General Discussion

LAS14

(13,769 posts) Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:31 PM Apr 2020

Why is Jim Acosta not at the briefing? nt

12 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Why is Jim Acosta not at the briefing? nt (Original Post) LAS14 Apr 2020 OP

Because they rotate. n/t demmiblue Apr 2020 #1

Sooner or later everyone gets sick of shit? 👍 TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #2

Knocked off early Friday afternoon to go drinking? gratuitous Apr 2020 #3

Is the briefing on right now? Claustrum Apr 2020 #4

Fox was showing what looked like the briefing about 5 minutes ago (7:25 ) nt LAS14 Apr 2020 #12

How about GWC58 Apr 2020 #5

Maybe he needed a sanity timeout from the garbage. Funtatlaguy Apr 2020 #6

He's more valuable in the studio IMO. dem4decades Apr 2020 #7

To Maintain Distancing... ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #8

Maybe he's had enough? spanone Apr 2020 #9

He hasn't been in the rotation for quite a few days now. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #10

Because he doesn't want anybody asking him what his response is Solomon Apr 2020 #11

demmiblue

(36,824 posts)

1. Because they rotate. n/t

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:32 PM

Apr 2020

TheBlackAdder

(28,168 posts)

2. Sooner or later everyone gets sick of shit? 👍

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:32 PM

Apr 2020

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

3. Knocked off early Friday afternoon to go drinking?

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:32 PM

Apr 2020

I wouldn't blame him a bit if he did.

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)

4. Is the briefing on right now?

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:33 PM

Apr 2020

I don't think CNN mentioned it at all in the last 30 minutes.

LAS14

(13,769 posts)

12. Fox was showing what looked like the briefing about 5 minutes ago (7:25 ) nt

Reply to Claustrum (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 07:29 PM

Apr 2020

GWC58

(2,678 posts)

5. How about

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:34 PM

Apr 2020

Paula Reid, she there?

Funtatlaguy

(10,862 posts)

6. Maybe he needed a sanity timeout from the garbage.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:39 PM

Apr 2020

dem4decades

(11,270 posts)

7. He's more valuable in the studio IMO.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:41 PM

Apr 2020

ProfessorGAC

(64,875 posts)

8. To Maintain Distancing...

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:45 PM

Apr 2020

...they're sending a third to half in per day. Let's reporters spread out around the room. Nobody in the aisles.
Probably his day to be in the other 2/3rds.

spanone

(135,795 posts)

9. Maybe he's had enough?

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:46 PM

Apr 2020

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

10. He hasn't been in the rotation for quite a few days now.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 07:03 PM

Apr 2020

Instead, he's been a commentator/fact checker on CNN during and after the briefings. I wonder when it'll be his turn back in the briefing room.

Solomon

(12,310 posts)

11. Because he doesn't want anybody asking him what his response is

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 07:28 PM

Apr 2020

to Gov. Cuomo's statement today.

Do I win?

Reply to this discussion