330,000+ Sign Petition Calling on White House Press Corps to 'Stand Up and Fight Back' After Acosta

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330,000+ Sign Petition Calling on White House Press Corps to 'Stand Up and Fight Back' After Acosta Blacklisted

From the article:

An online petition is surging towards its goal of 350,000 signatures on Thursday as it called on members of the White House Press Association to stand in solidarity against the Trump adminstration's decision to strip credentials from CNN report Jim Acosta.

Posted on MoveOn.org's platform, but coordinated by the watchdog group Media Matters for America, the petition reads:
If Trump blacklists or bans one of you, the rest of you need to stand up. Instead of ignoring Trump's bad behavior and going about your business, close ranks and stand up for journalism. Don't keep talking about what Trump wants to talk about. Stand up and fight back. Amplify your colleague's inquiry or refuse to engage until he removes that person/outlet from the blacklist.

"In response to a man who treats his Presidency as if it's a series of a particularly bizarre reality-TV show, the entire White House press corps should walk out." —British journalist Jane Merrick

To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/08/330000-sign-petition-calling-white-house-press-corps-stand-and-fight-back-after?cd-

To sign the petition:

https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-the-white-house-3?source=petitionshomepage

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