Newt Gingrich: Trump Should Use The CNN Confrontation As An Excuse To Break The Press

[spanone]

so, these are the fuckers who always tout the constitution? this shit is getting hard to believe.

Newt Gingrich, a prominent supporter of President-elect Donald Trump and a Fox News contributor, would like to shatter the influence of an “adversarial” press. And he thinks Trump’s press conference confrontation with CNN reporter Jim Acosta has given the incoming administration the opportunity to dramatically reshape White House press interactions to favor journalists who will treat the president-elect more favorably.

During Trump’s January 11 presser, he lashed out at CNN and demanded the network apologize for a recent report on his alleged ties to Russia, and Acosta repeatedly called out, seeking to ask a question in response. Trump replied by calling CNN “terrible,” castigating Acosta for being “rude,” and declaring, “I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news!” Sean Spicer, who will serve as Trump’s White House press secretary, subsequently told Acosta that he would be removed if he continued to press for a question, and Spicer later demanded that the reporter apologize to the president-elect.

Team Trump’s efforts seem intended to both damage the credibility of CNN and cow other networks into shying away from similarly critical journalism -- as Gingrich put it, to “shrink and isolate” the network. But the Fox News contributor wants the incoming administration to go even further and use the incident as an excuse to “close down the elite press.”

Gingrich laid out this strategy during an interview on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program, one of the most pro-Trump venues available. He urged Spicer to learn “a couple of big lessons” from the incident. First and foremost, he suggested that Acosta be banned from reporting on Trump events for 60 days “as a signal, frankly, to all the other reporters that there are going to be real limits” for proper behavior.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/01/13/newt-gingrich-trump-should-use-cnn-confrontation-excuse-break-press/215012

[Warpy]

1. Yeah, you'd love that, Fatso

and so would the other criminals in your sick joke of a political party.

I think there might finally be a little growling from what was formerly known as the good puppy press.

[roamer65]

2. Man, someone get me a 2x4.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. You're gonna need a bigger board!

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Shut up, you giant gasbag!

Don't these government officials take some kind of oath to defend their country?

Is there an official term for someone who abets a traitor?

[vlyons]

5. yeah, fellow traitor

[3catwoman3]

12. GMTA!

Lest you think I am copying you, I was composing my comment (# 11 below) while you were posting yours. I congratulate us both on our perspicacity -

[Cracklin Charlie]

15. That's funny!

Newt's not!

[vlyons]

4. Ben Franklin and Patrick Henry spin in their graves

[Dawson Leery]

6. Republicans are fascists.

There is no difference.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Please proceed, you angry little attack muffin

Your brilliant strategy is doomed to have quite different results from what you envision.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Hey Gingrich

I think you should feast massively at Trump's inauguration then die of a massive heart attack.

You're very welcome.

[shraby]

9. This piece of garbage joins the list of turncoats to our country. Interview this garbage too.

[3catwoman3]

11. I detest Newt Gingrich.

Donald Trump should heed the advice of Joe Biden and grow up. Act like a man, and stop being such a delicate little whiner.

The press is supposed to be adversarial. He was fine with them when they were all slavering around him with their tongues hanging out, treating every breath as if it were a miracle of some sort. Their indiscriminate adoration of him is a major factor in him being where he is.

Toughen up, pussy -grabber.

And STFU, Newt, you gasbag.

[applegrove]

13. Now who's acting like Nazis attacking 'the elite press'. Remember the educated

'elites' Hitler went after? It is like any time Anderson Cooper and Kellyanne Conway get into it the alt right show up on the DU to slam Cooper. We should try and be nice and offer them hors d'oevres because they are guests. I suggest cocktail sausages. We should be ready with them the next time Kellyanne and Cooper talk.

[Initech]

14. The republicans have already broken the press, repeatedly, you dumb fucks!!!

If he had a competent press you assholes would not be in power!

[AgadorSparticus]

16. Break the press??!?!?!!!! WTF kind of ridiculous bullshit is this?!???!

Newt Gingrich is a monster. A POS monster that needs to be put in his place.

[hedda_foil]

17. He's floating a plan the Trumpolians want to test.before rolling it out post coronation.

[Solly Mack]

18. I wonder how many of the GOP are on Putin's payroll.

That thought would never have occurred to me before recently. But now I don't think it far-fetched at all.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Why does he hate freedom?

[eShirl]

20. I'd expect nothing less from the likes of Gingrich. n/t

[malaise]

21. They're losing it fast

They will learn

[spanone]

22. this kind of talk is unbelievable. 'break the press' vlad would be proud.

[OregonBlue]

23. If they start banning reporters, the reporters need to unite and not attend or record or cover the

press conferences in any way. They seem to be so afraid of this maniac. What he want's is attention and they just giving him exactly what he wants. It really is their fault. Can you imagine if he gave a press conference and no one but Breitbart and Red State covered it. LOL.