Lol, Jim Acosta..

[SunsetBengal]

I don't even need to add any comments on this one. The author does a fine job of illustrating the situation.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/30/jim-acosta-cnn-embarrassment-village-idiots/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR0AXdRuzca5dtcY12-OemLl-feq67hrnN8MaeCnqR-bo95goF_Gb9DAoPI

Quote:OSAKA, Japan — At a time when the American political press could not possibly do any more to embarrass itself, CNN’s Jim Acosta strikes again. This time overseas after President Trump spent the weekend meeting with the world’s most powerful leaders.

“Do you agree,” Mr. Acosta slithered, “that it is despicable for a government to kill a journalist?”

Who gave this idiot a microphone? Who gave him a press badge? Who would give this nut a minute of airtime?

CNN, apparently.

The once-vaunted international television network was once known for its brave reporters who covered wars under falling bombs from inside the war zone. Once known for its fearless correspondents who went behind enemy lines to shine a bright light on evil dictators. Once known for its serious reporters who brought attention to atrocities and famine in the farthest corners of the world.[quote]



[quote]Now, Jim Acosta — preening before cameras like a wounded peacock who doesn’t know his plumage has all fallen out. The only feathers left are soggy, wet and dull.

Yet on he preens and struts and clucks — a sad display and an embarrassment to all the other birds.

Mr. Acosta gets a shot at asking the leader of the free world a question. An opportunity like that is a responsibility for any real reporter. A chance to give voice to the millions and millions of Americans who will never get a shot at asking a president a question. An opportunity to shed light on some hidden injustice. An opportunity to inform and improve our body politic.

And this ridiculous bozo asks the president whether he opposes a part-time newspaper columnist being murdered and brutally dismembered with a bone saw. Seriously?

He asked this in front of a roomful of reporters from around the world. What must those people think of America? The seriousness of our press? What a joke.

But Mr. Acosta was LIVE! At 2:30 in the morning back home! At a time of day when Public Access television is beating CNN in most markets. Oh, but the glamour of the camera!

One might be tempted to say Mr. Acosta is an embarrassment to his profession, but there is nothing professional about the guy. He is an embarrassment to village idiots.

CNN should strip him of his press credentials. He should be forced to file as a registered lobbyist for the Democrat National Committee or whatever committee handles this virulent strain of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Someone needs to change his diaper and shove a pacifier in his suckling lips.

Responding to this unserious nitwit, Mr. Trump answered the way a parent answers a crybaby having a temper tantrum.

“Yes, I do. I think it’s horrible,” Mr. Trump replied flatly.

Mr. Trump has witnessed enough drama and theatrics from Jim Acosta to know what he is in for whenever Mr. Acosta gets a question. Yet the president calls on him anyway.

So much for this whole ridiculous lie that Mr. Trump wants to shut down the media. He doesn’t even shut down the fake media, the true Enemy of the People. Not only that, he calls on them.

Like James Madison and Thomas Jefferson before him, Mr. Trump understands that freedom can be messy. And it is best to let ludicrous loudmouths like Jim Acosta have their say, like the raving lunatic caterwauling on the street corner gets his. Best to just let the nut vent.

And then serious people can all get on with the serious work at hand. As Mr. Acosta smears his pureed peas-and-carrots baby food all over the tray of his high chair, smiles in greasy satisfaction, passes gas into his fetid diaper and hiccups.

I will say this. In the pre-tech days, Charles Hurt likely could have made himself a very wealthy man, by writing action/adventure drama books.

[*bfine32*]

Dude's just trying to get folks to buy his book. A book he wrote about how much danger he faces in "telling the truth".

Let the irony of that sink in for a moment. He published a book about how dangerous it is to be a member of the press.

[BmorePat87]

In the full exchange, Acosta pressed him on why he refused to comment on the Saudis killing Khashoggi when he was asked in front of the Saudi Prince, referring to the "coziness" Trump seems to have with dictators, who Trump described as being able to get along with more than he can get along with reporters. Trump had ignored multiple questions about the murder while praising bin Salman as a friend and someone who has done a great job. Remember that the CIA has concluded that bin Salman ordered the murder.

Quite frankly, if you think it's wrong to call the President out when they praise dictators and refuse to hold them accountable for the murder of a journalist working for an American media outlet, then you may want to reassess if you value what our nation stands for.

[NATI BENGALS]

I have a few questions.

Do you like that our president is kissing ass with dictators?

Do you think the President of the United States of America should be on the global stage kissing the ass of the evil dictators of the world?

Is this good or bad for America's global standing?

[CJD]

Liberal News Media: Hey Donald, can you maybe hold the dictators you rub elbows with accountable for the atrocities they commit? Please? Just this one time?
Conservative News Media: LOL, Look at this dumb **** being all SJW over here. What a prick.

[Dill]

(07-01-2019, 07:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I don't even need to add any comments on this one.  The author does a fine job of illustrating the situation.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/30/jim-acosta-cnn-embarrassment-village-idiots/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR0AXdRuzca5dtcY12-OemLl-feq67hrnN8MaeCnqR-bo95goF_Gb9DAoPI

Mr. Acosta gets a shot at asking the leader of the free world a question. An opportunity like that is a responsibility for any real reporter. A chance to give voice to the millions and millions of Americans who will never get a shot at asking a president a question. An opportunity to shed light on some hidden injustice. An opportunity to inform and improve our body politic.

Looks like Acosta was doing his job.

Why is the US press an "embarrassment" when it holds US leaders accountable?

I might have phrased Acosta's question differently--should the US hold a world leader accountable for murdering a member of the press (regardless of whether he was full or part time) if it means losing an arms deal?

Er, wait. Trump already answered that question. Not all that "horrible," I guess.

"Horrible" would be millions of Americans no longer interested Kashoggi's murder.

[Benton]

Wrong time and place, but someone needs to bring it up.

Trump has gone against his own intelligence community, against allied intelligence and against moral responsibility in siding with the alleged murderers, who are religious extremists.

[BakertheBeast]

Thanks mainly to Jim Acosta there are no more white house press conferences. When you ask questions that the administration won't answer because it makes the President look like the ass. Acosta was one of the few who had the balls to ask the tough questions. Now all you have is Copter talk outside with the news media packed with Trump friendly reporters lobbing him softball questions.

[*bfine32*]

(07-02-2019, 05:37 AM)BakertheBeast Wrote: Thanks mainly to Jim Acosta there are no more white house press conferences. When you ask questions that the administration won't answer because it makes the President look like the ass. Acosta was one of the few who had the balls to ask the tough questions. Now all you have is Copter talk outside with the news media packed with Trump friendly reporters lobbing him softball questions.

I remember when he had balls enough to brush away a female staffer whose job it was to take the mike from him while he was demonstrating him balls by not follow procedure or directives from POTUS in his house. 

Acosta is a self-serving POS and this is the reason the story in the OP is making news. Acosta had balls enough to ask a question that he hoped would help the sales of his book.

Of course none of this excuses Trump's inaction on the matter, but let's not paint Acosta as some 1st Amendment freedom fighter

[GMDino]

(07-02-2019, 10:26 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I remember when he had balls enough to brush away a female staffer whose job it was to take the mike from him while he was demonstrating him balls by not follow procedure or directives from POTUS in his house. 

Acosta is a self-serving POS and this is the reason the story in the OP is making news. Acosta had balls enough to ask a question that he hoped would help the sales of his book.

Of course none of this excuses Trump's inaction on the matter, but let's not paint Acosta as some 1st Amendment freedom fighter

Of course it does.  If we "lol" at the reporter who then we can shift focus from the question.

If we accuse a reporter who asked a legitimate question of simply wanting to help his book sales then we can ignore the question.

That's what the article in the OP does.

[*bfine32*]

(07-02-2019, 10:44 AM)GMDino Wrote: Of course it does.  If we "lol" at the reporter who then we can shift focus from the question.

If we accuse a reporter who asked a legitimate question of simply wanting to help his book sales then we can ignore the question.

That's what the article in the OP does.

Source is important. Both the sender and the receiver. 

[GMDino]

(07-02-2019, 10:48 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Source is important. Both the sender and the receiver. 

Can be.

If there is a bias that can be proven.

A legitimate question is still legitimare no matter the opinion of an article on the internet.

[*bfine32*]

(07-02-2019, 10:58 AM)GMDino Wrote: Can be.

If there is a bias that can be proven.

A legitimate question is still legitimare no matter the opinion of an article on the internet.

And it appears POTUS provided him with a direct answer to his legitimate question of whether or not it is bad to kill journalists

[Benton]

(07-02-2019, 10:26 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I remember when he had balls enough to brush away a female staffer whose job it was to take the mike from him while he was demonstrating him balls by not follow procedure or directives from POTUS in his house. 

By "his" you mean taxpayers like Accosta and the people he represents, right? 

[*bfine32*]

(07-02-2019, 12:05 PM)Benton Wrote: By "his" you mean taxpayers like Accosta and the people he represents, right? 

Correct I mean the White House, the official residence of POTUS. Glad you were able to crack the code.

[Goalpost]

I think even other journalists are bored with his antics. Made a fool of himself at the White House Easter egg hunt around kids, intended to be a fun event, except for Jim.

[*bfine32*]

(07-02-2019, 01:21 PM)Goalpost Wrote: I think even other journalists are bored with his antics.  Made a fool of himself at the White House Easter egg hunt around kids, intended to be a fun event, except for Jim.

He was just showing the kids he had balls.

[Mike M (the other one)]

(07-02-2019, 01:31 PM)bfine32 Wrote: He was just showing the kids he had balls.

Surprised he wasn't trying to get them to grab his eggs.

Tired of him and his antics, and the one of him at the border wall showing how there was no illegals trying to cross was a classic.

[Dill]

(07-02-2019, 10:26 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I remember when he had balls enough to brush away a female staffer whose job it was to take the mike from him while he was demonstrating him balls by not follow procedure or directives from POTUS in his house. 

Acosta is a self-serving POS and this is the reason the story in the OP is making news. Acosta had balls enough to ask a question that he hoped would help the sales of his book.

Of course none of this excuses Trump's inaction on the matter, but let's not paint Acosta as some 1st Amendment freedom fighter

Wait, what is the real problem here then?

Is it a self-serving POTUS ignoring an ethical issue on the world stage while building his brand, or
a journalist asking important questions, book sales or no?

PS regarding the female staffer incident, the POTUS is not a private citizen and the WH is our house.

[Mike M (the other one)]

(07-02-2019, 06:25 PM)Dill Wrote: Wait, what is the real problem here then?

Is it a self-serving POTUS ignoring an ethical issue on the world stage while building his brand, or
a journalist asking important questions, book sales or no?

PS regarding the female staffer incident, the POTUS is not a private citizen and the WH is our house.

Doesn't matter, that doesn't give him the right to do as he pleases. There is still rules and he over stepped his boundaries.