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

Filing 3

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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By DAVID BAUDER and CALVIN WOODWARD

November 8, 2018

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NEW YORK (AP) — A video distributed by the Trump administration
to support its argument for banning CNN reporter Jim Acosta from
the White House appears to have been doctored to make Acosta look

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more aggressive than he was during an exchange with a White House
intern, an independent expert said Thursday.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted the video, which
shows Acosta asking President Donald Trump a question on
Wednesday as the intern tries to take his microphone away. But a
frame-by-frame comparison with an Associated Press video of the
same incident shows that the one tweeted by Sanders appears to have
been altered to speed up Acosta’s arm movement as he touches the
intern’s arm, according to Abba Shapiro, an independent video
producer who examined the footage at AP’s request.
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Earlier, Shapiro noticed that frames in the tweeted video were frozen
to slow down the action, allowing it to run the same length as the AP
one.
The tweeted video also does not have any audio, which Shapiro said
would make it easier to alter. It’s also unlikely the differences could
be explained by technical glitches or by video compression — a
reduction in a video’s size to enable it to play more smoothly on some
sites — because the slowing of the video and the acceleration that
followed are “too precise to be an accident,” said Shapiro, who trains
instructors to use video editing software.

An independent video production trainer tells the AP a video tweeted by the White House
on an interaction between CNN reporter Jim Acosta and an intern appears to have been
manipulated to make the reporter's actions look more aggressive. (Nov. 8)

Sanders, who hasn’t said where the tweeted video came from, noted
that it clearly shows Acosta made contact with the intern. In her
statement announcing Acosta’s suspension, she said the White House
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While the origin of the manipulated video is unclear, its distribution
marked a new low for an administration that has been criticized for
its willingness to mislead.
The White House News Photographers Association decried the
sharing of the footage.
“As visual journalists, we know that manipulating images is
manipulating truth,” said Whitney Shefte, the association’s president.
“It’s deceptive, dangerous and unethical. Knowingly sharing
manipulated images is equally problematic, particularly when the
person sharing them is a representative of our country’s highest
office with vast influence over public opinion.”

CNN has labeled Sanders’ characterization of Acosta’s exchange with
the intern as a lie. Its position has been supported by witnesses
including Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason, who was
next to Acosta during the news conference and tweeted that he did
not see Acosta place his hands on the White House employee. Rather,
he said he saw him holding on to the microphone as she reached for
it.
“The irony of this White House video involving Jim Acosta is that if it
is found to be doctored, it will show the administration to be doing
what it accuses the news media of doing — engaging in fake
information,” said Aly Colon, a professor in journalism ethics at
Washington & Lee University.
Several journalists and organizations — including the American
Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the
Online News Association — demanded Acosta’s press pass be
reinstated.
“It is the essential function of a free press in every democracy to
independently gather and report information in the public interest, a
right that is enshrined in the First Amendment,” said Julie Pace, AP’s
Washington bureau chief. “We strongly reject the idea that any
administration would block a journalist’s access to the White House.”
The New York Times editorialized in favor of restoring Acosta’s pass,
saying it signaled Trump’s view that asking hard questions
disqualifies reporters from attending briefings. The newspaper said
that if Sanders was so offended by physical contact, “what did she
have to say when her boss praised as ‘my kind of guy’ Rep. Greg
Gianforte of Montana, who was sentenced to anger management
classes and community service for body-slamming a Guardian
reporter last spring?”
CNN has been a frequent target of the president, who has
characterized journalists as enemies of the people and who routinely
accuses the mainstream media of spreading “fake news.” And Acosta
has been one of the more visible thorns in the side of the White
House. During their verbal altercation on Wednesday, Trump called
Acosta a “terrible person.”
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Still, it’s rare for the White House to pull the so-called hard passes
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During Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, the Secret Service denied
clearance to Robert Sherrill, a reporter for The Nation who had
gotten into physical fights with government officials. During the
George W. Bush presidency, Trude Feldman, who worked for various
news outlets, was suspended for 90 days after security cameras
recorded her looking through a press aide’s desk late one night. In the
1970s, President Nixon tried to get Washington Post reporters
banned from the White House.
Despite losing his White House pass, Acosta is expected to travel to
Paris this weekend to cover Trump’s trip to meet with world leaders.
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Calvin Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press
journalists Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, Tami Abdollah,
Padmananda Rama and Deb Reichmann contributed from
Washington.

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