Jim Acosta

[Benton]

(11-19-2018, 02:16 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So it's your stance that Acosta and/or CNN could not access the Whie House without his hard pass? 

Access the White House, as in a general sense?
Well, yeah, I guess he could enter the public portions of the WH the same as any tourist.

Access to press briefing areas so he could do his job?
No. 

You do realize, I hope, that the hard pass isn't just a magical ticket to the White House. You don't get to just walk around everyone. It allows you extra access to some areas where you can attend press briefings as outlined by the WHCA, or areas where you might have a chance to ask an off podium question of someone.