{"id":10248,"date":"2018-11-10T10:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=10248"},"modified":"2018-11-10T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T18:50:21","slug":"you-ask-a-lot-of-stupid-questions-latest-attack-on-free-press-as-trump-threatens-to-strip-credentials-of-journalists-who-dont-show-him-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/10\/you-ask-a-lot-of-stupid-questions-latest-attack-on-free-press-as-trump-threatens-to-strip-credentials-of-journalists-who-dont-show-him-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions&#8217;: Latest Attack on Free Press as Trump Threatens to Strip Credentials of Journalists Who Don&#8217;t Show Him &#8216;Respect&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"field-wrapper-attribution\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datestamp field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><span class=\"pb-timestamp\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">November 09, 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<h4>Smearing one reporter as a &#8220;loser,&#8221; the president said he might revoke the credentials of more journalists<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-authors\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"grouping-prefix\">by\u00a0<span class=\"pb-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson-staff-writer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Johnson, staff writer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"shr_canvas2\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-ui shareaholic-resolved-canvas ng-scope\" data-app-id=\"6840204\" data-app-id-name=\"headline_above_content\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-title=\"'You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions': Latest Attack on Free Press as Trump Threatens to Strip Credentials of Journalists Who Don't Show Him 'Respect'\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/09\/you-ask-lot-stupid-questions-latest-attack-free-press-trump-threatens-strip\" data-summary=\"\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope shareaholic-share_buttons\" translate=\"no\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui shr-no-print shareaholic-flat shareaholic- shareaholic-block shareaholic-horizontal shareaholic-mini\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-animation-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading shareaholic-custom\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-button-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-img field--type-image field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"caption-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cd_large\/public\/headlines\/gettyimages-10595200761.jpg?itok=9Ci9jb37\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"500\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-main-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p><em>President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on November 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump continued his ugly attacks on the press during a media gaggle on the White House lawn on Friday morning, smearing one reporter as a &#8220;loser,&#8221; denouncing another\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0journalist&#8217;s perfectly reasonable question about the Russia investigation as &#8220;stupid,&#8221; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1060908834657628160\">imperiously threatening<\/a>\u00a0to revoke the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/07\/clear-attack-first-amendment-authoritarian-trump-denounced-stripping-press\">credentials of members of the media<\/a>\u00a0who don&#8217;t show him sufficient &#8220;respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0reporter Abby Phillip asked Trump whether he wants\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/07\/sessions-fired-hours-after-midterm-elections-trump-naming-mueller-investigation\">newly appointed<\/a>Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to &#8220;rein in&#8221; Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2014an idea Whitaker has repeatedly endorsed\u2014the president called the question &#8220;stupid&#8221; and fumed that Phillip asks &#8220;a lot of stupid questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a stupid question that is. What a stupid question. But I watch you a lot, you ask a lot of stupid questions,&#8221; Trump sneered.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to launch another attack on\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0reporter Jim Acosta\u2014whose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/07\/clear-attack-first-amendment-authoritarian-trump-denounced-stripping-press\">press credentials the White House stripped<\/a>\u00a0on the basis of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/11\/08\/huckabee-sanders-should-resign-critics-say-after-orwellian-distribution-doctored\">doctored video<\/a>\u2014and\u00a0<em>American Urban Radio Networks\u00a0<\/em>journalist April Ryan, who the president called a &#8220;loser&#8221; who &#8220;doesn&#8217;t know what the hell she&#8217;s doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question about how long Acosta&#8217;s press credentials will be suspended, Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/415900-trump-calls-april-ryan-a-loser-threatens-to-revoke-more-press\">declared<\/a>, &#8220;As far as I&#8217;m concerned, I haven&#8217;t made that decision. But it could be others also.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-copyright-cond\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-copyright field--type-text field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><em>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 09, 2018\u00a0by Common Dreams Smearing one reporter as a &#8220;loser,&#8221; the president said he might revoke the credentials of more journalists by\u00a0Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on November 9, 2018&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/10\/you-ask-a-lot-of-stupid-questions-latest-attack-on-free-press-as-trump-threatens-to-strip-credentials-of-journalists-who-dont-show-him-respect\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10251,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10248\/revisions\/10251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}