This video is doctored. It's slowed down and then sped up at the moment Acosta's hand comes down...

[demmiblue]

This video is doctored. It's slowed down and then sped up at the moment Acosta's hand comes down to make it look like he's doing a karate chop or something. This is shameful propaganda. It's Orwellian.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders should resign over this video.

The government is literally falsifying evidence to wrongfully accuse a private citizen of a crime in order to revoke his rights.

If you're not terrified, you should be.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Kurt V.]

1. josh Marshall says the doctored video probably came from infowars.

[demmiblue]

6. I posted about that right after you posted.

Unbelievable, isn't it?

[Kurt V.]

7. yes.

[Lucky Luciano]

26. Nope. I totally believe it. Nt

[demmiblue]

2. Sarah Sanders Accused Of Sharing Doctored Infowars Video To Justify Acosta Ban

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was accused on Wednesday night of sharing a doctored video to defend the administration’s decision to revoke the press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump called Acosta a “rude, terrible person” during a press conference and tried to cut off his questioning.

When a White House intern attempted to take the microphone from Acosta three times, he held onto it and continued questioning Trump. During the intern’s final attempt, as she tried to pull the microphone away, Acosta’s hand appeared to briefly brush her arm.

“Pardon me, ma’am,” Acosta quickly said

...

Several Twitter users noted that the same video was shared hours earlier by a personality from Infowars, the Alex Jones outlet banned from many social media sites for abusive behavior:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sarah-huckabee-sanders-jim-acosta-video_us_5be3ccd6e4b0769d24c905aa

[Cetacea]

3. Microphone Maddie was the aggressor

She tried yanking the mic from Acosta's hands on first attempt. He calmly said, "excuse me, m'am". I noticed that MSNBC has edited that out this morning.

[Vinca]

4. Maybe MSNBC is giving the intern a chance to redeem herself. Young and dumb and all that.

[Cetacea]

5. True. She was just doing her job n/t

[Mr. Quackers]

8. just following orders

the classic copout of most Nazis.

[watoos]

11. MSNBC is owned by COMCAST

a part of the corporate controlled M$M.

[elmac]

21. and here I've been waiting for them to bring up net neutrality all this time

[Raven123]

9. Then by her own definition Trump should be gone.

Hard to equate a response to someone trying to take something away from you versus kissing or grabbing women without asking their permission. —and admitting to it on tape.

[demmiblue]

10. Another good thread:

Link to tweet

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Dishonest Editing is something the repugs have at the top of their tool box.

- Fox Newschannel does it. Project Veritas wouldn't exist without it. Also we get it from Britebart, Alex Jones and others can't think of at the moment.

They can't win unless they cheat. And this is one method of cheating.

[UniteFightBack]

25. True, but this coming from the white trash house? And so many Americans are voting for this? nt

[watoos]

13. Hey, Acosta should look on the bright side,

he wasn't strangled and cut up into pieces and dissolved with acid.

No one gave a shit when press credentials were revoked from other less known journalists and organizations.

No one gives a shit that the deadline has come and gone, I think, for Trump to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia for killing the Saudi journalist. Why doesn't CNN cover that?

It's all kabuki theater, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, NPR, all helped Trump get elected president.

[elmac]

22. are you saying that all the news networks gave tRump twice as much airtime as HRC

during the last election because they needed this clown show of a white house to increase their profits? Well yes, I believe your right

[Moostache]

14. Sarah Huckabee Sanders must resign TODAY.

For a sitting press secretary to be party to the use of doctored video to support a petulant man-child's butthurt response to the press is unacceptable in any context, but it cannot stand any longer in this ongoing trainwreck administration.

[Autumn]

16. Who will make her resign?

[mainer]

15. Does anyone else think this was all a setup to take down Acosta?

I read somewhere that a tweet went out from the WH within seconds of this incident, accusing Acosta of manhandling the WH aide. They were ready to go with a response, faster than anyone could type that tweet. Maybe she was told to provoke an incident so they could revoke his press pass.

[demmiblue]

17. I think they were looking for confrontation with the press, Acosta/CNN, ...

as well as African American reporters, in particular.

I don't think they necessarily staged this particular exchange, but they ran with it as fast as possible. But who knows, it's not like it would be beneath them.

[HipChick]

18. They have been after him for a while,they will set April Ryan up next

I hope Jim can sue for libel

[nature-lover]

19. They will use anything to change the media focus from the Dems winning the House.

[Stuart G]

20. k and r nt

[elmac]

23. the bottom line is

if the other networks don't boycott the orange Nazi than that confirms their working for tRump and the GOP.

[Merlot]

27. If the other networks boycott, the only reporters will be from faux.

[elmac]

30. great! it also means less airtime for the orange nazi. nt

[PA Democrat]

24. So when will the White House Propaganda Secretary be giving

her next briefing? Sanders is a blatant liar her VILE BEHAVIOR will not be tolerated in a democracy.

[flibbitygiblets]

28. this shit needs to stop NOW. CNN and Acosta need to sue Slanders and the government for slander

Sarah Slanders can't get away with this.

[Achilleaze]

29. republican lies are dangerous for America

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[maxrandb]

31. Maybe Acosta should have body-slammed her

Then Donnie Shit for Brains would praise him