Acosta should sue the president, and Americans should shun Sanders

[struggle4progress]

By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
November 8 at 10:31 AM

The White House revoked the press pass of and defamed CNN’s Jim Acosta, falsely accusing him of putting his hands on an intern. Press secretary Sarah Sanders accused Acosta of “placing his hands” on the intern. In fact, video shows conclusively that the woman tried to grab the microphone from his hands, and he held onto it ...

... The utility of filing a lawsuit (other than in annoying and embarrassing Trump and Sanders) would be a declaratory judgment ordering the White House to return Acosta’s credentials and barring the White House from taking such action in the future.

This is a far better option than writing pointed statements as both CNN and the White House Correspondents’ Association did on Wednesday. The statements, without further action, make the press appear feckless ...

While I believe the press must continue to cover and attend news conferences when Trump is present, there is absolutely no reason to attend Sanders’s briefings, which do not impart information but instead use the press as a forum to abuse and threaten reporters and spread misinformation. Sanders is not the news; the White House is the news. Reporters can cover their beats and obtain comment as necessary from Sanders without attending, let alone covering live, her (albeit rare) news briefings ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/08/acosta-should-sue-the-president-americans-should-shun-sanders/?utm_term=.eced716cda03

[msongs]

1. the issue is how does the media respond to the bully? cave in, cower, refuse to

stand its ground? or give as good as it gets. after all trump likes a good brawl. IMO these media should be pushing trump to his limit at every event possible. Politely, of course

[libdem4life]

2. Call me cynical, but I believe it's a highly orchestrated affair...

the partners just change and the music changes, and the tempo, but it's still a dance. We, the people, are not invited.

[Gothmog]

3. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Acosta should sue InfoWars, if they doctored the video.

Make it enough to put them out of business -- hire the lawyer who went after Gawker, and give IW the same treatment.