An open letter to Jim Acosta

Dear Jim, My name is John, and I'm here to help. First, let's get something straight. I don't hate you. I don't even harbor a strong dislike for you, and I certainly wouldn't want anyone to cause you physical harm. My personal feelings toward you might best be described as disdain or contempt, because I have absolutely no respect for the job you do, or for your employer.  It's nothing personal. Recently I watched a video in which you stormed out of a press briefing in a temper tantrum. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had just refused to declare the media is not the enemy of the American people--even though you and your colleagues have been doing a remarkable job of creating that impression for Trump voters. The problem is that President Trump didn't actually say what you accused him of saying--he didn't say the media was the enemy of the American people. He specifically referred to FAKE NEWS media. ABC News reported that on February 17, 2017, the president tweeted these exact words: "The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" My only complaint was that President Trump neglected to mention MS-NBC and The Washington Post in the same tweet, because if the shoe fits... Horribly biased coverage by the mainstream media that favored the Democratic Party has been problematic for decades. For example, Bill Clinton inappropriately had adulterous sex in the Oval Office with a woman young enough to be his daughter. He sexually harassed several others, and … [Read more...]