“That’s A Stupid Question”
There’s a full-on war against the media.
The entire week has been an absolute attack on reporters who are asking questions of the administration.
CNN is the favorite target of this administration, and it all came to a head during an absolutely crazy press conference.
(I’ve never seen anything like it).
CNN reporter Jim Acosta, who is an unabashed critic of Trump, asked a question about the caravan.
Trump went off on him.
Then a young girl tried to retrieve the microphone to ha d to the next reporter.
Their hands brushed.
And it got way worse from there.
Trump went off.
The White House put out a video that didn’t look right. Some people claim that it was doctored. They yanked Acosta’s press credentials.
Another American institution under blatant attack.
It all seemed silly to me...
...but the next day...
...a young, black reporter asked a question about the new attorney general...
...”That’s a stupid question. I’ve seen your work, a lot of it is stupid.”
It was an absolutely horrible thing to say to another human being, not to mention from a president to a reporter.
There have always been tough questions and it can’t be easy to stand in front of a reporter and face the music, but I often think of Mariano Rivera after the 2001 World Series.
The Yankees had been beat on a bloop in game 7.
Mariano stood in front of his locker and answered one question after another...
...for more than an hour.
That was a painful situation, but it was simply a game. Mariano answered one question after another. Some were similar to the questions asked a moment before.
“Is there anyone else?” Mariano asked, after answering everyone.
After telling the one black reporter that she was stupid, Trump went on a rampage against another black reporter.
“She’s a loser!” He exclaimed.
(The woman wasn’t there to even defend herself).
At the press conference, two foreign correspondents asked questions.
“What? I can’t understand you. I have no idea what you’re saying.”
Rude.
Nasty.
Vile.
Uncalled for.
I knew it would be bad.
I underestimated it.
The entire week has been an absolute attack on reporters who are asking questions of the administration.
CNN is the favorite target of this administration, and it all came to a head during an absolutely crazy press conference.
(I’ve never seen anything like it).
CNN reporter Jim Acosta, who is an unabashed critic of Trump, asked a question about the caravan.
Trump went off on him.
Then a young girl tried to retrieve the microphone to ha d to the next reporter.
Their hands brushed.
And it got way worse from there.
Trump went off.
The White House put out a video that didn’t look right. Some people claim that it was doctored. They yanked Acosta’s press credentials.
Another American institution under blatant attack.
It all seemed silly to me...
...but the next day...
...a young, black reporter asked a question about the new attorney general...
...”That’s a stupid question. I’ve seen your work, a lot of it is stupid.”
It was an absolutely horrible thing to say to another human being, not to mention from a president to a reporter.
There have always been tough questions and it can’t be easy to stand in front of a reporter and face the music, but I often think of Mariano Rivera after the 2001 World Series.
The Yankees had been beat on a bloop in game 7.
Mariano stood in front of his locker and answered one question after another...
...for more than an hour.
That was a painful situation, but it was simply a game. Mariano answered one question after another. Some were similar to the questions asked a moment before.
“Is there anyone else?” Mariano asked, after answering everyone.
After telling the one black reporter that she was stupid, Trump went on a rampage against another black reporter.
“She’s a loser!” He exclaimed.
(The woman wasn’t there to even defend herself).
At the press conference, two foreign correspondents asked questions.
“What? I can’t understand you. I have no idea what you’re saying.”
Rude.
Nasty.
Vile.
Uncalled for.
I knew it would be bad.
I underestimated it.
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