Trump WH To CNN: Shove It, We Can Regulate Insufferable Journalists...

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Trump WH To CNN: Shove It, We Can Regulate Insufferable Journalists...Like Jim Acosta; UPDATE: Judge Overseeing Lawsuit Is Trump-Appointed

Townhall
Matt Vespa
Nov. 14, 2018

The Trump White House is not buckling from CNN’s lawsuit over stripping reporter Jim Acosta of his precious hard pass. Acosta isn’t barred from the pressroom; he can still apply and obtain a day pass to the White House briefings. This is hardly a shutdown or a threat to press freedom. It all began the day after the 2018 midterms when President Trump held a press conference on the results. He answered questions, and to no one’s surprise, Acosta decided to pick a fight over the president describing the illegal alien caravan heading toward our southern border as an “invasion.”

By this point, Trump had had enough, telling Acosta to put down the microphone because he was moving on; Acosta continued to be a pain in the a**, even refusing to surrender the microphone when a White House aide tried to intervene. The aide, by the way, was doing her job. Then, the fireworks erupted.

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[Wingnut]

Take that mic and shove it  where the sun don't shine!

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More than a dozen news outlets -- from the Associated Press to USA Today, The Washington Post and Politico -- are filing friend-of-the-court briefs to support CNN and Jim Acosta's lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides.

The list represents most of the biggest news organizations in the United States.
The most notable name on the list is Fox News. In fact, Fox went further than most other media companies on Wednesday, issuing a statement that said "Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/media/cnn-lawsuit-support/index.html

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The lawsuit is a joke. There is no due process issue, no arrests, no job loss, no muzzling of the grandstander. The grandstander can speak freely on CNN. CNN can send someone who can behave to the press briefings.