Tuesday, November 20, 2018

CNN, the most (fill in the blank) name in news

Brian Stelter?
Thomas Lifson: CNN media critic attacks White House ground rules for press conferences  "CNN seems to have forgotten the old adage, "Be careful what you wish for."  After filing suit over the revocation of Jim Acosta's hard pass to the White House and winning, that network's media beat reporter is upset.  Speaking on CNN's Newsroom, Brian Stelter seems certain that danger lurks in the new open and transparent rules provided by the White House in response to the judge's demand for due process on decisions over revocation of access to press conferences or the White House." . . .
Brian Stelter?
"This new letter, laying out the explicit rules, will help maintain decorum.  Stelter may not be able to admit it, but his colleague Acosta has been way out of line, and only anti-Trump solidarity among the media (a huge problem that the media won't admit) has prevented public shaming of Acosta by his colleagues, many of whom deeply resent him.
"Stelter has just reinforced President Trump's view of CNN as reflexively opposed to him no matter what he does.

"CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s carnival-barking"

CNN: All Pro-Trump White Women Are 'Racist,' Benefit from 'White Supremacy'
Video
Dallas Cowboys former head cheerleader Cindy Villareal released a movie about the Cowboys squad in the 80s. Cheerleading has changed. Americans love to watch beautiful women in tight sweaters who cheer for one side or the other, the difference is, today they do it as cable news anchors.  Comedian Argus Hamilton 
 CBS' White House Correspondent: There's a Level of Decorum Expected of White House Press Pool
“Some of my colleagues might say ‘what did you do that for? You had the microphone. You have a voice. Speak.,'” Garrett explained. “The President of the United States said, 'Not you.' So my way of thinking [is] that's enough. The President said, 'I didn't call on you. I called on someone else.' Alright then. Some might say you laid down and were too deferential, I don’t feel that way…I deferred hoping he might call on me again, he didn’t, that’s how I orient myself to the institution…and I respect the institution and the country’s choice.”
Jim Acosta Will Only Behave When There's A Democrat In The White House  . . . 
. . . "Reporter[s] rarely, if ever, interrupted Obama while he gave long, meandering answers.
"These were the same reporters, mind you, who'd just spent eight years hounding President Bush. Back then it was NBC News' David Gregory who played the Jim Acosta role, repeatedly sparring with Bush and his press secretary. Gregory's reward for showboating was a coveted spot as anchor of "Meet the Press.' " . . .
Gregory was one of those who asked Mr. Bush if he would apologize for the attack on Iraq. He called Bush a "failed president" in another interview, completely intimidating the president.
Ian Macfarlane

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