Tuesday, November 20, 2018

New "Acosta" Rules.... Media complains!

The new White House rules of Press Conference decorum:
  1. a journalist called upon to ask a question will ask a single question and then yield the floor
  2. a follow-up question will be permitted at the discretion of the President or the White House and then the journalist must yield the floor
  3. "yielding the floor" includes if necessary physically surrendering the microphone
  4. Failure to abide by any of the rules (1-3) may result in suspension or revocation of the journalist’s hard pass.
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“These rules would enable any even half-competent speaker to avoid answering any and all questions posed to them by the press. The @WHCA should strongly oppose this move by the White House.”

“This looks like they’re creating rules that are very easy to break and are likely to go unenforced until the government decides they want to make an example of somebody,” 


"So now the WH is telling reporters what they can and can't do. I hope the reporters do not play ball."

"would love to see MSM press unite and boycott- no trump on tv, basic coverage by AP and let the room be empty and no reporters following him around. an empty room and plane and zero tv coverage and he will go bananas."

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Well I think certain people miss the point. The President doesn't speak at these press conferences everyday, the Press Secretary does. If the Press Secretary decided to just provide statements, rather than Press conferences, why would the President care?

Moreover, people like Jim Acosta "live" for these events. In fact, while these press conferences are a small part of what the White House does, it's one of the most important factors of being a White House correspondent for a news outlet. What good is being a special correspondent to the White House if you don't have any special correspondence with the White House?

The reality is that it has been the President and the White House who have suggested on numerous occasions that they would simply stop holding Press Conferences, if behavior didn't improve.

And let's be clear here folks. If CNN and MSNBC decided to boycott Trump (and stopped their non-stop attack coverage on the President), Trump's ratings would go up, while CNN and MSNBC would watch their ratings fall below your average public access channel.

Will these rules be evenly enforced? Maybe and maybe not. But if the media wants to complain about the new rules of decorum, perhaps they should take a look in the mirror, instead of pointing the finger elsewhere.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...



Well I think certain people miss the point.


they miss the point for two reasons -

they're imbeciles. 'nuff said.

it's their job to go full drama queen and lose their shit. that accounts for 90+% of the media.



those 4 "rules" amount to nothing more than basic professional decorum, some common human courtesies, and a fundamental level of politeness.

only a complete fucking moron sees a full frontal assault on the first amendment.

C.H. Truth said...

only a complete fucking moron sees a full frontal assault on the first amendment.

You mean Denny and Roger?

Myballs said...

Stacey Abrams from the sore loser party, is taking more criticism for her completely unproven charge that kemp stole the election via voter suppression. The 'use it or lose it' law she is pointing to was passed in the 1990s by a dems state legislature and signed by dems gov zell miller (remember him)?

Add gillum and Nelson to the bad loser parade started by Hillary Clinton.

The dems party has moved left into the realm of absurdity. But not to worry. They have a white Obama.

C.H. Truth said...

Add gillum and Nelson to the bad loser parade started by Hillary Clinton.

Don't forget the grandfather of them all... Al Gore!

Anonymous said...



You mean Denny and Roger?

they're a given. as is the pederast.

out of morbid curiosity i went over to puff ho for their version of the story. some commenters, those marked with a "star" as "leader" were decrying the demise of the 1st amendment over this new policy.

if we don't restore civic education as a core requirement for graduation from our public schools and do it quickly, we're headed straight for a real live version of "idiocracy."



Anonymous said...



why do we need to write down common sense rules of basic decency, professionalism and decorum?


"Not all women have vaginas"

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/11/emu_group_ends_the_vagina_mono.html


Anonymous said...

Dow Jones unhappy with Den win and end of Trump Tax cuts and reforms.

Anonymous said...



i think it's more likely the market is unhappy with the FAANG stocks, with fakebook leading the way.

people are starting to wise up to the fact that zuckerberg and sandberg have been fucking them over since day one in their relentless pursuit of $$$$$.


caliphate4vr said...

Oh my heads will explode

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Retire from the US Supreme Court in January, 2019

Speaking privately, a law clerk says the Justice's Cancer has come out of remission

Anonymous said...



heads will explode, alright.

this story is appearing exactly nowhere in the greater MSM.

anonymous said...

Dow Jones unhappy with Dem win and end of Trump Ta

As predicted our man child wood burner concludes what trump will say....

Anonymous said...

Actually it is what you all said the minute you knew Hillary failed to steal the Presidential Election.

Gov. Counting his money as .CA burns. Sipping herbal green tea.

Anonymous said...

"you can peel your fat rehab ass off the fainting couch now alky."

He ran from the piece he brought to the blog.

He Does that a lot.
He was telling us about the coming payroll tax for Medicaid for all.

Anonymous said...

Poor Ruthie, gave it the ole college try. Hillary really screwed the Liberals by losing.

anonymous said...

s money as .CA burns.

As donnie racks the forest and spanks Ivanka....bet she has a nice tight white ass....the only way you like them except for the goats you fuck and trees you burn...