Headline Roundup • August 5th, 2018
CNN's Jim Acosta and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Clash
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Washington Post
When President Trump derides the media as the enemy of the people — as he's doing more frequently — he's not just spouting off his momentary frustration. He's stating official White House policy.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders used her nationally televised press briefing Thursday to say some very important things about the round-the-clock unrelenting criticism of the president and his team coming from the Trump-hating mainstream media.
Following an intense exchange with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, CNN reporter Jim Acosta said Thursday that the White House "has lost sight of" the fact that the press is not an enemy of the U.S.
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