As Twitchy told you, Jim Acosta’s still on pretty thin ice with the White House, although they have reportedly just restored his hard pass:
BREAKING: CNN says the White House has fully restored Acosta’s press pass:
“As a result, our lawsuit is no longer necessary. We look forward to continuing to cover the White House.”
— Breaking911 (@breaking9111) November 19, 2018
JUST IN: CNN says White House has fully restored reporter Jim Acosta's press pass, says lawsuit no longer necessary pic.twitter.com/SLXDsZ6ScQ
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) November 19, 2018
If he doesn’t want to cause another fuss (and that’s a big if, because he’s Jim Acosta), he’s going to have to be more cognizant of the rules:
Per White House letter to Acosta on Nov. 19, here are the new rules for press conferences at the White House. pic.twitter.com/a6C2pmLv2K
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 19, 2018
Not much change here. After all, there's long been a discretionary second question at briefings. Sometimes — many times — @PressSec grants them, sometimes she does not.
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 19, 2018
OK then.
I really wonder how courts are going to look at this.
To me…these seem to be reasonable rules. But who knows. https://t.co/eQjEQf5svV
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 19, 2018
To be fair, Jim Acosta isn’t a terribly reasonable person.
The fact that Jim was incapable of acting this way without a list of rules is pretty sad.
— CORDENTHUSIAST (@cordenthusiast) November 19, 2018
It really is.
And forever shall they be known as "The Acosta Rules"
— BadgerFool (@BadgerFool) November 19, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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