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-- 2015 --
August 26: Journalist kicked out of Donald Trump news conference
A news anchor was thrown out of a Donald Trump news conference after asking a question about immigration, without being called on first.
Jorge Ramos, who works for the Spanish-language channel Univision, was removed by a security guard from the event in Dubuque, Iowa.
Mr Ramos later returned to the room and was able to ask a question.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-34059552/journalist-kicked-out-of-donald-trump-news-conference
-- 2016 --
June 29: In covering a story, a media outlet is not finding guilt. It is simply reporting the news that [for example] a lawsuit has been filed against Mr. Trump, and ideally putting the complaint in context. Unproven allegations are just that - unproven, and should be identified that way. ... Proof comes later, at trial. But the November election will come well before any trial. And while Mr. Trump is presumed innocent, we are permitted — no, we are obligated — to analyze [a] case’s viability ....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/why-the-new-child-rape-ca_b_10619944.html
August 8: Trump is Testing the Norms of Objectivity in Journalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/business/balance-fairness-and-a-proudly-provocative-presidential-candidate.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=5F46A5DA8AB4B335F76D42C49DC59480&gwt=pay
-- 2017 --
January 16: Trump Is Making Journalism Great Again
In his own way, Trump has set us free.
Donald Trump and his forthcoming presidency may be the greatest gift to Washington journalism since the invention of the expense account. His unorthodox approach to politics and governance has vaporized the standard, useful, yet boring script for reporting on a new administration’s doings. At his news conference last week, Trump began the process of washing the press completely out of his fake hair as he castigated CNN and BuzzFeed for reporting on the oppo-research dossier compiled on him.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/trump-is-making-journalism-great-again-214638
February 1: 10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts
https://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/#325623f4e9b5
June 28: President Trump singles out Irish journalist to comment on her 'nice smile'
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-trump-irish-journalist-caitriona-perry-smile01498668734-htmlstory.html
July 2: Trump accused of encouraging attacks on journalists with CNN body-slam tweet
CNN says Trump ‘below the dignity of his office’, CPJ director says tweet ‘undermines US media’ and Sasse says president ‘trying to weaponise distrust’ ... Trump’s tweet attacking CNN is ‘un-American’, top media ethicist says
Donald Trump was on Sunday accused of encouraging his supporters to attack journalists, after he tweeted a video of himself at a pro-wrestling event throwing to the floor a man with a CNN logo for a head.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/02/trump-body-slam-cnn-tweet-violence-reporters-wrestlemania
July 27: Putin points at journalists and asks Trump 'are these the ones hurting you?' during press conference
'These are the ones,' Mr Trump replieshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world-0/us-politics/trump-putin-press-journalists-meeting-russia-president-points-which-ones-insulting-you-a7830046.html
August 23: "We're smart people," the president said to his supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center. "These are truly dishonest people. And not all of them. Not all of them. You have some very good reporters. You have some very fair journalists. But for the most part, honestly, these are really, really dishonest people, and they're bad people. And I really think they don't like our country. I really believe that. And I don't believe they're going to change, and that's why I do this. If they would change, I would never say it."
"These are sick people," Trump said of those in the media. "You know the thing I don't understand? You would think -- you would think they'd want to make our country great again, and I honestly believe they don't. I honestly believe it."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/08/23/trump_some_reporters_dont_like_our_country_dont_want_to_make_america_great_again.html
August 28: As Twitter insults go, the one by Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza, a journalist in Washington, was pretty mild. On June 6th, after President Trump tweeted some criticism of the news media, Buckwalter-Poza replied, “To be fair you didn’t win the WH: Russia won it for you.” What happened next, though, was unusual. President Trump, from his @realDonaldTrump Twitter handle, blocked Buckwalter-Poza, meaning that he wouldn’t see any more of her responses and Buckwalter-Poza would no longer see any of the President’s tweets. That made her one of at least a hundred people Trump has blocked, and it led, ultimately, to a hearing in federal district court in Manhattan ...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/26/trumps-twitter-blockees-go-to-court
September 21: There are 55 real African countries but Hollywood, and now Trump, keep making more up
This week US president Donald Trump’s “Nambia” became the 111th made-up African country, according to a list dutifully put together by anonymous Wikipedia contributors. In an address to African leaders on the sides of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21, Trump mispronounced Namibia not once but twice as Nambia. Once when he greeted the country’s leader, another when he praised its healthcare system.
Twitter users pounced quickly:
"Nambia is the world's top exporter of covfefe" ..
https://qz.com/1083778/nambia-donald-trumps-made-up-african-country-joins-wakanda-zamunda-and-many-others/
November 13: President Donald Trump laughed on Monday as his counterpart in the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, shut down reporters’ questions on human rights and referred to journalists as “spies.”
Dozens of journalists in the Philippines have been killed with impunity in the last decade, and Duterte’s drug war has led to at least 7,000 extrajudicial killings.
Even Duterte himself has been accused of ordering a journalist to be killed. Two former policemen alleged earlier this year that Duterte, while mayor of Davao City in 2003, paid tens of thousands of dollars to have radio broadcaster Juan Pala murdered. Duterte denied the accusations.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-duterte-philippines_us_5a09b742e4b0b17ffcdf0a17
November 15: A journalist could get 60 years in prison for covering Trump inauguration protests
“If protesters take over a highway, and journalists join them, the journalist can still be arrested,” Leslie said. “We often try to work with police beforehand, and say you should try not to treat journalists like lawbreakers. You should try to recognize they’re engaged in first amendment activity that’s in the public interest.”
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzggnm/a-journalist-could-get-60-years-in-prison-for-covering-trump-inauguration-protests
November 15: The journalist who broke the story on Trump's Access Hollywood tape spoke to Penn students on Tuesday
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who first broke the story of President Donald Trump bragging about groping women without their consent came to Penn on Tuesday evening.
Speaking at the Annenberg School for Communication, the Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold detailed his experiences covering Trump and discussed how journalism has changed in recent years.
http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/11/david-fahrenthold-trump-washington-post-politics-journalism-pulitzer
November 21: Journalist Investigating Trump And Russia Says 'Full Picture Is One Of Collusion'
http://wglt.org/post/journalist-investigating-trump-and-russia-says-full-picture-one-collusion#stream/0
November 27: CNN Video Blasts Donald Trump’s New Attack On International Journalists
http://deadline.com/2017/11/cnn-responds-donald-trump-attack-international-video-1202215030/
November 29: President Donald Trump reportedly once uttered a sentence to a journalist that combines his two greatest passions: demeaning women, and rating things. That he allegedly said it to a reporter from Maximum Golf, once a real magazine, is just that much more obscenely on-the-nose.
Michael Corcoran, a former journalist who wrote the Maximum Golf story, told the Daily Beast in an article published Wednesday that in the course of reporting from Trump’s club at Mar-a-Lago in 2000, the businessman and future US President gestured toward a “young socialite,” then said, “there is nothing in the world like first-rate pussy.”
https://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-reportedly-told-a-journalist-in-2000-that-there-i-1820865839
December 2: ABC suspends journalist Brian Ross over erroneous Trump report
https://www.avclub.com/abc-suspends-journalist-brian-ross-over-erroneous-trump-1820949528
December 9: President Trump calls for Washington Post reporter who apologized for inaccurate tweet to be fired
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
December 11: Journalists consider responses to errors after Trump attacks. 'When a mistake is made, the public really needs to understand why it was made and what corrections have been put in place to make sure it doesn't happen again,' a professor says.
https://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/11/journalists-consider-responses-to-errors-after-trump-attacks/
December 13: Journalists are being jailed for 'fake news,' and critics blame Trump
A record 262 journalists were jailed in 2017 simply for doing their work, according to a report published Wednesday by the Committee to [Protect] Journalists. That figure is higher even than last year's historic peak of some 259 journalists behind bars.
The nonprofit's annual census found that, of those arrested, an astonishing 21 were arrested on "false news" charges. Others have been jailed for vague "anti-state" charges.
https://mashable.com/2017/12/13/freedom-of-press-jailed-journalists-fake-news/#NUJ1cnD6bkqC
December 13: Trump Attacks Provide Cover for Record Journalist Imprisonments ... Turkey is biggest jailer on "anti-state" charges
For the second consecutive year, a record number of journalists--262--were imprisoned, and President Donald Trump's anti-journalist rhetoric provides cover for the trumped-up accusations and legal charges. That is according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The figure, as of Dec. 1, was up from 259 in the previous 12-month period.
Turkey (73), China (40) and Egypt (20) led the list of the world's jailers, together accounting for over half of the total, which only includes government custody, not those who have disappeared or were captured by non-state groups. It also does not include those imprisoned and released on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Not surprisingly, since most of the "crimes" were against the state, politics was the most dangerous beat, representing 87% of those jailed. Freelancers accounted for almost a third (29%).
"The international community has done little to isolate repressive countries and U.S. President Donald Trump's nationalistic rhetoric and insistence on labeling critical media 'fake news' serves to reinforce the framework of accusations and legal charges that allow such leaders to preside over the jailing of journalists," CPJ said.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/cpj-trump-attacks-provide-cover-record-journalist-imprisonments/170624
December 26: Plight of Mexican journalist is why Trump should rethink immigration policy
President Donald Trump's get-tough policies toward immigrants living in the U.S. illegally may win points with his supporters, but they are exacting a steep price from those who fled to the U.S. seeking better lives and now face a forced return to the dangers they tried to escape.
One of them is Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto who came over in 2008 and requested asylum but was given a temporary work permit while awaiting a decision. He didn't get an answer until last July, nine years later, when an immigration judge in El Paso denied his request.
Gutiérrez, 54, and his son came to the U.S. to escape death threats from a Mexican general angry about stories he had written for El Diario del Noroeste describing abusive behavior by soldiers in the northern state of Chihuahua. He feared they would kill him and believes they still would if he returns.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Plight-of-Mexican-journalist-is-why-Trump-should-12455618.php
December 29: NYT reporter defends impromptu interview with Trump
“Some readers criticized my approach, saying I should have asked more follow-up questions,” [reporter Michael Schmidt] wrote in the Times’s “Insider” section. “I believed it was more important to continue to allow the president to speak and let people make their own judgments about his statements.”
Schmidt’s interview with Trump at his Florida golf course made headlines Friday, as it was unplanned and unsupervised.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/366847-nyt-reporter-defends-impromptu-interview-with-trump
-- 2018 --
January 11: Norwegian Reporter Asks Trump About American General's Warning of Imminent "Big-Ass" War
"Maybe he knows something that I don’t know,” Trump said of the general. "I don’t expect that. I think we’ll have, because of strength, peace through strength. I think we’ll have a long period of time of peace."
"That's my opinion. That's not the generals' opinion. But I think my opinion counts more right now," Trump added.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/11/norwegien_reporter_asks_trump_about_american_generals_warning_about_imminent_big-ass_war.html
January 11: The Committee to Protect Journalists Just Gave Donald Trump an Award
In the contest to undermine press freedoms, he’s maybe the best ever.
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-committee-to-protect-journalists-just-gave-donald-trump-an-award/
January 12: April Ryan Straight-up Asks Donald Trump If He’s Racist
As Trump finished signing a proclamation to honor Martin Luther King Day, Ryan, the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks and a CNN contributor, is heard in a video asking, “Mr. President, are you a racist?” She asked him again, and also followed up with, “Mr. President, will you respond to these serious questions about your statement, sir?” But he said … nothing.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/trump-ignores-april-ryan-racist-question.html
January 14: It’s no secret that Donald Trump isn’t a gifted geographer. Even when he knows where somewhere is, he’s ignorant about the people who live there (cc: Trump's recent shithole comments). One writer is taking advantage of Trump's ignorance by challenging journalists to question Donald Trump about Wakanda, the fictional country in Marvel's Black Panther. She’s offering $300 to any journalist up for the task.
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/01/writer-reward-trump-wakanda
January 18: One year under Trump: 'War of attrition' on journalists
Amid Trump's ongoing attacks on the press, rights groups and journalists ring the alarm on declining press freedoms.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/year-trump-war-attrition-journalists-180114105136848.html
January 24: Trump administration official calls journalist ‘Miss Piggy’
She's in charge of billions of taxpayer dollars.
Lynne Patton, a former event planner for Eric Trump, was appointed by President Donald Trump to oversee all federal housing in New York and New Jersey. As head of Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Patton manages billions of taxpayer dollars. She had no prior relevant experience before being appointed to the job, which pays $161,900 per year.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-official-calls-journalist-miss-piggy-8339ddd470c1/
January 24: Trump HUD official apologizes for tweet mocking journalist
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/370626-trump-hud-official-apologizes-for-tweet-mocking-journalist
January 25: Apology Rejected: White House Journalist Dubbed 'Miss Piggy' by Trump Official Says 'It's Not Over'
http://people.com/politics/april-ryan-miss-piggy-apology-rejected/
March 6: Journalist Charts The 'Bizarre Twists And Turns' Of The Trump-Russia Dossier
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/591130207/journalist-charts-the-bizarre-twists-and-turns-of-the-trump-russia-dossier
March 13: ‘Trump Is Ours!’ Russian Journalist Boasts As Trump Bags Rex Tillerson Hours After Tillerson Criticized Russia
The timing of Rex Tillerson's firing has come under scrutiny among critics who say Trump is protective of Russia.
https://www.inquisitr.com/4825425/trump-is-ours-russian-journalist-boasts-as-trump-bags-rex-tillerson-hours-after-tillerson-criticized-russia/
March 19: Attacked By Alt-Right Trolls, A Jewish Journalist Links Trump To The Rise Of Hate
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/19/594894657/attacked-by-alt-right-trolls-a-jewish-journalist-links-trump-to-the-rise-of-hate
March 19: Mueller Probing Trump's Presidency More Than His Campaign, Journalist Says on MSNBC ... "So he's very interested in the firing of [Former FBI Director] James Comey; he's very interesting in the firing of national security adviser Michael Flynn."
http://www.newsweek.com/mueller-probing-trumps-presidency-more-his-campaign-journalist-says-msnbc-851051
April 12: Reporter April Ryan says she got death threats for asking if Trump considered resigning
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/04/11/april-ryan-death-threats-trump-resignation-question/509476002/
May 24: Jake Tapper Shreds Donald Trump With A Long List Of His Conspiracy Theories
“I could go on, but this is just an hour show.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Lead,” Tapper dissected Trump’s latest unsubstantiated “SPYGATE” claim that the FBI conducted surveillance on his 2016 election campaign for “political purposes.”
As “we await the investigation into the matter,” said Tapper, it’s “worth remembering that while we’re sticking to the facts and telling you just what we know, President Trump apparently has no constraints since he simply makes stuff up.”
“He frequently lies and has a long and well-documented career engaging in conspiracy theories about all manner of subjects with no concrete evidence ever provided,” Tapper added.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jake-tapper-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories_us_5b06598de4b05f0fc8448d0c
May 24: MISSING: The White House press briefing
Over the last 30 days, the Trump White House has held only 10 on-camera press briefings -- and those briefings have averaged just more than 17 minutes each.
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/national/483522551.html
June 5: Jake Tapper Brutally Fact Checks Trump’s Lies About The Philadelphia Eagles
,,, the president said in a Twitter post the White House would no longer honor the team since Eagles players kneeling during the National Anthem was disrespectful to the country.
“In point of fact, not once during the regular or post-season did any members of the Philadelphia Eagles kneel during the National Anthem,” Tapper said. “Not once!”
Trump also tweeted that “Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!” Again, Tapper set him straight.
“Yeah, that was the Pittsburgh Steelers who stayed in the locker room during the anthem, Mr. President. Not the Philadelphia Eagles,” Tapper said, referring to one of the early games in the 2017 season.
“Again, the suggestion that it was the Eagles that did that ― false, deceptive, a lie,” he said.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jake-tapper-brutally-fact-checks-trumps-lies-about-the-super-bowl-champs_us_5b16fe15e4b0734a99386f25
June 11: State Department Spokeswoman Bashes CNN For Missing Event Closed To The Press
On Monday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, a former Fox News anchor and correspondent, posted a tweet that singled out CNN for ignoring a feel-good news story about her boss.
Time magazine correspondent Phil Elliot pointed out a slight problem with Nauert’s tweet ― journalists weren’t allowed at the event.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-cnn-closed-press_us_5b1ecb14e4b09d7a3d75c377
June 21: Republican Rep. Jim Jordan criticized the seizure of a New York Times reporter's records as part of a leak investigation.
"That is not how the First Amendment operates," he said on CNN's "New Day" Thursday.
The New York Times reported earlier this month that the reporter, Ali Watkins, was informed in February that the Justice Department "had years of customer records and subscriber information" associated with two of her email accounts and a phone number. However, the contents of her communications were not seized.
"Ali had all her material just grabbed," Jordan told CNN's John Berman. "It is not supposed to work that way."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/politics/jim-jordan-reporter-records-cnntv/index.html
June 26: CNN’s Jim Acosta Berated, Told To ‘Go Home’ At Trump Rally
“We are here to do our jobs and report the news and report on this rally, and we’re not going anywhere,” the journalist said after the encounter.
Acosta was reportedly waiting in the press area at the rally in West Columbia, where the president was about to campaign for the state’s Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. But before Trump arrived, attendees holding signs reading “CNN fake news” began chanting for the reporter to leave the venue. At one point, a woman pointed at the journalist, repeating “Take him out” and urging her fellow rally-goers to heckle him.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-acosta-cnn-trump-rally_us_5b319c45e4b0cb56051b8725
July 13: Fox News’ John Roberts Defends CNN After Trump Refuses Question from ‘Fake News’
“Let’s go to a real network.” ... That’s what President Donald Trump said during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday after refusing to take a question from his perpetual target, CNN’s Jim Acosta. Instead, he called on John Roberts from Fox News.
“CNN is fake news,” Trump said ,,, “I don’t take questions from CNN.” ... Roberts went on to defend NBC News correspondents Kristen Welker, who Trump called “dishonest” during the same press conference for asking about his contentious relationship with NATO allies. “She is honest as the day is long,” Robert said of Welker. “For the President to call her dishonest is unfair.”
“I also used to work at CNN,” he added. “There are some fine journalists who work there and risk their lives to report on stories around the world. To issue a blanket condemnation of the network as ‘fake news’ is also unfair.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-john-roberts-defends-cnn-after-trump-refuses-question-from-fake-news
August 19: The unlikely spin doctor to the Philippines’ Trump
Harry Roque used to be a human rights lawyer. Now he speaks for a president who attacks the free press and boasts of shooting people.
For 15 years, Harry Roque worked as a human rights lawyer in the Philippines, building a name for himself and the organization he founded by teaching law in Manila and taking on several high-profile cases. He represented families of the 58 victims, many of them journalists, of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, which the Committee to Protect Journalists cites as the single deadliest event ever for the profession; he represented Filipina “comfort women” forced into brothels under Japanese occupation during World War II; he went head-to-head with former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s government over its declaration of a state of emergency.
These days, Roque steps up to the podium three times a week as the official spokesman for and most visible public defender of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a blunt talker who has repeatedly attacked the free press, boasted about personally shooting people when he was a mayor and is best known internationally for leading a brutal extrajudicial drug war. Duterte, whose brazenness sometimes draws comparisons to Donald Trump, is one of a growing crop of authoritarian leaders around the world who reject or downplay human rights in favor of an aggressive, take-no-prisoners form of nationalism
https://www.politico.eu/article/rodrigo-duterte-spokesman-fake-news-harry-roque/
October 12: Turkey has 'shocking' audio and visual evidence of Saudi journalist's killing
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/12/middleeast/khashoggi-saudi-turkey-recordings-intl/index.html
October 12: Trump administration sticks with Saudis as business leaders back away
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/12/politics/mnuchin-imf-meeting-saudi-trip/index.html
October 15: Saudis preparing to admit Jamal Khashoggi died during interrogation, sources say
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/middleeast/saudi-khashoggi-death-turkey/index.html
October 25: Fox News’ Chris Wallace condemns Trump’s anti-media rhetoric when given free speech award
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/fox-news-chris-wallace-condemns-trumps-anti-media-rhetoric-when-given-free-speech-award
November 2: Trump: 'The fake news is creating violence'
“You know what, you’re creating violence by your question," Trump said Friday at the White House as he left for a campaign rally, pointing to a reporter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-fake-news-creating-violence-n930576
November 7: Trump Lashes Out During Combative Press Conference
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/07/665184557/she-has-earned-this-trump-praises-pelosi-warns-democrats?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20181107&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews
November 7: The row began following a question about the migrant caravan approaching the US, when Mr Trump was asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta if he thought he had “demonised” migrants by calling the group an “invasion”.
“I think you should let me run the country, you run CNN, and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better,” the Republican said.
After Mr Acosta attempted to follow up his question with a second on Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, Mr Trump added, pointing angrily: “That’s enough. That’s enough. That’s enough. Excuse me, that’s enough.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-cnn-jim-acosta-video-midterms-white-house-sarah-sanders-press-conference-a8622656.html
November 7: Trump slams CNN’s Acosta for press conference performance: ‘You are a rude, terrible person’
President Trump clashed dramatically at Wednesday's press conference with CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta, after the CNN star peppered Trump with questions and refused to give up the microphone as he asked about the migrant caravan and Russia investigation.
“That's enough. Put down the mic,” he ordered Acosta, as a White House aide tried to take the microphone from him, only for Acosta to initially refuse to turn it over and push her arm down. “I tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person, you shouldn’t be working for CNN.”
CNN fired back on Twitter, calling his attacks on the media "un-American."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-slams-cnns-acosta-for-press-conference-you-are-a-rude-terrible-person
November 7: Sarah Sanders accused of circulating 'doctored' video of Jim Acosta’s interaction with White House intern
Acosta's press pass to access the White House was suspended "until further notice" Wednesday, hours after he engaged in a contentious back-and-forth with President Trump. A White House intern attempted to retrieve the microphone from Acosta, but the CNN reporter resisted and asked an additional question – and that’s where things get cloudy.
Sanders said the suspension of his press credentials stemmed from his "placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern." She called the behavior "absolutely unacceptable."
But many high-profile media members, including The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and CNN executive Matt Dornic, have accused Sanders of using a doctored video speeding up Acosta’s arm motion, as evidence.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sarah-sanders-accused-of-circulating-doctored-video-of-jim-acostas-interaction-with-white-house-intern
November 4: Report: Saudi investigators worked to remove evidence
Members of a team from Saudi Arabia sent to help Turkish authorities investigate the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked instead to remove evidence of the slaying, a senior Turkish official said Monday.
The official said the fact that a clean-up team was dispatched suggests that Khashoggi's killing "was within the knowledge of top Saudi officials." The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government rules.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/report-saudi-investigators-worked-to-remove-evidence?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork
November 7: President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied having ever made racist remarks and accused a reporter who asked about his campaign trail rhetoric of posing a "racist question."
PBS "NewsHour" reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked the president on Wednesday about comments he made at a rally in October, where he labeled himself a nationalist. Alcindor pointed out that some interpreted the comment as embracing white nationalists, but Trump sharply turned the question back on her.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/07/trump-reporter-racist-question-972745
November 16: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., delivered a blow to President Trump Friday, ruling in favor of CNN and the news media.
Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, ordered the White House to restore correspondent Jim Acosta's press credentials, something the White House said later it would do.
This is not the end of the road in this fight, however. The judge also said the White House needs to establish standardized rules if it wants to try and justify taking away a pass from a reporter covering the White House. He said he wants to hear from both sides again Tuesday to determine the way forward.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668359711/judge-rules-in-favor-of-cnn-temporarily-restores-correspondents-credential?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20181116&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews
November 18: CIA concludes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered killing of Khashoggi
'The claims in this purported assessment are false,' said the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., the crown prince's brother.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-ordered-killing-n937476
November 20: White House Issues New ‘Rules’ For Press Corps After Acosta Battle
Reporters could have their passes suspended or revoked for asking more than one question.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-rules-press-corps_us_5bf3d1cfe4b01909c8090693
November 20: Trump: U.S. stands by Saudis, despite Khashoggi murder revelations
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Trump-Despite-prince-knew-about-Khashoggi-murder-US-stands-by-Saudis-572370
November 21: President Trump’s embrace of Saudi Arabia has exposed a foreign policy rift in the Republican Party, as some of his GOP colleagues warn that not punishing the kingdom for its role in killing a U.S.-based columnist will have dangerous consequences.
Many Republicans – even Sens. Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul, who share their views on the matter with the president – have denounced Trump’s decision not to levy harsher penalties on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the death and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
“It is a delicate situation when we have a long-term ally that we’ve had for decades, but we have a crown prince that I believe ordered the killing of a journalist,” Corker told Chattanooga TV station WTVC in his home state of Tennessee. “We don’t have a smoking gun. Everything points to the fact that he knew about it and directed it.”
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/21/gop-breaks-with-trump-on-support-for-saudi-arabia-after-journalists-murder/
November 21: The CIA has a recording of a phone call in which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is instructing “silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible,” according to a report Thursday in a Turkish newspaper.
The order from the prince was captured by CIA wiretapping, the Hurryiet Daily News reported.
The newspaper said CIA Director Gina Haspell, who traveled to Turkey last month as part of the investigation into Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, signaled to Turkish officials that the agency has a recording of the call.
Prince made the comments in a call to his brother, Khaled bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US, the report said.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/22/cia-has-recording-of-mbs-saying-silence-jamal-khashoggi-report/
November 22: Turkey's foreign minister has criticized President Trump, saying the U.S. leader appears to want to "turn a blind eye" to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Mevlut Cavusoglu also described many European nations' response to Khashoggi's killing as "artificial" and "cosmetic."
Cavusoglu was referring to bans imposed by some countries on the Saudi citizens detained in Saudi Arabia over the killing, from entering European nations.
Mr. Trump on Thursday disputed that U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that Saudi crown prince had ordered the killing of Khashoggi - a U.S.-based journalist who was critical of his rule.
Cavusoglu says "Trump's statements amount to him saying 'I'll turn a blind eye no matter what.'"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jamal-khashoggi-killing-turkey-rips-president-trump-saudi-arabia-today-2018-11-23/
December 11: On Fox News, Kushner Ignores the CIA and Glosses Over Saudi Crown Prince's Connections to Khashoggi Murder
Kushner 'advised' Saudi crown prince after Khashoggi killing reported the New York Times this week
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/fox-news-kushner-trump-cia-saudi-crown-prince-to-khashoggi-killing-1.6726838
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