Jim Acosta

[Mike M (the other one)]

(11-12-2018, 05:08 PM)Benton Wrote: Generally, that doesn't matter.

It's fairly common — especially for people who are difficult to get an audience with — for press conferences to be used as a way to get questions answered that aren't generally what the conference is about. Generally, out of respect, media members with questions not pertaining to the meeting wait until towards the end. You don't always expect it to get answered, but that's your opportunity to ask it.

I work in a community with two prisons. Corrections worker pay is a big deal here. Whenever the governor is in the area — usually for a ground breaking or some other type of event — I always ask him if he plans any more initiatives to increase their pay (which Bevin has been supportive of). It's generally unrelated to what he's speaking on, but he always answers the questions. If was asking something more controversial, he might ask to keep it "on topic" as I've seen him do before.

And funny thing, When the Reporter from ABC was asking him about Kavanaugh, he said not now.

But he did eventually get back to them later in the conference when it was Open Question time and let them ask again and answered it.

Maybe you didn't hear about that one, cause it wasn't being asked by some confrontational fool who wants to make the pressers about him?

That's a perfect example of respect going both ways.