After the White House agreed to give CNN’s Jim Acosta his press “hard pass” back, the White House also rolled out new rules governing the conduct of press conferences.
White House restores Jim Acosta’s press pass, issues new rules
Jim Acosta and CNN were granted a Temporary Restraining Order on Friday, November 16, 2018, restoring Acosta’s White House “hard pass,” to allow him privileged access to the White House grounds for press briefings and other events, pending further court action.
The White House promptly announced that it would promulgate rules governing...
Acosta got his press pass back, but his media colleagues will pay the price
On Friday, November 16, 2018, the federal District Court in D.C. granted a temporary restraining order compelling the White House to reinstate CNN’s Jim Acosta’s “hard pass,” that gives him privileged access to the White House for press briefings and events.
As described in our coverage of the decision, there is no...
Georgetown Law Institute Sides With CNN and Jim Acosta Over Trump
Let’s face it, this would be more newsworthy if Georgetown had not sided with CNN and Jim Acosta.
Campus Reform reports:
Georgetown backs CNN, Jim Acosta in White House lawsuit
Georgetown University’s law institute filed an amicus brief Tuesday in support of the recently announced lawsuit by CNN against the White House.
The Institute for...
Court orders White House to restore Jim Acosta’s press pass
Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, has just ruled on the motion of Jim Acosta and CNN for a temporary restraining order restoring Acosta’s White House “hard pass”.
Based on reports from reporters in the media room, it appears that the Judge ruled that while the White House doesn’t have to...
OANN Brief: Acosta’s “repeated, unprofessional conduct … has hindered our free press from functioning effectively during White House briefings”
The Judge will rule today on the motion for a temporary restraining order filed by Jim Acosta and CNN.
While most of the media supports Acosta, One American News Network filed late on November 15, 2018, for permission to file an amicus brief (pdf.) (full embed at bottom of post) opposing...
Jim Acosta and his media enablers are on the verge of creating law that will damage journalism
“Bad facts make bad law” is a common saying. What that means is that bad facts in a specific case can create legal precedent that is damaging to others, not just the bad actor in the case.
Nowhere is that more clear than in the pending motion by Jim Acosta and CNN,...
Court adjourns without yet granting Jim Acosta and CNN the emergency injunction they requested
UPDATE: The Judge has postponed the decision from 3 p.m. Thursday to 10 a.m. Friday.
A federal District Court Judge in D.C., Timothy Kelly, heard two hours of argument today on the motion for a temporary restraining order requested by CNN and Jim Acosta regarding his White House “hard pass”.
The hard pass...
Gov’t: Trump has discretion to limit Acosta access, particularly after “disrupting press proceedings”
On November 13, 2008, CNN and Jim Acosta filed in federal court in D.C. for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction seeking a court order overruling the White House decision to revoke Acosta’s “hard pass” — the press pass that provides Acosta with “regular and unescorted access to the White...
White House pulls Jim Acosta’s press pass for physically blocking female intern from taking back microphone
We covered earlier today how CNN’s Jim Acosta refused to hand over a White House microphone when asked to do so, instead insisting on continuing to shout questions...
Trump to Acosta: ‘You are a Rude, Terrible Person, You Shouldn’t be Working for CNN’
President Donald Trump locked horns with CNN’s Jim Acosta. As usual, Acosta used the press conference to create a spectacle, refusing to cede his turn to the next reporter when Trump had moved on and hanging on to the mic when a staffer tried to take it to pass to the...
CNN reports . . . and what Trump actually said about the migrant caravan
Late Thursday afternoon Trump gave a speech and then answered questions from the press about policy regarding the caravan of illegal immigrants headed towards the U.S. I listened to it at the time, and here’s the text of his remarks.
After hearing the speech, I wasn’t surprised by the spin given by ...
Suspicious Packages Intercepted for the Clintons, Obama, and CNN
The US Secret Service intercepted packages sent to the homes of the Clintons in New York and President Barack Obama in Washington that contain “possible explosive devices.” The Clintons and Obama didn’t receive the packages “because of screening procedures.”
CNN then reported the NYPD has responded to a suspicious package outside at...
CNN’s Chris Cuomo Now Imagining Racist Thoughts in Trump’s Head
Kanye West’s visit to the White House really brought out the stupid in members of the liberal media, but one man stands out in the crowd. CNN’s Chris Cuomo actually talked about what he imagined Trump was thinking during the meeting.
Report: CNN links “Kavanaugh” and “rape” 191 times over an 18-day period
CNN seems to be in permanent race to the ratings bottom mode. The latest is their enthusiastic embrace of the Democrat/#MeToo/anti-Trump narrative that Brett Kavanaugh is some kind of serial gang rapist.
So invested is the network in pushing this unproven narrative that they linked him with “rape” 191 times in an...
Ocasio-Cortez Couldn’t Tell Tapper How to Pay for $40 Trillion Platform
CNN State of the Union host Jake Tapper, one of the last reliable MSM reporters, got socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez all tongue-tied when he asked her plain and simple how she would pay for her $40 trillion platform. From Mediaite:
“Your platform has called for various new programs including Medicare-for-all, housing as a...
