Posted on 03/01/2019 10:37:46 AM PST by robowombat
Does He Need a Safe Space? Acosta Loses It After Hanoi Presser, Makes False Claim About WH Press
An hour after he trumpeted Thursday’s abrupt end of the second U.S.-North Korea summit, CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta appeared in need of a safe space following President Trump’s Hanoi press conference. Acosta wasn’t called on, so he aired his grievances on CNN while falsely suggesting the President had “steered clear largely” of the White House press corps.
Acosta couldn’t even begin with the substance of the press conference, instead complaining to CNN International and PBS host Christiane Amanpour and CNN Newsroom’s Jim Sciutto that “we have to point out the obvious, which is the President steered clear largely during this news conference of the White House press corps and was instead selecting journalists at random from the other side of the room where there were foreign journalists seated.”
Without the facts on his side, Acosta doubled down, not pointing out the fact that this has become par for the course with Trump press conferences:
He didn’t even know who he was calling on. At times, he was calling on reporters from Russian state media, Chinese state media, Sean Hannity from Fox, and largely just avoiding taking questions from the White House press corps. I think that was by design. That was because he didn't want to really answer the questions about Michael Cohen. Now, here’s the facts. Along with New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger, here were at least six members of the White House press corps from American outlets that were called on: Major Garrett (CBS), Jonathan Karl (ABC), David Nakamura (The Washington Post), Ayesha Rascoe (NPR), John Roberts (Fox News), and Margaret Talev (Bloomberg).
To quote CNN’s snarky motto: Facts First!
Going back to Acosta’s rant, he lamented that the President provided what he deemed an insufficient answer to a question (from Karl) about the Michael Cohen hearing before pivoting back to the summit and how Trump “was a bit more candid” about how the talks broke down with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
In between Acosta calling out the President for bizarrely asserting that Kim was distraught over what his murderous regime did to the late Otto Warmbier, the CNN carnival barker laughably condemned Trump for having “surrendered some of the credibility of the United States, surrendered some of the credibility of the presidency of the United States in exchange for sitting down with a dictator.”
No word if Acosta feels the same way about all of the Obama administration’s meetings with Cuba and Iran.
Although Acosta would again be given more time to spout off, the first portion of this nonsense came to an end with more punditry instead of reporting
Acosta is in serious need of a mental health intervention!
“Does He (Accosta)Need a Safe Space?”
More like he needs a reservation at the Hanoi Hilton.
The snide guy who asked about Otto Warmbier was the big DNC Media winner at the Press Conference. Acosta is just jealous.
I would love it if someone would plant some drugs on Acosta and then tip off the Vietnamese police. The idea of Acosta spending a lot of time in a really scuzzy Vietnamese prison sound appealing to me.
This IS Cnn.
The President should pull his WH credentials. TODAY! He is an obvious threat to the safety of everyone in the room.
Dear Diary...
Jimmie acts like he has a lot of mental issues. It makes one wonder if he had been abused while growing up. Probably beat up a lot at school or something.
Can't lose what he never had. He is spinning down the drain. I almost wonder how many he biblically "knew" his way to the top but answering my own question. What an incredible nuisance.
“Probably beat up a lot at school or something.”
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Or the reverse,probably was never told “No!” his entire life.
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I’m sure he’s shopping for a judge whose shoulder he can cry on.
Ding ding ding we have a winner of the thread!!
Best do that when he is in Singapore. There it is not just prison, it is death by hanging for drug dealers.
Acosta has a near fatal case of TDS. He really should take some time off or he is going to have an *episode*...which may kill him. Hating someone so deeply is a horrible way to end up.
I once knew a guy who, let’s say, was a few french fries short of a Happy Meal. After some issues arose, he was ordered to to have a psychological examination. Later, on being asked about it, he said, “They examined my head but they didn’t find anything.” I have a feeling if Acosta’s head was examined they wouldn’t find anything, either; if you get my drift.
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