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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaybe at the next presidential press conference all the reporters
should either take a knee or turn backs on trump when he walks in, to be in soldarity with Jim Acosta
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Maybe at the next presidential press conference all the reporters (Original Post)
gopiscrap
Nov 2018
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Squinch
(50,949 posts)1. Turn their backs. It would make him insane. Taking the knee needs
to be for Black Lives Matter only, otherwise that protest gets watered down.
gopiscrap
(23,757 posts)2. sounds good I could live with that
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)3. Turn their backs,
ask their question, and then say nevermind we know you'll just lie, then sit down.
gopiscrap
(23,757 posts)4. I like that also
PJMcK
(22,034 posts)5. Jennifer Rubin's take is solid
While I believe the press must continue to cover and attend news conferences when Trump is present, there is absolutely no reason to attend Sanderss briefings, which do not impart information but instead use the press as a forum to abuse and threaten reporters and spread misinformation. Sanders is not the news; the White House is the news. Reporters can cover their beats and obtain comment as necessary from Sanders without attending, let alone covering live, her (albeit rare) news briefings.
Sanders whines that the press is too critical or too mean or something. She can think whatever she pleases, but she is an employee of the American people and has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution like every other White House employee. She has no right to use her office to lie to the American people, let alone to violate the First Amendment. She has disgraced herself and should be denied the normal presumption of good faith accorded to past White House press secretaries. I condemn harassment and threatening conduct of any sort (shame on the protesters who showed up at Tucker Carlsons home and made threats); however, after leaving office, she deserves none of the niceties normally accorded to others in her position. (In the past, we would have said that she has not earned the right to be included in polite society.) No responsible news outlet should hire her; employers making hiring decisions have every reason to shun her.
Sanders whines that the press is too critical or too mean or something. She can think whatever she pleases, but she is an employee of the American people and has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution like every other White House employee. She has no right to use her office to lie to the American people, let alone to violate the First Amendment. She has disgraced herself and should be denied the normal presumption of good faith accorded to past White House press secretaries. I condemn harassment and threatening conduct of any sort (shame on the protesters who showed up at Tucker Carlsons home and made threats); however, after leaving office, she deserves none of the niceties normally accorded to others in her position. (In the past, we would have said that she has not earned the right to be included in polite society.) No responsible news outlet should hire her; employers making hiring decisions have every reason to shun her.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/08/acosta-should-sue-the-president-americans-should-shun-sanders/?utm_term=.5f8e1ce1c991
Deb
(3,742 posts)6. To show solidarity with Acosta, they all need to bring in their own mics.
FreeRunning
(24 posts)7. that would be beuatiful!