Friday, November 16, 2018

What's Really Behind the Jim Acosta 'Controversy'? | Roger L. Simon

What's Really Behind the Jim Acosta 'Controversy'? | Roger L. Simon
"The superficial characteristic of the Jim Acosta "controversy" is that the recently banned -- actually just his "hard pass" was taken -- CNN White House correspondent is a boring narcissist who wants to make all press conferences about him. 
See the source imageHe never asks a real question. 
He just spouts his utterly predictable and tedious opinions as long as he can before asking the political equivalent of "When did you stop beating your wife?"
He's not the only one.
He's just, for the moment, the most extreme of a bad lot.
If you watch White House press conferences, you rarely hear a question of any substance.  
It's one preening accusation after the other and a complete waste of everyone's time.
So who benefits from this meaningless charade under the surface (although not far)? 
Who is profiteering off the grandstanding of Acosta and others?
It's not the American people -- that's for sure. 
It's the major media companies (ABC, CBS, etc.) who, acting as monopolies in a cartel of sorts, get maximum exposure -- mostly to the exclusion of everybody else...
...It's no surprise then that Fox has backed up CNN in its lawsuit to "Free Jim" against the administration. 
They're all drinking from the same trough. 
That John Roberts is a better reporter than Acosta (who wouldn't be?) is of, at best, minor consequence. 
Preserving the cartel is what counts.
Completely lost in this charade is the American public that learns absolutely nothing from these cage fights... er, press conferences..."
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