude.
I’m supposed to be shocked? /s
Sunny Hostin claimed that the young woman who was trying to do her job by collecting the microphone from Acosta was guilty of assault.
SHE was guilty of assault.
HER.
Somebody tell the crazy lunatic chick with two front doors that Acosta was at a party with her thirty years ago.
What’s shocking about that? Of course that’s what they would say. What I say, is that it was long overdue.
It is possible to ask questions without being a total jerk. The man is a thug in a suit, although that’s an insult to thugs everywhere.
Both of these organizations imply Acosta is a journalist. He’s not.
***On Twitter, the libs are all claiming the video was “doctored.” ***
Yes, to make it look like something nefarious was done to make it look worse than it was
Get people thinking it was doctored to make it look like his hand hit her-Which it did
It was said in an interview that the “doctoring” was just speeding it up.
Could be it looked like more force was used with it speeded up.
Big deal, snowflakes melting all over the place...
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