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White House Suspension Of CNN Reporter ‘Unacceptable’ – Journalist Group

  An association representing the White House press corps on Wednesday dubbed the Trump administration’s revocation of a CNN reporter’s credentials “out of line” and “unacceptable.” Advertisement … Continue reading White House Suspension Of CNN Reporter ‘Unacceptable’ – Journalist Group

By Ignatius Igwe
Updated November 8, 2018
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A February 8, 2018 photo shows CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta before the start of a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The White House on November 7, 2018, suspended the press pass of a CNN reporter who earlier sparred with Donald Trump at a news conference, in which the US president branded the journalist an “enemy of the people.” An association representing the White House press corps dubbed the Trump administration’s revocation of a CNN reporter’s credentials “out of line” and “unacceptable.” MANDEL NGAN / AFP
A February 8, 2018 photo shows CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta before the start of a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. 
MANDEL NGAN / AFP

 

An association representing the White House press corps on Wednesday dubbed the Trump administration’s revocation of a CNN reporter’s credentials “out of line” and “unacceptable.”

“The White House Correspondents’ Association strongly objects to the Trump Administration’s decision to use US Secret Service security credentials as a tool to punish a reporter with whom it has a difficult relationship,” the group said in a statement. “We urge the White House to immediately reverse this weak and misguided action.”

The White House had just prior suspended journalist Jim Acosta’s access, hours after he refused to give up the microphone and persisted with questions during a press conference in which Trump branded him an “enemy of the people.”

AFP

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