riversedge (44,361 posts)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Defends Verbal Attacks on CNN's Jim Acosta
Source: DAILYBEAST
The White House would not say it was ‘wrong’ for Trump supporters to actively prevent reporters from doing their jobs.
08.01.18 2:37 PM ET
It was another all-too-rare moment of White House press corps solidarity, this time from an unlikely source. The Daily Mail’s David Martosko, once thought to be a shoe-in for Donald Trump’s communication director, stood up for CNN’s Jim Acosta during Wednesday afternoon’s briefing.
“Is the White House willing to say right now, in view of what happened with one of our TV colleagues last night, that it is wrong for his most vocal supporters to be menacing towards journalists doing their job in a situation like that or any situation?” Martosko asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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“We fully support a free press,” she continued. “There also comes a high level of responsibility with that. The media routinely reports on classified information and government secrets that put lives in danger and risk valuable national security tools.” She also cited what appears to be an “urban myth” about the media sharing classified information about Osama bin Laden’s satellite phone.
“Unfortunately it's now standard to abandon common sense ethical practices,” Sanders added. “This is a two-way street. We certainly support free press, condemn violence against anybody but we ask people act responsibly and report accurately and fairly.”
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-...a=twitter_page
And of course the DUmmies don't agree:
louis c (7,013 posts)
3. So, Sarah must think it's OK to be treated the same way when she's in public.
Payback and such...I really couldn't blame her if that was her reasoning for defending the people in Tampa...but she's got more class than that.
Racerdog1 (120 posts)
6. Sarah Suckabee
This thing should be ashamed to show that face in public. Lies as much as her orange asshole puppet master.
Hmmmm didn't a DUmmie bemoan name calling the other day?
And if you want to talk about lies...I direct you to the smirking snark of Josh Earnest and Marie Harf if you want to talk about people that REALLY should be ashamed to show their faces in public.
Those two are a disgrace to public relations/public affairs.
riversedge (44,361 posts)
7. Here is Martosko's tweet after the briefing..........
If it continuous it will get more dangerous. yes. it. will
After the briefing, Martosko tweeted, “So the takeaway is that the White House won't discourage the president's crowds from shouting down reporters and yelling that their networks suck during live broadcasts. Good to know. There's a First Amendment tension between speech and press, and ultimately one side must lose.”
Why does one have to lose? Actually Acosta being an ass on camera and not being shot by a government official afterwards and the people accurately describing Acosta and his network in Tampa both illustrate the 1st Amendment is alive and well and both sides are winners.
Why do you DUmmies insist on this zero sum game with everything in life? It doesn't work that way in reality.
Dorn (243 posts)
10. Wait a minute: Remember the hell Maxime Waters got for suggesting people 'confront' Trump officials?
John Gruff (8 posts)
Maxine...like Barry was openly calling for violence against people who disagree with them. None of these people even hinted at violence against Acosta.
12. This lady is a parrot/robot
She has no mind of her own.
3Hotdogs (715 posts)
13. What's worse? Looking at her or hearing her?
DU's version of feminism at work.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142123917
