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CNN Reporter "assaults" White House intern

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    #242
    Captain Obvious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,165 ✭✭✭Captain Obvious


    2 Scoops wrote: »
    I'm about OK with Acosta getting suspended as you are with Acosta shouting things about Otto Warmbier during the signing of the US + NK agreement when the two countries are trying to broker a peace deal. He should have been disciplined earlier, he was warned multiple times and his stunt yesterday was the straw that broke the camel back. The fact they used his confrontation with the girl to do it is meaningless. That's how things operate in any work place, you get a warning and if the behavior repeats you get suspended. Acosta was previous told by sanders during a bill signing they'd be no open press questions but they're allowed to view it. What did little Jimmy do? He started shouting questions at Trump during the signing, he was the only one.

    Let me ask you a question for a change, why is Acosta THE ONLY ONE out of probably 100 journalists with access who gets into these type of scenarios? Is it because he's seeking some sort of shining beacon of truth or is it because he's behaving like an activist and trying to draw as much attention to himself as possible. When you figure it out let me know.


    It really is amazing how your brain works. It doesn't matter what Trump or the White House says, you find some justification in your head and claim that's what they meant. They flat out said it was due to his interaction with his intern. You know that is indefensible so in your head you've found a reason that is justifiable and convinced yourself that was the real reason.


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    #243
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Lads. It doesn’t matter.


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    #244
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    Lads. It doesn’t matter.


    The incident itself doesn't matter. The Whitehouse pushing doctored videos from infowars is a new development worthy of some discussion, however.


    In any case, this is boards and we discuss things that don't matter all the time. It's kinda the thing here.


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    #245
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    The incident itself doesn't matter. The Whitehouse pushing doctored videos from infowars is a new development worthy of some discussion, however.


    In any case, this is boards and we discuss things that don't matter all the time. It's kinda the thing here.

    1) You are not living in the US.
    2) the choice of the figurehead of the US empire is largely insignificant outside it’s borders. It’s like assuming that the British empire changed strategy between Disraeli and Gladstone.
    3) you are not living in the US.


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    #246
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    1) You are not living in the US.
    2) the choice of the figurehead of the US empire is largely insignificant outside it’s borders. It’s like assuming that the British empire changed strategy between Disraeli and Gladstone.
    3) you are not living in the US.


    Yes but things happen and I am interested in things. You're on the internet right now. Why?


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    #247
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,464 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1060913686875922433


    Trump is not fit to be President.


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    #248
    2 Scoops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 915 ✭✭✭2 Scoops


    Captain Obvious wrote: »
    It really is amazing how your brain works. It doesn't matter what Trump or the White House says, you find some justification in your head and claim that's what they meant. They flat out said it was due to his interaction with his intern. You know that is indefensible so in your head you've found a reason that is justifiable and convinced yourself that was the real reason.

    You failed to answer my question, I've answered multiple of yours. You're very gullible if you don't see Acosta is playing to the camera, it's there in black and white on his hot mic after he roared questions at Kim Jong Un. It's all part of the game baby. Find someone who loves you as much as Jim Acosta loves himself some Jim Acosta.


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    #249
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


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    You failed to answer my question, I've answered multiple of yours. You're very gullible if you don't see Acosta is playing to the camera, it's there in black and white on his hot mic after he roared questions at Kim Jong Un. It's all part of the game baby. Find someone who loves you as much as Jim Acosta loves himself some Jim Acosta.

    It's a bit odd that you don't find a doctored video from a conspiracy site being used as the reason to revoke a press pass from the White House to be a reason for concern...


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    #250
    2 Scoops
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    batgoat wrote: »
    It's a bit odd that you don't find a doctored video from a conspiracy site being used as the reason to revoke a press pass from the White House to be a reason for concern...

    Whatever

    https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1060587952764526593


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    #251
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    batgoat wrote: »
    It's a bit odd that you don't find a doctored video from a conspiracy site being used as the reason to revoke a press pass from the White House to be a reason for concern...

    It's actually not odd in the least, if you're familiar with their posting history.


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    #252
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Billy86 wrote: »
    It's actually not odd in the least, if you're familiar with their posting history.

    I’m morbidly fascinated by people who will twist and contort any way necessary to defend Trump. Well, not just Trump. Any topic where a poster just will do anything to defend the subject at hand in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary is fascinating to me. I’d love to know the psychology behind it. Where being right and doubling down is more important to a person than learning something new and being open to having their opinion challenged and maybe even changed.


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    #253
    1800_Ladladlad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,348 ✭✭✭1800_Ladladlad


    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    I don't think this is a case of petty squabbles for or against Trump, this incident is a blatant attack on democracy.

    The press is the only agency that provides the people with any accountability, and yes its a flawed body, but it's the only one we have. A journalist has to ask uncomfortable questions in order to provide the public with the information they're entitled to.
    That this man is shouted down and verbally abused is one thing, that he then lose his job as a White House reporter because he's been banned for physically assaulting a woman, sullied with a slur over something he did not do and we all can see that he did not do, is a very scary development in the Western World.

    This one can't be let pass. This would mark the beginning of us accepting to let modern democracy slide into being political orbits like China and Russia, where people who look for accountability of power or speak truth end up in jail for crimes they didn't commit or worse.

    This was not assault. All I seen was a level of distain and disrepect shown by both sides, taking into account the importance of both their roles and what they are there to represent. I thought it was strange.


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    #254
    Ipso
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    1800_Ladladlad wrote: »
    This was not assault. All I seen was a level of distain and disrepect shown by both sides, taking into account the importance of both their roles and what they are there to represent. I thought it was strange.

    Mutual narcissism.
    As usual these days, people avoid credible criticism and go over the top and any legitimate criticism gets lost in the noise.


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    #255
    mikhail gorbachev2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭mikhail gorbachev2


    my daughter would have kicked Jim Acosta in his balls, gouged his eyes and then choked him unconscious and took the microphone

    #frauenpower

    shame on the male feminists here excusing this chauvinist PIG


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    #256
    duckofdeath
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭duckofdeath


    2 Scoops wrote: »
    You failed to answer my question, I've answered multiple of yours. You're very gullible if you don't see Acosta is playing to the camera, it's there in black and white on his hot mic after he roared questions at Kim Jong Un. It's all part of the game baby. Find someone who loves you as much as Jim Acosta loves himself some Jim Acosta.

    Your "answer" was to call a journalist's 1st amendment rights to ask the questions he feels is important a stunt just because you don't want to hear them, and that somehow justifies killing the first amendment and shutting him up. The only stunt from that farce of a press conference was the completely unhinged Trump.


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    #257
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    2 Scoops wrote: »
    Whatever

    https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1060587952764526593


    Are you saying that the white house didn't publish a doctored video from infowars or are you just blowing smoke?


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    #258
    mikhail gorbachev2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭mikhail gorbachev2


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    Are you saying that the white house didn't publish a doctored video from infowars or are you just blowing smoke?

    he karate-chopped her
    the left defending violence against women
    the unmentionable pursuing the inedible


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    #259
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,464 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    mikhail gorbachev2 wrote: »

    shame on the male feminists here excusing this chauvinist PIG

    Yes, Trump.


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    #260
    mikhail gorbachev2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭mikhail gorbachev2


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Yes, Trump.

    ya if jim acosta had treated your daughter like that it would be ok
    no standards


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    #261
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    I found another angle online. It's quite clear from this that both sides were a bit wrong.

    https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/1060882574954835970


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    #262
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,464 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    mikhail gorbachev2 wrote: »
    ya if jim acosta had treated your daughter like that it would be ok
    no standards

    This from a Trump supporter!?



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    #263
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    This from a Trump supporter!?



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    Just a rereg troll, he'll be deleted by the morning.

    In the meantime.



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    #264
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    This from a Trump supporter!?



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    He was banned yesterday for the same nonsense. He won't be around long.


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    #265
    markodaly
    Registered Users Posts: 13,952 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Does Jim Acosta have a book coming out? He reminds me of Charlie Bird, a guy who always thought that he was bigger than the news itself.


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    #266
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    mikhail gorbachev2 wrote: »
    he karate-chopped her
    the left defending violence against women
    the unmentionable pursuing the inedible

    Really despair for the path humanity is heading with this left v right bull****. Apparently to many you're either one or the other with nothing in between.

    Sadly most of these left v right protagonists are most vocal on every social media platform they can be heard on.


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    #267
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,352 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    OP was on a wind up.


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    #268
    The Phantom Jipper
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭The Phantom Jipper


    This whole episode is disturbing enough as it is but given that Acosta's place of work was recently the subject of an attempted terrorist attack from a deranged Trump supporter, this is beyond reckless.


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    #269
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    He literally said "Pardon me, ma'am" as he pushed her hand away. Do you want him to apologise for being polite???


    He shouldn't have "pushed her hand away" as you put it. Had Obama reacted the same to a Fox news reporter doing similar, the reaction would have been 'good for him, how dare that misogynist put his hands on a woman'.

    Besides, in this angle you can clearly see he also pulled a knife on her.



    https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/1060882574954835970


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    #270
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,401 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I’m morbidly fascinated by people who will twist and contort any way necessary to defend Trump. Well, not just Trump. Any topic where a poster just will do anything to defend the subject at hand in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary is fascinating to me. I’d love to know the psychology behind it. Where being right and doubling down is more important to a person than learning something new and being open to having their opinion challenged and maybe even changed.

    Here's the psychology behind it
    https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/1060511898347692032?s=19


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    #271
    paw patrol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    Are you saying that the white house didn't publish a doctored video from infowars or are you just blowing smoke?

    whole incident is overblown imo but there was no doctored video released.


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