Story coming, but a few quick takeaways:— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) November 14, 2018
- Robust questioning of both sides, but judge's Qs suggested skepticism about CNN's First Amendment args
- DOJ argued broadly that the president basically has total discretion when it comes to press access, could kick out anyone/everyone
Judge Kelly wants to know why, if Trump is perpetrating content discrimination, why didn’t such a credential revocation happen before Nov. 7— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 14, 2018
Boutrous says that since WH has opened itself to media with credentialing process, the act or revoking a particular reporter’s access triggers First Amendment protections— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 14, 2018
Burnham: “A single journalist’s attempt to monopolize a press conference is not a viewpoint.”— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 14, 2018
And Burnham says harm to @Acosta is “narrow” bc Trump doesn’t ever have to call on him at press events or talk to him even if he had a hard pass for access to the grounds. Comment: Burnham doesn’t get journalism— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 14, 2018
6 comments:
mollie hemingway destroys accoster:
Precisely no one actually thinks that Acosta is a good news journalist. He might be good entertainment, for some, but he doesn’t break news or accurately report it. He’s a pundit who loves to offer his opinions all day, every day.
Even among his colleagues he’s known as a preener rather than a reporter. He doesn’t break stories or dig into facts. He preens on camera and does it in a way that makes it harder for legitimate press corps members to hold the administration accountable .
Every second that Acosta uses to preen and whine at a press conference is a second that a real journalist can’t use to ask questions or elicit information the American people need to know about. His behavior doesn’t just damage his own reputation, it hurts CNN’s and the entire journalism profession.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/13/everyone-is-wrong-about-the-jim-acosta-white-house-battle/
Revoke him on the grounds he battered the young female staffer.
Another Dem carrying out their war on woman.
i kinda like this idea -
A commenter had a great idea (which is just a sort of revenge fantasy) should a Hawaiian judge rule that Jim Acosta does have some special penubraic right to a hard pass:
Trump should declare that if Acosta has a personal constitutional right to a hard pass, so does every citizen in America, given that no queeny drama volcano has special rights over any other citizen.
Therefore, he should announce that one-week passes will be available by the lottery system, and news departments must sign up for the lottery like any other citizen. 40 names will be drawn each week and if the media's names aren't called, so be it!
Now, before anyone says, "But you'll have a bunch of partisan crazies cursing out Sarah Sanders...!"
How is that any different than the current system? At least around half of the lottery winners would say things like "MAGA!" and "CNN SUCKS!"
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/378116.php
one way or the other the white house needs to find a subtle way to isolate and humiliate acosta. hold him up as a glaring example of just how fucked our media is in general, and somehow manage to leave them with no viewers other than their captive airport audience.
Acosta can't be humiliated. Humble is a foreign word to him.
Dems party is racist.
The only dems leader with an announced challenger is clyburn, the black guy. Even though we all know that pelosi should not get the gavel.
Blogger Commonsense said...
Acosta can't be humiliated. Humble is a foreign word to him.
agreed, but you can make him miserable.
restore his hard pass and freeze him out. do not call on him for the remainder of trump's first term, and all of his second if re-elected. act like he's not even in the fucking room.
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