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.”
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“Unfortunately it's now standard to abandon common sense ethical practices,” Sanders added.---she was straight faced.
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to this daughter of a preacher man.
