Can reporters stick together?
Not
really. Jane Pauley proved that long, long ago when everyone of the
network morning shows were competing on a Princess Diana interview and
none of them, including Jane, followed the agreed upon ground rules.
We
note that because of Jim Acosta. The journalist is rightly offended
that the White House is attempting to bully the outlet into calling the
Gulf of Mexico by another name.
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta has
called for reporters and news outlets to band together against the
Trump administration’s treatment of journalists, after it blacklisted an
Associated Press reporter from White House briefings earlier this week
for refusing to call the “Gulf of Mexico” by its new Trump-appointed
name.
“It
is crucial for news outlets to unite in opposition to any attempts by
the administration to harm individual journalists and their
organizations,” Acosta wrote on his Substack, The Jim Acosta Show, Sunday.
“News
organizations in Washington should be banding together to send the
message that members of the press will determine how they cover the
news,” Acosta continued. “Not the White House. Not the man behind the
Resolute Desk, no matter how he redraws the world’s maps. The
presidential Sharpie is not mightier than the pen.”
He
added “It’s only the Gulf of America if you surrender yourself to
Trump’s warped imagination,” calling it “goofy” and “nutty.”
“The
dispute is over whether we’re going to just surrender ourself to the
warped imagination of the man in the Oval Office. We are just not going
to do that,” Acosta concluded.
We think Jim Acosta is making a great call. We just think the group he's appealing to doesn't have a great deal of self-respect or committment.
