Jim Acosta is trying to rally the mainstream media to take “collective action” against President Donald Trump.
Trump’s treatment of the press, which has bullied and maligned him for years, beginning with his infamous trip down the golden escalator, is apparently not up to the ex-CNN White House correspondent’s standards. In an appearance on MS NOW, Acosta expressed his disgust with Trump, telling a reporter, “quiet, piggy” in early November.
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“Well, let me be frank and honest, Charles. You know, I think that the president, I mean, we’ve seen this for a long time now. April and I dealt with it when we were at the White House. I mean, when you’re close to the target, you know, he starts to, you know, go off on reporters. He’ll call them all sorts of names and so on,” Acosta said. “But I think this is less about how he handles the press and more about how he deals with women. Imagine, you know, the boss in your office talking to a female reporter. In that way, it wouldn’t be tolerated. That boss would be fired at any company. That boss would be fired.”
“And imagine if this were your daughter, or your sister, or your mother being spoken to in this fashion. And that’s why, you know, I strongly believe, and there are people who disagree with me on this, that other folks in the press in the room should speak up in that moment and say, Mr. President, that is not appropriate. And, you know, double down on the questions that were asked. Why didn’t you answer that question? Why are you resorting to personal attacks? Why can’t you take the heat? What’s going on here?” he continued. “And you know, to me, I think the only solution to all of this is collective action. We need to see the networks get together, perhaps with some of the major newspapers. Send a letter to the White House, send it to [White House Press Secretary] Karoline Leavitt and say, listen, if the president does not stop these attacks, we’re not coming into your Oval Office frays. We’re not going to ride with you on Air Force One. You can have Fox and all these other sycophantic outlets covering you, but we’re just not going to do it. We’re going to take a break for a while until you clean up your act. That’s what I think they should do.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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