Media raise concerns about Trump retaliation after seating changes
CNN is asking questions about the White House’s decision to place their reporter in the back of a White House press briefing on Friday.
“We were in the equivalent of Siberia, no pun intended, when it comes to where we were seated,” CNN’s Jim Acosta told Wolf Blitzer on Friday night. “That could be seen as an oversight on the part of the White House staff but it could also be seen as retaliation over the reporting we’re doing over here at CNN.”
CNN reporters are typically seated with other cable news networks at the front of press events so that their cameras have an unobstructed view for stand up live shots.
The White House has occasionally changed seating arrangements in the past for various reasons, however during Friday’s event Trump specifically called out the cable news networks for treating him "so badly."
"Should I take one of the killer networks that treat me so badly as fake news?" Trump asked, before calling on ABC’s Jon Karl.
Friday’s event also followed testimony on Thursday in which The New York Times was called out for “not true” reporting on members of Trump’s campaign, and other reporters pointed out that the Times was seated in the back row, too.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/337209-media-raise-concerns-about-trump-retaliation-after-seating-changes
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The very first time that "Spicey" was on SNL, "Jim Acosta" was in a "cage" in the corner.
How pathetic they are.
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