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That fool does not ask tough questions. He ask questions by prefacing them with an innuendo or accusation to try and put Trump off guard, Such as Mr Trump (not Mr President) when did you stop beating your wife? The guy is not a serious reporter, he is a water carrying liberal PUSBAG!!! Didn't see any of those "tough" questions asked by him of the "great one". Just saying

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2 hours ago, md11fr8dawg said:

That fool does not ask tough questions. He ask questions by prefacing them with an innuendo or accusation to try and put Trump off guard, Such as Mr Trump (not Mr President) when did you stop beating your wife? The guy is not a serious reporter, he is a water carrying liberal PUSBAG!!! Didn't see any of those "tough" questions asked by him of the "great one". Just saying

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BINGO !  SPOT ON !     :lol:

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Expert: Acosta video distributed by White House was doctored

NEW YORK (AP) -- A video distributed by the Trump administration to support its argument for banning CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House appears to have been doctored to make Acosta look more aggressive than he was during an exchange with a White House intern, an independent expert said Thursday.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted the video, which shows Acosta asking President Donald Trump a question on Wednesday as the intern tries to take his microphone away. But a frame-by-frame comparison with an Associated Press video of the same incident shows that the one tweeted by Sanders appears to have been altered to speed up Acosta's arm movement as he touches the intern's arm, according to Abba Shapiro, an independent video producer who examined the footage at AP's request.

Earlier, Shapiro noticed that frames in the tweeted video were frozen to slow down the action, allowing it to run the same length as the AP one.

The tweeted video also does not have any audio, which Shapiro said would make it easier to alter. It's also unlikely the differences could be explained by technical glitches or by video compression — a reduction in a video's size to enable it to play more smoothly on some sites — because the slowing of the video and the acceleration that followed are "too precise to be an accident," said Shapiro, who trains instructors to use video editing software.

Sanders, who hasn't said where the tweeted video came from, noted that it clearly shows Acosta made contact with the intern. In her statement announcing Acosta's suspension, she said the White House won't tolerate "a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job."

While the origin of the manipulated video is unclear, its distribution marked a new low for an administration that has been criticized for its willingness to mislead.

The White House News Photographers Association decried the sharing of the footage.

"As visual journalists, we know that manipulating images is manipulating truth," said Whitney Shefte, the association's president. "It's deceptive, dangerous and unethical. Knowingly sharing manipulated images is equally problematic, particularly when the person sharing them is a representative of our country's highest office with vast influence over public opinion."

CNN has labeled Sanders' characterization of Acosta's exchange with the intern as a lie. Its position has been supported by witnesses including Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason, who was next to Acosta during the news conference and tweeted that he did not see Acosta place his hands on the White House employee. Rather, he said he saw him holding on to the microphone as she reached for it.

"The irony of this White House video involving Jim Acosta is that if it is found to be doctored, it will show the administration to be doing what it accuses the news media of doing — engaging in fake information," said Aly Colon, a professor in journalism ethics at Washington & Lee University.

Several journalists and organizations — including the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the Online News Association — demanded Acosta's press pass be reinstated.

"It is the essential function of a free press in every democracy to independently gather and report information in the public interest, a right that is enshrined in the First Amendment," said Julie Pace, AP's Washington bureau chief. "We strongly reject the idea that any administration would block a journalist's access to the White House."

The New York Times editorialized in favor of restoring Acosta's pass, saying it signaled Trump's view that asking hard questions disqualifies reporters from attending briefings. The newspaper said that if Sanders was so offended by physical contact, "what did she have to say when her boss praised as 'my kind of guy' Rep. Greg Gianforte of Montana, who was sentenced to anger management classes and community service for body-slamming a Guardian reporter last spring?"

CNN has been a frequent target of the president, who has characterized journalists as enemies of the people and who routinely accuses the mainstream media of spreading "fake news." And Acosta has been one of the more visible thorns in the side of the White House. During their verbal altercation on Wednesday, Trump called Acosta a "terrible person."

Still, it's rare for the White House to pull the so-called hard passes from journalists.

During Lyndon Johnson's presidency, the Secret Service denied clearance to Robert Sherrill, a reporter for The Nation who had gotten into physical fights with government officials. During the George W. Bush presidency, Trude Feldman, who worked for various news outlets, was suspended for 90 days after security cameras recorded her looking through a press aide's desk late one night. In the 1970s, President Nixon tried to get Washington Post reporters banned from the White House.

Despite losing his White House pass, Acosta is expected to travel to Paris this weekend to cover Trump's trip to meet with world leaders.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/expert-acosta-video-distributed-white-house-doctored-232105962--politics.html

 

 

Doesn't it make you proud... I would expect some blogger or youtuber to do this, but not The White House. 

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White House defends doctored Trump-Acosta clip used to justify reporter's ban

The White House has stood by its decision to revoke the access of CNN reporter Jim Acosta after a fiery standoff with the president, and defended sharing a video on social media that had been altered to make Acosta’s actions towards an intern look more aggressive.

The video, originally made by an employee of Infowars, a far-right conspiracy website, shows Acosta’s reaction to a White House employee who tried to grab a microphone from him while he attempted to question Donald Trump at a press conference on Wednesday.

The video is cut so that it appears that Acosta tries to forcefully use his arm to push away the White House staffer’s arm, rather than use his arm to pull back the microphone.

The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, shared the video on Twitter on Wednesday night and said: “We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video.”

Despite the video’s dubious origins, Sanders doubled down in a White House statement on Thursday saying “The question is: did the reporter make contact or not? The video is clear, he did. We stand by our statement.”

Paul Joseph Watson, who makes videos for Infowars, called claims that he had altered the video a “brazen lie”.

But in an analysis done for Storyful, which describes itself as a social-media intelligence agency that sources and verifies insights for media, there are apparently several frames repeated in the video.

According to an analysis by Shane Raymond, a Storyful journalist, “these frames do not appear in the original C-SPAN footage, and appear to exaggerate the action of Acosta”.

In an interview with Fox Business Network on Thursday, senior White House communications advisor Mercedes Schlapp insisted that the intern was “shaken up” and “intimidated” by Acosta and added: “What we are seeing is bad behavior that cannot be tolerated.”

The revocation of Acosta’s “hard pass”, which provides access to the White House grounds, is without any precedent in modern history. The CNN reporter has made a name for himself by asking forceful questions of Trump and other administration officials.

Acosta has served as a White House correspondent for CNN since 2013 when he covered the Obama administration. He was promoted to chief White House correspondent earlier this year.

Acosta called the White House’s claims “lies” and CNN defended its reporter in a statement.

The network said: “[The revocation] was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at today’s press conference. In an explanation, press secretary Sarah Sanders lied. She provided fraudulent accusations and cited an incident that never happened. This unprecedented decision is a threat to our democracy and the country deserves better. Jim Acosta has our full support.”

A network spokesman later attacked the video shared by Sanders on Twitter. Matt Dornic, a CNN executive, tweeted at Sanders that her behaviour was “absolutely shameful”. He added “You released a doctored video – actual fake news. History will not be kind to you.”

The White House Correspondents Association also condemned the action to revoke Acosta’s credentials. Its president, Olivier Knox, said in a statement Wednesday night that the group “strongly objects to the Trump administration’s decision to use US Secret Service security credentials as a tool to punish a reporter with whom it has a difficult relationship. Revoking access to the White House complex is a reaction out of line to the purported offence and is unacceptable.”

Knox added: “We urge the White House to immediately reverse this weak and misguided action. We encourage anyone with doubts that this reaction was disproportionate to the perceived offence to view the video of the events.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/white-house-defends-decision-revoke-210428794.html

 

Busted spreading "Fake News"... The White House should stay away from conspiracy websites... We should all stay away from conspiracy websites....

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2 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

Doesn't really matter if the video is altered or not, B/A.....Trumpkins will believe what they're told to believe.....that's how lockstep propaganda works.  ;)  They all claim to be staunch constitutionalists yet celebrate the silencing of a Free Press.  

 

GO RV, then BV

 

I know but spreading "Fake News" by our White House is just another brick in the wall.

 

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4 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

I imagine minister Huckabee's daughter spends a large portion of her day praying for forgiveness.  As always, just my opinion.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

As we have been taught, false prophets come before the end times... Satan has a pretty good grip on these people. They lie, cheat, steal and now deceive... Tick Tock

 

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Just now, coorslite21 said:

Acosta has a long history of rude disruption at the daily briefings. Perhaps a CNN Journalist who respects the "Office" will replace him. His behavior only made the media look bad.....another reason the media as a whole has ratings even lower than Trump....CL

 

He may be a news attack dog. He may be lacking class in his actions, but that in no way forgives, or makes acceptable the distribution of an edited video by The White House to deceive the public. This is like Nixon all over again.

 

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4 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Is Trump a false prophet or a.....false profit...or both?   <_<

 

GO RV, then BV

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, bostonangler said:

 

As we have been taught, false prophets come before the end times... Satan has a pretty good grip on these people. They lie, cheat, steal and now deceive... Tick Tock

 

B/A

 

You guys are on a "roll" today!

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5 minutes ago, bostonangler said:

 

He may be a news attack dog. He may be lacking class in his actions, but that in no way forgives, or makes acceptable the distribution of an edited video by The White House to deceive the public. This is like Nixon all over again.

 

B/A

Nixon?......you might as well call Trump Hitler while you're blowing things out of proportion!

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11 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

Acosta has a long history of rude disruption at the daily briefings. Perhaps a CNN Journalist who respects the "Office" will replace him. His behavior only made the media look bad.....another reason the media as a whole has ratings even lower than Trump....CL

 

And Trump has a long history of rude disruption at....well, everywhere.  ;)

 

GO RV, then BV

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