Breaking- Federal Judge orders WH to reinstate Acosta's Press Pass

[Cyber Liberty]

@Cyber Liberty

Helen Thomas stayed in the WH Press Pool way longer than she should have been allowed because she was Helen Thomas.

She wasn't writing for a wire service...she didn't have a daily byline in a newspaper or a magazine and IIRC she wasn't in syndication anywhere at the time the Bush WH told her to step aside.  She occupied the first chair in the room which meant she almost always got the chance to ask the first question in any presser...a spot that should have gone to a reporter with a regular beat.

She didn't deserve to be in the room anymore but everyone was scared to tell her.

She used to work for UPI, but I think that eventually collapsed after the Moonies takeover. 

[Night Hides Not]

What is a 'bona fide' journalist? Journalists are not licensed in the US. If you act in the capacity of a journalist then you are one.

I remember an episode of Law & Order that dealt with exactly that subject. IIRC, it revolved around a biker bar where a college kid was killed over a jacket he shouldn't have been wearing. One of the potential witnesses, a self-described journalist who wrote in biker pubs, could not be forced to testify on what he found because it would damage his sources.

One would think that Acosta and Trump would be best buddies: they're both obnoxious, self-centered bullies. They use the same tactics and techniques to have attention focused on them.

[sneakypete]

@Cyber Liberty

Helen Thomas stayed in the WH Press Pool way longer than she should have been allowed because she was Helen Thomas.

She wasn't writing for a wire service...she didn't have a daily byline in a newspaper or a magazine and IIRC she wasn't in syndication anywhere at the time the Bush WH told her to step aside.  She occupied the first chair in the room which meant she almost always got the chance to ask the first question in any presser...a spot that should have gone to a reporter with a regular beat.

She didn't deserve to be in the room anymore but everyone was scared to tell her.

@txradioguy

I would maybe send her a note to tell her to hit the road,but I'm not sure I would have the guts to look into that face and tell her to hit the road in person.

That was one gawdawful ugly woman. Scare the rattles  off a rattlesnake as he tried to get quiet to escape.

[txradioguy]

@txradioguy

I would maybe send her a note to tell her to hit the road,but I'm not sure I would have the guts to look into that face and tell her to hit the road in person.

That was one gawdawful ugly woman. Scare the rattles  off a rattlesnake as he tried to get quiet to escape.

She definitely was a modern day Medusa minus the snakes in her hair.

Tony Snow was a much braver man than I to have to call her into his office and tell her she no longer had a pass.