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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Jim Acosta Joins Meidas with Urgent Message to the Press

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.87.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas and top reporter Jim Acosta discuss Trump’s disastrous press and communications team. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm joined by Jim Acosta. Hey, Jim, I got to ask you your perspective on these press briefings

0:36.3

we've been seeing, the treatment of the press by the

0:39.4

Trump administration. Have we reached the point where the press corps needs to boycott,

0:45.2

the press room needs to just not show up? What do you think? Yeah, I mean, I think we've reached

0:50.8

a point now where, you know, I think the press needs to do a bit more and

0:57.0

that's a tough nut to crack as I found you know covering him the first time around you

1:01.8

know it's a little like hurting cats trying to get everybody in the press corps to act

1:05.8

in a uniform fashion but when you have the White House banning the AP from the Oval Office, banning the AP from Air Force One,

1:15.7

and just to explain this to people, I mean, the Associated Press, the AP is an institution that's

1:20.8

been around for over 100 years. They're in about 100 countries. They're in all 50 states.

1:26.8

I believe their journalism is read and viewed by some 4 billion people around the world.

1:34.3

And just about every news outlet in the United States relies on the Associated Press.

1:39.1

So when the White House kicks the AP out of the Oval Office off of Air Force One,

1:44.1

it has a major impact on the information

1:46.1

that people are receiving around this country. And I just don't think it's something that should be,

1:50.8

you know, should just be tolerated at this point. You know, I think that the AP should look at

1:56.4

whether or not they should sue the administration. I think the AP needs to look at other options in terms

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