re: #401 Charles Johnson

Jennifer Jacobs ✔
@JenniferJJacobs
“As a result of today’s incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders says.

This will deny unescorted entry to the WH grounds for @Acosta.

So, Fox will throw a fit about this and come to CNN/Acosta’s defense of the rights of a journalist.

They did earlier this year.

And they did that then because of when they were all bent out of shape when the Obama White House criticized them as an arm of the Republican party.

Journalist sticking together and sticking up for one another, right?

Link to the wayback machine for a 2009 CBS story…

President Obama’s Feud with FOX News

After months of taking incoming fire from the prime-time stars of Fox News, the Obama White House is firing back, charging that FOX News is different from all other news.
“FOX News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican party,” said Anita Dunn, White House communications director.

“If media is operating basically as a talk radio format, then that’s one thing, and if it’s operating as a news outlet, then that’s another,” Mr. Obama said.

And the White House has gone beyond words, reports CBS News senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield. Last Sept. 20, the president went on every Sunday news show - except Chris Wallace’s show on FOX. And on Thursday, the Treasury Department tried to exclude FOX News from pool coverage of interviews with a key official. It backed down after strong protests from the press.

“All the networks said, that’s it, you’ve crossed the line,” said CBS News White House correspondent Chip Reid.