October 2018 Ratings: Fox News Channel Averaged More Total Viewers Than CNN and MSNBC Combined https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/oct...re-viewers-than-cnn-and-msnbc-combined/382598
The press likes to get histrionic over dust-ups with Trump but let's not forget Obama's ill-fated attempt to have Fox banned and Obama's having Fox reporter James Rosen surveilled and wiretapped by intel agencies. Obama tried to ban fox simply because he did not like their reporting and failure to toe the line and lick his boots. Trump clearly thinks CNN is fake news but does not ban them as long as they behave themselves- which they can't do. Those press conferences are optional. Trump should just have Sarah hand out press releases at the next meeting and leave it at that until everyone can get back to the basic rules. Unlike Hillary and that crew, Trump never hides from the press. He will do several impromptu lengthy press interactions every week and take all sorts of questions and mud-wrestle on anything a reporter wants as long as their purpose is not to just be an asshole. Trump has merely asked Acosta to ask his question, not to grandstand, and then shut the fluck up and let someone else have their turn. You know, journalism 101 used to be that a reporter was there to cover the news not to make it or be part of it. CNN has almost no viewership or ratings, and what they do have, they owe to Donald J. Trump- the best thing that ever happened to them- so let em cry their big crocodile tears. If Trump doesnt run and steady-eddy Mike Pence is elected, then CNN has no programming.
"Forcefully?" For real? I didn't know you were that dainty. And look again. He didn't push, he simply deflected her disrespectful and ham-fisted attempt to grab the mic he was holding before he was finished.
People who hate Acosta are going to see what they want, and people who hate Trump are going to see what they want. Very few people see a stupid display on the part of two human beings (three if you count the intern).
I dont know. Lots of people who hate trump are going to want to see Acosta at the next press briefing but he aint gonna be there - so good luck to them in seeing what they want.