White House Will 'Temporarily' Give Acosta His Press Pass Back

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Caitlin MacNeal

November 16, 2018 11:51 am

After a judge ordered in an initial ruling that the White House must restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass, the White House said it would “temporarily” do so but maintained that Acosta does not have a right to access the White House.

The White House also called for “decorum” during press conferences.

“Today, the court made clear that there is no absolute First Amendment right to access the White House. In response to the court, we will temporarily reinstate the reporter’s hard pass. We will also further develop rules and processes to ensure fair and orderly press conferences in the future,” press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “There must be decorum at the White House.”

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Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-statement-acosta-ruling

[mac56]

1. "Temporarily"?!

Riiiiight.

[getagrip_already]

10. the ruling was on fifth amendmendt grounds, not first....

He basically said due process wasn't followed. That is correctable in true nazi efficiency.

CNN's suit is based on the first amendment, and that case is still in process.

[bluestarone]

2. TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The decorum needs to start WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. Decorum?

Tell your boss to stop calling reporters "stupid," Sarah.

[qazplm135]

4. I can guess the rules

Rule 1: Don't call on Jim Acosta

Rule 2: Don't call on Jim Acosta

Rule 3: If you ain't lyin', you ain't tryin'!

[llmart]

5. The bullshit keeps getting deeper.

[duforsure]

6. They should keep asking hard questions we all

Deserve an answer to. Even more so now after this incident. Russia , women, corruption, lying, and more. If he can't take it then he shouldn't be in OUR government.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. Decorum?

Lying?
Calling people stupid?
Lying?
Belittling people and news agencies?
Lying?
Holding grudges?
Lying?
Criticizing reporters?
Lying?
Questioning the questions being asked?
Lying?

[Stonepounder]

8. Fair and orderly press conference rules:

1. To signal a desire to ask a question, the reporter must drop to one knee and hold our their arm beseechingly while looking down at the floor in recognition of whose attention they are trying to get.

2. If a reporter is called upon, their question must only contain words of two syllables or fewer, and the question must take 30 seconds of less to ask.

3. The Grand and Glorious Ruler of the Known Universe will then consider whether to answer the question. If he does decide that the question is one he chooses not to answer he may simply choose another reporter or, if the question is one that he deems irrelevant or insultant, he may declare it "OB" (for Out of Bounds), at which point the reporter asking the OB question must immediately move to the back of the room and will not be called upon again during the session.

4. Any reporter who asks what The 2GROTKN deems to be a "follow up question" (which would be an insult imply that 2GROTKS did not answer the the earlier question) will told FU (for Follow Up) and told they will not be called upon for the remainder of the Presser and at least the next two Presser.

(I'm sure others can figure out additional rules to promote fair and orderly rules and bring decorum to the White House.)

[mpcamb]

9. I'm a little sad it didn't go to court for a proper ass-whipping for trump and co.

They need to get First Amendment-ized.

[NewJeffCT]

11. If they want decorum at the press conferences

they need to find somebody new to hold the press conferences and make sure Donny Dollands is never there

[BillyBobBrilliant]

12. He will only need it

temporarily -- long enough to cover when they come to take Dum-fuck away.

[WinstonSmith4740]

13. She's kidding, right?

“There must be decorum at the White House.”

Try talking to the orange menace you work for girl...and then look in the mirror.

[Nitram]

14. The press shouldd follow Trump's lead on decorum.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. I hope it's temporary - good until Jan 2021.

Then a Dem press secretary can give him another.

[Javaman]

16. so let me get this straight, a reporter asks a very reasonable question...

and the orange asshole freaks the fuck out and acts like the asshole that he is, but now the WH is calling for "decorum"?

for whom? might I ask?