JIM ACOSTA: "The press corps needs to start giving some serious consideration to whether or not itβs worth sending everybody into the Oval Office, sending everybody onto Air Force One, sending everybody into the briefing room." https://t.co/GcwzeDKCaq
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I believe the press needs to step up, especially with actions like the White House banning the AP from key locations. The AP is a vital institution, reaching billions globally, and its exclusion impacts information flow. The AP should consider legal action, and the press corps needs to rethink its approach.
Imagine the impact if the American people saw this aspiring autocrat surrounded by his propaganda outlets without the press there. Trump craves those cameras; removing them, even briefly, could teach him a lesson about alienating credible news organizations like the AP. I'm not calling for a boycott, but serious consideration is needed to support the AP, because they are invaluable.
Speaker 0: Yeah. I mean, I I think we've reached a point now where, you know, I think the press needs to do a bit more, and that's a tough nut to crack. As I found, you know, covering him the first time around, you know, it's a little like herding cats trying to get everybody in the press corps to act in a uniform fashion. But when you have the White House, banning the AP from the Oval Office, banning the AP from Air Force One and just to explain this to people, I mean, the Associated Press, the AP, is an institution that's been around for, over a hundred years. They're in about a hundred countries.
They're in all 50 states. They're I I believe their journalism is is read and viewed by, you know, some 4,000,000,000 people around the world. And just about every news outlet in The United States relies on the Associated Press. So when the White House kicks the AP out of the Oval Office, off of Air Force One, it has a major impact on the information that people are receiving around this country. And I just don't think it's something that should be, you know, should just be tolerated at this point.
You know? I I think that the AP should look at whether or not they should sue the administration. I think the AP, needs to, you know, look at other options in in terms of what can be done. And I think the rest of the press corps needs to start giving some serious consideration to whether or not it's worth, you know, sending everybody into the Oval Office, sending everybody on Air Force One, sending everybody into the Briefing Room. And I know some of my friends over there at the White House press corps will say, hang on a second.
How are we supposed to cover this guy? I I understand that. It's it's difficult if if we're not there. But, you know, I I I do think for a moment, let the American people out there see this image of this aspiring autocrat in the Oval Office surrounded by, just his propaganda outlets and right wing hacks. That's not a good look for him.
And I'll tell you something else about Donald Trump then. He cares about having those cameras on him more than just about anything else in the world. If the press were to take those cameras away for a day or two, I I I I think that there would be a lesson learned on his part. I think he would say, okay. Maybe maybe I I ought to rethink this this idea of kicking the Associated Press out of there if I I can't have the cameras with me.
And so I I definitely think, you know, more can be done. Not saying a boycott tomorrow. I'm not saying anything drastic like that, but I do think some serious consideration needs to be given to, you know, doing a bit more to stand up for our friends at the Associated Press because they're such a valuable institution.
