“It is not right. It is not fair. It is not just. It is un-American.”
Steve Watson
Prison Planet.com
August 3, 2018
Following yet another stunt for the cameras during which he attempted to coerce the White House Press Secretary into declaring that the media is not the ‘enemy of the people,’ CNN reporter Jim Acosta appeared on the network and complained that he is “tired” of being called fake news by the President and Trump supporters.
Acosta stormed out of a press briefing on Thursday because Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to play along with his games.
Sanders declined to pander to Acosta, and lectured him in the process.
“It’s ironic, Jim, that not only you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lowered the level of conversation in this country. Repeatedly, repeatedly the media restarts personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger,” Sanders said.
“The media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration. And certainly we have a role to play, but the media has to role to play for the discourse in this country as well.” Sanders added, before Acosta took his ball and went home.
In a later tweet, Acosta doubled down, calling Sanders “shameful” and declaring that he was “saddened” by the exchange.
I walked out of the end of that briefing because I am 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. Shameful.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 2, 2018
In a further bizarre appearance on CNN, Acosta even suggested that the media should form a protest group and march on the White House:
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“I’ll say that the press is not the enemy of the people,” Acosta said. “And, you know, I think maybe we should make some bumper stickers, make some…