CNN Reporter "assaults" White House intern

Spanish Eyes · 08-11-2018 7:04pm

Was there any mention of the murders of those people in the bar in California?

NO.

Anyway, forget it, this administration is a total joke. No wonder Trump is palsy walsy with Kim john uh oh.

Agricola · 08-11-2018 7:07pm

Captain Obvious wrote: »

He doesn't deserve respect. He and Saunders lie to reporters all the time. It's the reporters job to ask questions to hold the government to account and that's all he was doing.

Exactly. If anything the WH press pack are simpering enablers. All this "Thank you Mr. President, oh thank you for choosing me to address you Sir"
It's pathetic, they treat him like a monarch. Im wondering will they start bowing soon.

The whole questioning pantomime with Sanders and Trump (on the rare occasion he shows up) is just that, a pantomime. Completely controlled and orchestrated by the WH. But then again, they really don't care about actually holding him to account, if they get a good soundbite or a bit of controversy, thats clicks and social media chatter, and that's all they want.

Grayson · 08-11-2018 7:10pm

ricero wrote: »

Assault or no assault the reporter was out of line and showed no respect to The Donald.

He should of gave up the microphone when prompted.

His job isn't to respect Trump. Not unless he works for fox in which case his job would be to grovel.

He's a reporter, reporters ask questions. Trump avoids answering questions, so of course the guy has to push Trump for answers.

08-11-2018 7:10pm

It would make more sense to have white house reporters for life than judges.

B0jangles · 08-11-2018 7:11pm

Agricola wrote: »

The irony being that Trump couldn't give a flying fúck about illegals. Like every bit of gibberish that comes out of his mouth, it's simply a method of stoking his supporters, priming them for the next time they'll be needed. Why do you think he spends so much time campaigning as opposed to actually....... doing his job.
The caravan is already long forgotten, just like this wall he loved talking about.

Trump's one and only interest is lining his families pockets and staying out of prison long enough to get as much as possible. That's all.

Trump built Trump Tower using illegal immigrant workers because they were cheap and easy to exploit - he eventually had to pay out over a million because he actually stopped paying them even the meager $4 an hour they were supposed to be getting

Mr. Kozak still recalls the work, and seeing Mr. Trump at the site in 1980.
“We were working, 12, 16 hours a day and were paid $4 an hour,” he said. “Because I worked with an acetylene torch, I got $5 an hour. We worked without masks. Nobody knew what asbestos was. I was an immigrant. I worked very hard.”
But Mr. Kaszycki stopped paying the men, and they eventually took their complaints to a lawyer named John Szabo. Mr. Szabo went to Thomas Macari, a vice president of the Trump Organization, threatening to place a mechanic’s lien on the property if the men weren’t paid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/nyregion/trump-tower-illegal-immigrant-workers-union-settlement.html

Trump loooves illegal immigrants because they are 1.) cheap and 2.) easy to bully.

mynamejeff · 08-11-2018 7:12pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Was there any mention of the murders of those people in the bar in California?

NO.

Anyway, forget it, this administration is a total joke. No wonder Trump is palsy walsy with Kim john uh oh.

I dont believe that the shooting had happened at the time of this press conference.

And yes the administration is a joke but so is the media so what ya gona do .....

wexie · 08-11-2018 7:16pm

Grayson wrote: »

He's a reporter, reporters ask questions. Trump avoids answering questions, so of course the guy has to push Trump for answers.

To be honest I don't envy them their jobs under this administration. I"d imagine that being thrown out of the White House (rightly or wrongly) is going to have some consequences professionally. They also have a reputation to uphold.

I'd imagine there's a lot of walking on eggshells going on in there.
It's amazing though that one of the most powerful men in the world needs to react in such a pity way to such a minor event.

I'd imagine there are times when he wishes he was Putin and could just have them have 'an accident'

Grayson · 08-11-2018 7:19pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It would make more sense to have white house reporters for life than judges.

It's the only western democracy that does that isn't it?

_Whimsical_ · 08-11-2018 7:25pm

dont bother wrote: »

yeah yeah, that's all true - but only to America because that's where this took place, and that's where Trump is relevant.

so your point is moot. this is boards.IE in IRELAND have you forgotten?

why does everyone trot out the "most powerful man in the world" ****e when defending their hatred of the US president?

it still doesnt affect us in Ireland, no matter what way you try to warp it.

I don't agree with you that it's irrelevant. Ideas and ideals don't have country boarders. Protecting democracy in the western world is the job of every person. When it's eroded, when the concept begins to become nothing but a worn out ideal less effective to government than propoganda, then it's a concern for everyone. To believe that accepting it doesn't begin an insidious creep of the same standards into our own political environment is nieve in my opinion. We have seen how small our world has become, how malleable our values even our definition of biological fact can be, how a Liberal agenda in American politics and elite media was soon mirrored by the same trend in the Irish sphere, how a rise of nationalist ideals in one country spawned an openess to similar regimes in other countries, how the likes of cool pretty boy Troudeau paved the way for the trend away from experienced elder statesman style leaders towards young, trendy tweeters, examples being France and even our own lovely, lovely Leo.
Our response to these things define our values as a nation. Its good to see people exercised by this kind of injustice, it protects our freedoms, ensures we will live in a country where we won't lose a job over something everyone knows we did not do.

Omackeral · 08-11-2018 7:28pm

ricero wrote: »

Assault or no assault the reporter was out of line and showed no respect to The Donald.

He should of gave up the microphone when prompted.

It's bad when you don't know if this is sarcasm or not.

2 Scoops · 08-11-2018 7:35pm

Acosta's access wasn't suspended for brushing that girls arm, his access was removed because he has a long history of acting like an absolute Muppet. The guy isn't a journalist, he's a political activist and loves the attention.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060359667635806208

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060362771894693888

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351281691119618

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351509580283905

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060355101578027008

feargale · 08-11-2018 7:36pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

First video I've seen or heard about it. You know it's nothing when you keep watching till the end of the video waiting to see what happened, when it already happened.

There was no assault by Acosta. The lady made physical contact and was gently brushed aside. She then adopted a squatting position for some reason.
Did Trump accuse Acosta of rudeness, or did my ears deceive me?

alchemist33 · 08-11-2018 7:40pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

Acosta's access wasn't suspended for brushing that girls arm, his access was removed because he has a long history of acting like an absolute Muppet. The guy isn't a journalist, he's a political activist and loves the attention.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060359667635806208

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060362771894693888

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351281691119618

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351509580283905

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060355101578027008

Suspended for challenging Trump then. Donald is such a snowflake

Spanish Eyes · 08-11-2018 7:42pm

mynamejeff wrote: »

I dont believe that the shooting had happened at the time of this press conference.

And yes the administration is a joke but so is the media so what ya gona do .....

I hadn't realised that about the shootings, thanks.

Anyway, Fox News would never have been treated like the CCN guy was.

We all know the media are a joke, our own country is a closed liberal circle jerk also.

But we are talking about a huge country, and if the media don't ask questions that the Prez doesn't like, well it sounds ominous to me.

Ireland needs to take note too. But dear oul Peter Casey has opened up a bit of a debate thankfully. Let us see if he is silenced.

2 Scoops · 08-11-2018 7:43pm

alchemist33 wrote: »

Suspended for challenging Trump then. Donald is such a snowflake

1. Give up the mic when the President Of the US says give it up.

2. Give up the mic when the intern in charge of the mic comes to claim it

3. Give up the mic when it’s another journalists turn. Failure to follow these rules means you don’t get invited back. Pretty simple.

Wanderer78 · 08-11-2018 7:44pm

alchemist33 wrote:

Suspended for challenging Trump then. Donald is such a snowflake

Narcissistic people tend to have a fragile ego

2 Scoops · 08-11-2018 7:48pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

if the media don't ask questions that the Prez doesn't like, well it sounds ominous to me.

Trump literally greets the press and answers questions every time he's flying to leave the white house on the lawn. That's a regular occurrence. This idea that he doesn't answer questions is nonsense, Acosta is a grandstanding muppet that's all there is to it. He's an activist for the Democratic party.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trump+press+lawn

Captain Obvious · 08-11-2018 7:52pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

1. Give up the mic when the President Of the US says give it up.

2. Give up the mic when the intern in charge of the mic comes to claim it

3. Give up the mic when it’s another journalists turn. Failure to follow these rules means you don’t get invited back. Pretty simple.

But that's not why he wasn't invited back. They accused him of assault.

jjpep · 08-11-2018 7:54pm

Donny and his cuck fans are such snowflakes.

2 Scoops · 08-11-2018 7:55pm

Captain Obvious wrote: »

But that's not why he wasn't invited back. They accused him of assault.

In a world where everything is as it appears, yes. That's not how things work in the real world however.

AbusesToilets · 08-11-2018 7:57pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

Acosta's access wasn't suspended for brushing that girls arm, his access was removed because he has a long history of acting like an absolute Muppet. The guy isn't a journalist, he's a political activist and loves the attention.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060359667635806208

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060362771894693888

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351281691119618

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351509580283905

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060355101578027008

Sanders lecturing anyone on spreading falsehoods, is there a bigger example of irony?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-11-2018 7:58pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

1. Give up the mic when the President Of the US says give it up.

2. Give up the mic when the intern in charge of the mic comes to claim it

3. Give up the mic when it’s another journalists turn. Failure to follow these rules means you don’t get invited back. Pretty simple.

In other words, give up.

Yeah, I'll bet the White House would have liked that.

Grayson · 08-11-2018 7:59pm

Apparently, if you slow down the footage the intern touches him 4 times, he touched her once.

No one would call what she did assault.

WinnyThePoo · 08-11-2018 8:00pm

AbusesToilets wrote: »

2 Scoops wrote: »

Acosta's access wasn't suspended for brushing that girls arm, his access was removed because he has a long history of acting like an absolute Muppet. The guy isn't a journalist, he's a political activist and loves the attention.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060359667635806208

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060362771894693888

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351281691119618

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060351509580283905

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1060355101578027008

Sanders lecturing anyone on spreading falsehoods, is there a bigger example of irony?

'alternative facts':)

wexie · 08-11-2018 8:01pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

In a world where everything is as it appears, yes. That's not how things work in the real world however.

While you might be correct in saying that not everything is always as it seems this was a stupid thing to do.

They could have made a reasonable argument (somewhat reasonable at least) that he was disrespectful, instead they invent a complete nonsense claim of him assaulting someone when there is pretty clear video evidence showing there was nothing even remotely resembling assault.

It was a moronic and petty move.

pjohnson · 08-11-2018 8:02pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

In a world where everything is as it appears, yes. That's not how things work in the real world however.

You've gone full Trumpite

Grayson · 08-11-2018 8:02pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

1. Give up the mic when the President Of the US says give it up.

2. Give up the mic when the intern in charge of the mic comes to claim it

3. Give up the mic when it’s another journalists turn. Failure to follow these rules means you don’t get invited back. Pretty simple.

I don't think they're the rules. He wasn't banned for any of that. Instead they made up sh1t about him assaulting an intern

Captain Obvious · 08-11-2018 8:04pm

2 Scoops wrote: »

In a world where everything is as it appears, yes. That's not how things work in the real world however.

So you think they are lying about the reason too?

BrokenArrows · 08-11-2018 8:07pm

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Im not taking sides . Everyone makes mistakes i think he should keep his job once he makes an apology to her.

He didn't do anything. FFS what's wrong with the world. Every minor incident has to result in massive outrage.

Hector Savage · 08-11-2018 8:12pm

thomasm wrote: »

White house says its unacceptable to put a hand on a female
President on record saying 'grab them by the pussy'

Which was absurd talk and a joke, but you know this and are purposefully being disingenous.

CNN Reporter "assaults" White House intern

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