As we told you earlier, President Donald Trump refused to call on CNN today and instead directed Fox News’ John Roberts to ask the next question, calling CNN “Fake News” in the process:
POTUS calls CNN fake news, calls on @FoxNews John Roberts and says “Lets call on a real network.”
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 13, 2018
Robert later issued this statement where he defended CNN and the other networks, saying “To issue a blanket condemnation of the network as ‘fake news’ is also unfair”:
Here is the statement from Fox News's John Roberts, who was selected by Trump to ask a question after CNN's Jim Acosta was dissed. pic.twitter.com/Wp4PDIP4xg
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) July 13, 2018
Nice of him, right?
Well, not for CNN PR executive Matt Dornic. He told Roberts to “Next time try and show some class in the moment”:
Nice try, @johnrobertsFox. Your omission is glaring and your compliment backhanded. Next time try and show some class in the moment. And in your statement.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) July 13, 2018
Wow:
Well, that was gracious. https://t.co/7FqjDkhvoH
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 13, 2018
This is where we are we guess:
Oh for goodness sake. This is why John Roberts shouldn't have even put out a statement. NOTHING he could have done besides rush to Jim Acosta's aide like he's a damsel in distress would have been acceptable https://t.co/9IwsWlcJeS
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 13, 2018
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BuzzFeed John Stanton, however, called out all the other members of the White House press corps for not standing up to Trump “in the moment” as well:
Shout out to all the other reporters who gave the mic to CNN after John Roberts didn't.
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) July 13, 2018
Someday maybe somebody will actually stand up in real time.
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) July 13, 2018
Of note, is Jim Acosta going to stop calling Fox News “state-sponsored media”?
Journalists are outraged that Trump called Jim @Acosta and CNN “fake news” today, but have no problem when Jim Acosta calls Fox News “state-supported media.”
?? https://t.co/1u8bcazHbq https://t.co/xLi2A4NhvQ
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) July 13, 2018
And as Mary Katharine Ham correctly notes, we don’t remember many MSM types standing up for Fox News’ Shannon Bream when Terry Moran “crapped” on her the other day:
Thought the same thing when @terrymoran crapped on @ShannonBream’s decision to leave SCOTUS live shot this week bc it’s totes impossible a woman who works for Fox might have had a different experience than him in a crowd of liberal protesters.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) July 13, 2018
Video of Trump dissing CNN here:
WATCH: President Trump refused to take a question from a CNN reporter during his joint press conference with British PM Theresa May, decrying the network as "fake news"; instead, he called on John Roberts of Fox News, dubbing it "a real network" https://t.co/PFwmDbdTUC pic.twitter.com/9X3uM05k92
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 13, 2018
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Related:
REALLY!? CNN reporter claims Trump shunning Jim Acosta gives authoritarian leaders green light to 'quash a free press' https://t.co/59ArWnzSgX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 13, 2018
OMG LOL! Jim Acosta tweets that he DID get 1 SILLY question in with Trump and yup, it's totally a #DearDiary moment https://t.co/yGVd24nVYT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 13, 2018
AYFKM? HA! Chris Cillizza so freaked over Trump dissing Acosta he makes an OBAMA-SIZED jacka** of himself https://t.co/Y9iL12gFq6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 13, 2018
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