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This morning, CNN filed a lawsuit against the White House for its revocation of reporter Jim Acosta’s press credentials, following a spat between Acosta and the president at a White House press conference last week. While the feud between Acosta and Donald Trump has been long-running, the suit aims at much wider implications—essentially seeking to...
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On Friday, before departing to France for a ceremony marking the centennial of the World War I armistice, President Trump offered a candid take on Ian David Long, the 28-year-old who late last Wednesday shot and killed 12 in a country bar in Thousand Oaks, California. “He is a very sick puppy,” the president told...
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When Donald Trump slams journalists, which he does chronically and with gusto, I’m reminded of the times my father, a deeply conservative Republican, would rant at the TV set when stories aired about urban riots, civil rights protests, campus revolts, and the Vietnam War. To him, the media were a bunch of lefties cheering on...
CNN suit is an important and necessary defense of press freedom
Last week President Trump revoked a CNN reporter’s access to the White House after the reporter, Jim Acosta, repeatedly questioned the president’s contention that migrants are “invading” the United States. On Tuesday CNN filed a lawsuit challenging the White House’s action. CNN was right to file the suit, and the court should order the White...
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White House response to CNN lawsuit:
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) November 14, 2018
Trump has “broad discretion” to regulate journalists' access:
• “No journalist has a First Amendment right to enter the White House.”
https://t.co/HrB6yZak4tJUST IN: CNN files a lawsuit against President Trump and top aides for banning reporter Jim Acosta https://t.co/DGGedhpqod pic.twitter.com/TSvZhSd8N6
— CNN (@CNN) November 13, 2018Police report of protest at Tucker Carlson's house contradicts his account as it concerns spray-painting of his driveway without mention of damage to his door (@erikwemple / Washington Post)https://t.co/h8ivA4IBoShttps://t.co/3mSuJRK8pW
— Mediagazer (@mediagazer) November 12, 2018Fortune sold to Thai businessman for 1.5 times revenue — not quite a fire sale, but not much to celebrate either https://t.co/hMJS42HoM2
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) November 9, 2018My latest: Reporters from many news outlets have expressed support for CNN's Jim @Acosta after the White House revoked his press pass... https://t.co/qQmxwhXkE3
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 8, 2018
