"Acosta, during an appearance on MS NOW on Saturday morning, made it clear he was still disgusted with the president saying quiet, piggy to Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey earlier this month. He said any boss who spoke to a female employee that way would be fired, so it was not okay for the press to just sit back and take it. Other folks in the press in the room should speak up in that moment and say, Mr. President, that is not appropriate,' Acosta said."
"Acosta said the major newspapers and networks need to send a letter to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, saying that if the president does not stop mocking journalists, the media will stop going to Oval Office press events and traveling aboard Air Force One. You can have Fox and all these other sycophantic outlets covering you, but we're just not going to do it."
Jim Acosta called on mainstream media to take collective action after President Trump mocked a Bloomberg reporter, calling her 'quiet, piggy,' during a White House exchange about Jeffrey Epstein files. Acosta said any boss who spoke to a female employee that way would be fired, and that reporters should not sit back. He urged colleagues in the room to speak up, press the president on unanswered questions, and call out personal attacks. Acosta recommended major newspapers and networks send a letter to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt threatening to stop attending Oval Office events and traveling aboard Air Force One until the mocking stops.
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