CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. et al v. TRUMP et al

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LARGE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT(S) re 2 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., ABILIO JAMES ACOSTA. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 7, # 2 Exhibit 8, # 3 Exhibit 9, # 4 Exhibit 10, # 5 Exhibit 11, # 6 Exhibit 12, # 7 Exhibit 13, # 8 Exhibit 14, # 9 Exhibit 15, # 10 Exhibit 16, # 11 Exhibit 17, # 12 Exhibit 18, # 13 Exhibit 19, # 14 Exhibit 20, # 15 Exhibit 21, # 16 Exhibit 22, # 17 Exhibit 23, # 18 Exhibit 24, # 19 Exhibit 25, # 20 Exhibit 26, # 21 Exhibit 27, # 22 Exhibit 28, # 23 Exhibit 29, # 24 Exhibit 30, # 25 Exhibit 31, # 26 Exhibit 32, # 27 Exhibit 33, # 28 Exhibit 34, # 29 Exhibit 35, # 30 Exhibit 36, # 31 Exhibit 37, # 32 Exhibit 38, # 33 Exhibit 39, # 34 Exhibit 40, # 35 Exhibit 41, # 36 Exhibit 42, # 37 Exhibit 43, # 38 Exhibit 44, # 39 Exhibit 45, # 40 Exhibit 46, # 41 Exhibit 47, # 42 Exhibit 48, # 43 Exhibit 49, # 44 Exhibit 50, # 45 Exhibit 51, # 46 Exhibit 52, # 47 Exhibit 53, # 48 Exhibit 54)(jf)

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11/11/2018

Trump Refused To Answer A Question From A CNN Reporter In A Press Conference With Theresa May

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Trump Refused To Answer A Question From A CNN Reporter In A Press Conference With
Theresa May
The president did, however, take a question from Fox News, which he called "a real network".
Originally posted on July 13, 2018, at 11:32 a.m.
Updated on July 13, 2018, at 1:04 p.m.

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President Trump used the global stage to call an unfavoured cable news network "fake news" on Friday, at a joint press conference
with British prime minister Theresa May.
During a question and answer session after both leaders had delivered short speeches, Jim Acosta of CNN attempted to ask the
president about taxes but was cut off.
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11/11/2018

Trump Refused To Answer A Question From A CNN Reporter In A Press Conference With Theresa May

"That's fake news, I don't take questions from CNN, CNN is fake news, I don't take questions from fake news," the president said.
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journalist "dishonest" and the network "possibly worse than CNN".
He then took a question from Fox News, which he called "a real network".

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When a CNN reporter tried to ask Trump a question at a news
conference, Trump said "CNN is fake news. I don't take
questions from CNN. John Roberts of Fox. Let's go to a real
network."
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John Roberts, the Fox reporter, said in an emailed statement that he supported his White House press corps colleagues and that it
was unfair to marginalise them.
"In today's press conference, I paused while my colleague from CNN went back and forth with President Trump over a question," he
said. "When it became clear that the president wasn't going to entertain a question from him, I proceeded with my question, as did my
fellow colleagues in the press corps.
"I know Kristen Welker of NBC. She is honest as the day is long. For the President to call her dishonest is unfair. I also used to work at
CNN. 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."
Trump and his supporters have a long history of goading or ignoring CNN, as well as other news outlets. Trump has refused to take
Acosta's questions before, and just last month the reporter was booed and told to "Go home, Jim!" at a Trump rally in South Carolina.
But Trump, despite his assertion that he never takes questions from CNN, did so yesterday. After he'd had made some strong
comments about Germany's defence spending and reliance on Russia at the NATO summit in Brussels, the president was asked by
CNN's Jeremy Diamond about the commitments he said he'd secured.Share
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Trump Refused To Answer A Question From A CNN Reporter In A Press Conference With Theresa May

Trump gave a fulsome answer, complaining that the US was paying far too much towards NATO budgets and Germany not enough.
Hadas Gold, a CNN reporter, said on Twitter that by bypassing disliked news outlets on foreign soil Trump had given encouragement
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to authoritarian leaders to restrict press freedom, a view shared by others in the media industry.

Hadas Gold
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The U.S. president doing this abroad is like giving authoritarian
leaders around the world, who put reporters in jail, who try to
quash a free press, a green light.
Christina Wilkie

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Trump: "I don't take questions from CNN. Fake news. Let's go to John
Roberts of Fox. A real network."

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David Rothkopf
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Trump is not just being un-American in denying CNN access, he is sending a message to the world that the President of the
United States does not believe in a free press, giving license to autocrats everywhere to follow his lead.
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Feuds between media outlets and presidents are not new. President Obama was openly critical of Fox News and its nakedly negative
coverage of his administration – but attempts to ban its reporters from government press briefings were resisted and widely criticised
by other media outlets.
In 2009, officials had attempted to omit Fox News from a Treasury briefing, but other networks refused to take part until its journalists
were allowed in.
CNN declined to comment.

Patrick Smith is a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in London.
Contact Patrick Smith at [e-mail].

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