thank you jim Acosta for standing up for FREEDOM against a traitor

[dherd]

During a tense White House briefing on Thursday, he challenged the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to disavow President Trump’s description of journalists as “the enemy of the people.” Ms. Sanders declined to do so

“It would be a good thing if you were to state right here, at this briefing, that the press — the people who are gathered in this room right now, doing their jobs every day, asking questions of officials like the ones you brought forward earlier — are not the enemy of the people,” Mr. Acosta said in his newscaster’s baritone. “I think we deserve that.”

“This democracy, this country, all the people around the world watching what you are saying, Sarah, and the White House for the United States of America — the president of the United States should not refer to us as ‘the enemy of the people,’” he said. “His own daughter acknowledges that, and all I’m asking you to do, Sarah, is to acknowledge that right now and right here.”

Mr. Acosta was cheered on by his CNN colleagues. He later wrote on Twitter that he was “totally saddened by what just happened.”

“Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn’t do it,” he wrote in a post that received a torrent of retweets. “Shameful.”

Around the same time, a United Nations group issued a statement condemning Mr. Trump’s “repeated attacks on the free press.”

“His attacks are strategic, designed to undermine confidence in reporting and raise doubts about verifiable facts,” wrote representatives of the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...makes-a-quick-exit/ar-BBLqkPH?ocid=spartandhp

 

[raleighherdfan]

 

[i am herdman]

The modern day press is an abomination.

 

[ohio herd]

When the press gives a President 90% negative coverage there is a problem. When a press Secretary needs Secret Service protection there is a problem. Maybe the press should look in the mirror. Yes maybe Trump could tone it down a notch or two.

 

[dherd]

NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD OPENLY
AND VICIOUSLY ATTACK THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATED DAILY, BUT THEN I WOULD
NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD SIDE WITH A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY OVER THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEN I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SUCH
NARROW MINDED HATE FILLED MINORITY AS WE NOW HAVE FILLING THE RANKS OF THE RUSSIACON
PARTY. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLAGE WAVERS GONE? NOW WE KNOW THE TRUE PATRIOTS SUPPORT
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ITS DEFENSE OF LIBERTY.

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.

 

[Dreh_Nagi_HC_IM]

Jim Acosta is queerer than a three dollar bill with HerdBuckeye's picture on the front of the currency.

 

[WV-FAN]

jim acosta is a punkass bitch that is highly responsible for bringing the wrath of the president down upon the press. if the press could leave their political stance out and report the damn facts, it'd be one thing; they cannot. so, fuhk acosta, CNN, FOX, NYTimes, WaPo, all of them. they've brought the ire of both sides of the political spectrum upon themselves for getting involved, and they've made this name for themselves, not the president.

 

[mlblack16.]

NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD OPENLY
AND VICIOUSLY ATTACK THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATED DAILY, BUT THEN I WOULD
NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD SIDE WITH A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY OVER THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEN I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SUCH
NARROW MINDED HATE FILLED MINORITY AS WE NOW HAVE FILLING THE RANKS OF THE RUSSIACON
PARTY. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLAGE WAVERS GONE? NOW WE KNOW THE TRUE PATRIOTS SUPPORT
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ITS DEFENSE OF LIBERTY.

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.

 

[herdfan429]

NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD OPENLY
AND VICIOUSLY ATTACK THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATED DAILY, BUT THEN I WOULD
NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD SIDE WITH A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY OVER THE UNITED STATES, BUT THEN I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SUCH
NARROW MINDED HATE FILLED MINORITY AS WE NOW HAVE FILLING THE RANKS OF THE RUSSIACON
PARTY. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLAGE WAVERS GONE? NOW WE KNOW THE TRUE PATRIOTS SUPPORT
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ITS DEFENSE OF LIBERTY.

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.

Who is stopping. The press from doing their job?

 

[dherd]

NOTHING NEW ABOUT RUSSIACONS PITTY PARTY ABOUT THE PRESS
REPORTING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. GOES BACK TO NIXON/AGNEW
MOST PEOPLE SEE THROUGH THE ACT. RUSSIACONS VICTIM COMPLEX
WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO SEE WHATS HAPPENING EVEN WHEN THE
PRESIDENT TELLS US ALL THAT HE ATTACKS THE PRESS SO HIS DITTO
HEADS WILL NOT ACCEPT TRUTH.

 

[WV-FAN]

 

[ThunderCat98]

Look. The majority of people in this country would appreciate a free, unbiased press that simply reported facts and let the people decide what or how to interpret them and what they believe is important. Sadly, that is absolutely not what we have in any major news outlet. You have outlets that cater to the left and outlets that cater to the right. I'm not saying there isn't a place for editorial commentary or opinion pieces - clearly there is. The problem lies in the fact that everything that is reported is so partisan the people don't trust any of it. Breitbart, NBC, Fox, CNN, NYT, WaPo, etc. are all responsible for the mistrust and hatred of the press, not Donald Trump (although he certainly stokes the fires). They need to stop whining and acting like victims and get back to doing their jobs - reporting the news - not trying to be a part of it.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

They need to stop whining and acting like victims and get back to doing their jobs - reporting the news - not trying to be a part of it.

That can't be done with this administration. If you ask questions which are too tough for them to explain - or better yet, if the questions expose them for blatant dishonesty - you're immediately branded "fake news," barred from certain media events, etc. And the deplorables believe all of it even though cheeto has stated that he calls anything "fake news" even when it's not. He does this to simply get his base to not believe anything negative about him, even when it's true.

It's not simply "stoking the fire." The guy has admitted to lying about his "fake news" allegations in order to build a mistrust of them among his deplorables.

 

[big_country90]

How much time has the mainstream media spent discussing or asking the White House about the low unemployment rate, high GDP growth, high job numbers (manufacturing jobs in particular), the trillions of dollars that has come back into our economy since Trump was elected, the hundreds of billions of repatriated dollars that companies have brought back, the tax cuts that spurred it all, the fact that Trump is actually trying to create peace in the Middle East and the Koreas, getting other NATO members to agree to pay more, the agreement of a coming trade deal with the EU, or the multiple campaign promises that he has already fulfilled?

No...instead it's a continuation of a collusion myth that doesn't even focus on collusion anymore because they know it didn't happen. That, and Trump is somehow racist.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

How much time has the mainstream media spent discussing or asking the White House about the low unemployment rate, high GDP growth, high job numbers (manufacturing jobs in particular), the trillions of dollars that has come back into our economy since Trump was elected, the hundreds of billions of repatriated dollars that companies have brought back, the tax cuts that spurred it all, the fact that Trump is actually trying to create peace in the Middle East and the Koreas, getting other NATO members to agree to pay more, the agreement of a coming trade deal with the EU, or the multiple campaign promises that he has already fulfilled?

No...instead it's a continuation of a collusion myth that doesn't even focus on collusion anymore because they know it didn't happen. That, and Trump is somehow racist.

Why would they ask him about something that he discusses at "great, great, the greatest ever" length every time he opens his mouth? They have no reason to ask him about any of those things because 1) he mentions it each time he gets the chance 2) nothing he says can be trusted, including those "accomplishments," and since he has a habit of exaggerating to the extent that they become lies, it's fair to ask questions to clarify those lies.

He then lies while attempting to clarify his original exaggerations (lies), which puts him in the corner and forces him to yell "fake news." It's the same cycle repeatedly.

 

[big_country90]

Why would they ask him about something that he discusses at "great, great, the greatest ever" length every time he opens his mouth? They have no reason to ask him about any of those things because 1) he mentions it each time he gets the chance 2) nothing he says can be trusted, including those "accomplishments," and since he has a habit of exaggerating to the extent that they become lies, it's fair to ask questions to clarify those lies.

He then lies while attempting to clarify his original exaggerations (lies), which puts him in the corner and forces him to yell "fake news." It's the same cycle repeatedly.

Ok so tell me which one of those things I listed was a lie.

 

[i am herdman]

The press lofted Obama big old watermelon softballs for 8 years. Never tough questions.

 

[19MU88]

The press lofted Obama big old watermelon softballs for 8 years. Never tough questions.

These libtards love being spoon fed propaganda

 

[dherd]

I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT CNN AND MSNBC HAVE STOPPED CARRYING HIS
"HATE RALLIES" I STOPPED WATCHING THEM A LONG TIME AGO. NO ONE I
KNOW WATCHES THEM ANYMORE ANYWAY. ITS ALWAYS THE SAME OLD
WARMED OVER B.S.HE HAS DONE EVERY TIME HE HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF
A CAMERA, IT IS BORING AND IT IS OLD AND THE LIVE ATTENDANCE IS DOWN
TO NEARLY NOTHING. THEY BOOK SMALLER AND SMALLER VENUES AND THEN
CURTAIN OFF LARGE AREAS SO THEY DO NOT LOOK HALF FILLED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE ATTENDING THEY ARE CLEARLY A BUNCH OF LOSERS,
MANY ARE MISSING HALF THEIR TEETH, THEY ARE CLEARLY VERY POOR AND UNDEDUCATED,

I PROMISE THAT IF YOU WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE PEOPLE ATTENDING HIS RALLIES H.S.
DAYS NOT A ONE OF THEM EVER HAD A DATE, NO ONE KNEW WHO THEY WERE, THEY WERE
THE ODD BALLS OF THE CLASS.

THEY THINK THEY HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT GIVES
THEM A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF THEMSELVES THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE. THEY
DONT REALIZE THEY ARE STILL THE CLASS NOBODIES BEING PLAYED BY A CON MAN POORLY
PLAYING THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN A NIGHTCLUB ACT THAT HE
REPEATS HOURLY.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

Ok so tell me which one of those things I listed was a lie.

Jesus, how can you constantly read one thing and interpret it into something entirely different?

 

[big_country90]

Jesus, how can you constantly read one thing and interpret it into something entirely different?

Perhaps you blank out every time you type something, have the memory of a fish, or maybe you have the inability to go back and re-read something you just wrote, but let me try to help you.

I asked why the press doesn't ask about certain accomplishments. I then listed several. Then, you responded by saying 'nothing he says can be trusted, including those "accomplishments," ...it's fair to ask questions to clarify those lies.'

So next, that led me to ask you which one of those things I listed was a lie.

Then, like always, you use the 'reading comprehension' crutch when you get called out on something you can't answer.

 

[mlblack16.]

How much time has the mainstream media spent discussing or asking the White House about the low unemployment rate, high GDP growth, high job numbers (manufacturing jobs in particular), the trillions of dollars that has come back into our economy since Trump was elected, the hundreds of billions of repatriated dollars that companies have brought back, the tax cuts that spurred it all, the fact that Trump is actually trying to create peace in the Middle East and the Koreas, getting other NATO members to agree to pay more, the agreement of a coming trade deal with the EU, or the multiple campaign promises that he has already fulfilled?

No...instead it's a continuation of a collusion myth that doesn't even focus on collusion anymore because they know it didn't happen. That, and Trump is somehow racist.

It's like being in a room full of dtards

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

Perhaps you blank out every time you type something, have the memory of a fish, or maybe you have the inability to go back and re-read something you just wrote, but let me try to help you.

I asked why the press doesn't ask about certain accomplishments. I then listed several. Then, you responded by saying 'nothing he says can be trusted, including those "accomplishments," ...it's fair to ask questions to clarify those lies.'

So next, that led me to ask you which one of those things I listed was a lie.

Then, like always, you use the 'reading comprehension' crutch when you get called out on something you can't answer.

I'll try to dumb this down for you:

You (and cheeto) can argue that cheeto has helped increase coal mining jobs. Fair enough.

But cheeto then said "“In fact, you read about it, last week a brand-new coal mine just opened in the state of Pennsylvania. First time in decades, decades . . . and 33,000 mining jobs have been added since my inauguration.” - June 2017

In reality, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the coal mining industry employed 50,000 mining workers in January 2017 when cheeto was inaugurated. In June 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the coal mining sector employed 50,800 jobs. That's an increase of 800 coal mining jobs, not the 33,000 like cheeto claimed.

Such drastic exaggeration is simply a blatant lie. In other words, you can't believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Then, when reporters ask cheeto and Sarah Hucka B.S.for clarification on such drastic differences in his comments versus reality, they are immediately branded "fake news."

It isn't that the media won't report on these "accomplishments." It's that cheeto's drastic lies change the subject to being about those lies. Then, when he goes off on his "fake news" attacks of the media, the media is going to defend itself against his lies towards them.

It's the same cycle over and over.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

It isn't that the media won't report on these "accomplishments." It's that cheeto's drastic lies change the subject to being about that. Then, when he goes off on his "fake news" attacks of the media, the media is doing to defend itself against his lies towards them.

It's the same cycle over and over.

This. Trump actually controls the narrative, and that's why it becomes all about his bullshit.

I've said a million times, if he could just STFU he would be in better shape.

 

[Brushy Bill]

This. Trump actually controls the narrative, and that's why it becomes all about his bullshit.

I've said a million times, if he could just STFU he would be in better shape.

That's why he's a genius.

 

[countryroads89]

jim acosta is a punkass bitch that is highly responsible for bringing the wrath of the president down upon the press. if the press could leave their political stance out and report the damn facts, it'd be one thing; they cannot. so, fuhk acosta, CNN, FOX, NYTimes, WaPo, all of them. they've brought the ire of both sides of the political spectrum upon themselves for getting involved, and they've made this name for themselves, not the president.

SNOWFLAKE

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

That's why he's a genius.

The only ingenius thing is that he is wise enough to know that his supporters are a bunch of morons who lack the intelligence to see that he is avoiding responding to the numerous claims that he is a habitual liar, and in response, distracts their meager minds by telling them not to believe what they hear and see because it's all "fake news."

 

[Chevy1]

Every president hates the press.... Including Obama. This is the first president to continually proclaim they are "the enemy of the people."

All other presidents respected why it's the "First Amendment"....because it's absolutely necessary for a working democracy. Also, it's part of the constitution Presidents have sworn an oath to protect.

 

[i am herdman]

Every president hates the press.... Including Obama. This is the first president to continually proclaim they are "the enemy of the people."

All other presidents respected why it's the "First Amendment"....because it's absolutely necessary for a working democracy. Also, it's part of the constitution Presidents have sworn an oath to protect.

They are not honoring their responsibility to the First Amendment. They are biased. Choose sides and fabricate stories.

 

[ThunderCat98]

That can't be done with this administration. If you ask questions which are too tough for them to explain - or better yet, if the questions expose them for blatant dishonesty - you're immediately branded "fake news," barred from certain media events, etc. And the deplorables believe all of it even though cheeto has stated that he calls anything "fake news" even when it's not. He does this to simply get his base to not believe anything negative about him, even when it's true.

It's not simply "stoking the fire." The guy has admitted to lying about his "fake news" allegations in order to build a mistrust of them among his deplorables.

But they can take the higher road and report the administration's failure to answer and their attacks of journalists without joining in the fray. There is no requirement that they respond "in kind." Moreover, the media bias didn't begin with this administration. This had been building and getting progressively worse for years (decades even). There's always going to be a portion of any politician's supporters that believe and/or support them no matter what. Just like there will always be a group that oppose them no matter what. The media isn't going to change the minds of these people. All they do by attacking him is further perpetuate his garbage. They are giving him the ammo to shoot them with.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

But they can take the higher road and report the administration's failure to answer and their attacks of journalists without joining in the fray. There is no requirement that they respond "in kind."
.

And they have. Did you even see Acosta's interaction with Sarah Hucka B.S. yesterday? And I am not talking about the edited, short one that the right has been trying to showcase. Did you see the entire exchange where Acosta told her that they all (media) get put through the meat-grinder in this town, that she is included in that, and that he apologized that she had to go through some of the things that she has?

With about 250 current members of the White House Press Corps, about 75 of whom are there most days, you're going to get some push back from some when the president continues an attack on them. Hell, look at how the media - including Fox and Breitbart - united and fought back against the White House for the barring of the reporter a couple of weeks ago. Even the far right is joining the rest of the media against what cheeto does.

You can only go so long without responding accordingly to the attacks. Hell, even his own daughter is speaking out saying that the press isn't "the enemy of the people." What he is doing is the worst type of propaganda possible. He is manipulating the uneducated into not trusting the one group who has the power and the access to hold the government accountable.

The media - and don't forget, it's coming from right wing media also - didn't just randomly decide to fight back against cheeto. He was the one who started this, continued this, and escalates it. There is a reason he does it. He has stated why he does. Yet the deplorables aren't bright enough to understand it.

 

[countryroads89]

But they can take the higher road and report the administration's failure to answer and their attacks of journalists without joining in the fray. There is no requirement that they respond "in kind." Moreover, the media bias didn't begin with this administration. This had been building and getting progressively worse for years (decades even). There's always going to be a portion of any politician's supporters that believe and/or support them no matter what. Just like there will always be a group that oppose them no matter what. The media isn't going to change the minds of these people. All they do by attacking him is further perpetuate his garbage. They are giving him the ammo to shoot them with.

When we have a POS president who constantly lies, destroys our relationship with our allies and attacks our intelligence agencies and chose Putin over our own intelligence agencies and then the media simply reports it, you right wingers accuse the media of being biased and accuse the media of attacking the president.

Get real.

 

[Bankerreturns]

I have a question, why didn't MSNBC cover even one second of the ceremony to honor the return of the remains of US soldiers from North Korea? Why did CNN only dedicate 58 seconds to it?

That, to me, is a news story.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

I have a question, why didn't MSNBC cover even one second of the ceremony to honor the return of the remains of US soldiers from North Korea? Why did CNN only dedicate 58 seconds to it?

That, to me, is a news story.

I don't know how much air time CNN gave it, but a quick look shows that they have had five different articles about it over the last eight days. That seems like quite a bit of coverage of it.

 

[Bankerreturns]

I already told you, 58 seconds of coverage, so you do know.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

I already told you, 58 seconds of coverage, so you do know.

We've all seen your struggle with numbers. Your 58 seconds could end up being 3 hours and 58 minutes.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

This is a really, really fvcking freaky coincidence. Right after posting my last comment, I went to YouTube to see what coverage on it I could find on CNN. The very first one is 3 minutes, 58 seconds. I said 3 hours, 58 minutes in the earlier post, but still pretty freaky.

Yet my point remains the same. Banker once again proves that he is a moron when it comes to numbers. What's the source for your bogus statistic? You been taking cheeto's word for gospel still?

 

[mlblack16.]

Did you see the entire exchange where Acosta told her that they all (media) get put through the meat-grinder in this town, that she is included in that, and that he apologized that she had to go through some of the things that she has?

Yes, I saw it, and he was just giving lip service. It was about as genuine as hearing an apology from you, so no wonder she wasn't buying it.

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

Yes, I saw it, and he was just giving lip service. It was about as genuine as hearing an apology from you, so no wonder she wasn't buying it.

She didn't have to buy it. Why would she not answer a simple question or state what Ivanka did: that the press is not the enemy?

 

[ohio herd]

She didn't have to buy it. Why would she not answer a simple question or state what Ivanka did: that the press is not the enemy?

I think she was upset and showed that in her response. Even Press Secretaries have feelings. The fact that every thing she said is true also speaks volumes to the situation at hand. Maybe both camps need to take a breather. When the press gives you 90% negative coverage this is bound to happen. Like him or not, there is plenty of good things happening in the past 18 months, but you would never know it based on the daily attacks of the press.