I am not going to assume to speak for or against Bob Woodward. But, he has a point about focusing on what is going on with the White House. I would think he is an expert in the area.
If journalism is attacked in a manner that removes long established credentials that needs to be addressed. Before one can know what is going on with the White House, one has to have access. The people rely on the media to bring the facts, hopefully, facts.
I find the rally of news organizations to file briefs, regardless of any odd reasons assigned to participating media, with CNN's lawsuit impressive. I think CNN needed to have peers stand with them. CNN has taken incredible heat from the Trump White House and they are among the most factual of news media. They also are global and often first to report in other places in the world. CNN is a vital news agency and sincerely needed their peers through this difficult time.
Thank you.
And, thank you, Bob Woodward, for noticing and commenting.
Just to be clear, in the video, there is a reference to "I am a constitutionalist." I sincerely believe the right-wing extremists that only take their news from the president, define constitutionalist as WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS, including the first ten. I believe that is Trump's point of view as well. Then there is the Federalist Society where all the conservative judges come from that want to rewrite the USA Constitution. No one can hear statements about the Constitution without delving into what and who exactly is stating it and the deeper meaning of their statements.
In the year 2018, we are in a different world when nothing stated or written is taken for granted.
November 14, 2018
By David Moye
Bob Woodward (click here) is no fan of Donald Trump, but he’s not exactly supporting CNN’s lawsuit against the president, either.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist spoke out against the lawsuit Tuesday at the Global Financial Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida. Suing to restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press credentials is just playing into the spotlight-loving president’s hands, he said.
“It’s actually a negative,” Woodward said, according to the Naples Daily News. “Trump would sit around and look at this and say, ‘This is great.’”
Woodward is not impressed with other media’s reportage of the president, either, saying “too many people for Trump or against Trump have become emotionally unhinged about this,” NBC News media reporter Dylan Byers reported via Twitter....
