Fox News offered a strong defense of CNN reporter who was removed from a White House event over a series of tough questions she shouted at President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
“We stand in strong solidarity with CNN for the right to full access for our journalists as part of a free and unfettered press,” said Fox News president Jay Wallace in a statement to TheWrap Wednesday evening.
The sentiment was echoed by Fox News anchor Bret Baier.
Bret Baier Verified account @BretBaier
As a member of the White House Press pool- @FoxNews stands firmly with @CNN on this issue and the issue of access
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@CNN statement on TV pool correspondent being denied access so @realDonaldTrump event
Among the questions she shouted at the president, according to CNN’s Brian Stelter, included:
“Did Michael Cohen betray you, Mr. President?”
“Are you worried about what is on the other tapes?”
“Why is Vladimir Putin not accepting your invitation?”
The inquiries were pertinent to the recent news stories surrounding the president and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, but it was too much for Trump, who banned Collins from an impromptu Rose Garden event between Trump and Juncker later that day.
White House communications chief Bill Shine and press secretary Sarah Sanders told Collins that her questions were “inappropriate.”
In their own statement, CNN ripped the president and blasted the decision as “retaliatory.”
“Just because the White House is uncomfortable with a question regarding the news of the day, doesn’t mean the question isn’t relevant and shouldn’t be asked,” CNN said in a statement. “This decision to bar a member of the press is retaliatory in nature and not indicative of a free and open press. We demand better.”
Poster Comment:
Will Trump now call FOX "fake news" for coming to the defense of a CNN reporter?
#1: Hondo68 To: Deckard (#0)
Bret Baier is one of the more sane journalists at FNC, maybe the only one.
He'll probably be fired soon.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-07-27 16:47:30 Reply Private Reply
#2: BorisY To: Deckard (#0)
Barked himself to deaTh
IT goes wiTh The TerrorTory
Love
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BorisY posted on 2018-07-27 16:48:22 Reply Private Reply
#3: Justified To: Deckard (#0)
Justified posted on 2018-07-27 16:56:01 Reply Private Reply
#4: misterwhite To: Deckard (#0)
Tough questions? How about irrelevant, rude and disrespectful? They were in the Oval Office, she yelled out the questions, and she refused to leave.
Trump was there with Jean Claude Juncker to announce the good new on tariffs and CNN tries to ruin the moment with these stupid questions that had nothing to do with tariffs.
misterwhite posted on 2018-07-27 18:23:56 Reply Private Reply
#5: Liberator To: hondo68 (#1)
Bret Baier is a play-it-safe fence-sitting phony and closet Dem. You can NEVER get a straight answer out of either he or the other FOX phony-- Brit Hume.
Baier is a classic elite who grew up in one of the cushiest towns in NJ.
If Mascara-Face hasn't been fired, neither will Baier. Hume has his yellow-back.
Liberator posted on 2018-07-27 18:47:09 Reply Private Reply