Sunday, January 31, 2021

12/29/20: Death Threats Are "Destructive for our Democracy," says Acosta

Yes, he gets death threats from Trump fans, says Jim Acosta, a CNN correspondent. So do plenty of other newspeople covering the White House. 


Right-wing anger about the press comes from the President's attitudes, Acosta said on a CNN show, Reliable Sources, on Sunday. "It is just a pervasive hostility and anti-democratic hostility towards the process that I just hope we never receive the likes of ever again." 


Acosta wrote a memoir, "Enemy of the People," last year. The title is one of Trump's descriptions of journalists. 


"We can't be at a place in this country where political reporters, White House correspondents, need bodyguards to cover political campaign events," Acosta said. 


We couldn't agree more! 



https://thehill.com/homenews/media/531812-cnns-acosta-says-a-number-of-us-get-death-threats-from-trump-supporters

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