Jim Acosta
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It was a bunch of Trump thugs that he egged on and incited and sent to the goddamn Capitol.
There is no both sides to that fucking story and the fucking story.
And there was a time in this business when the anchor of the CBS, I worked under Dan Rather in the early 2000s.
I was here in New York working under Dan Rather.
And there was a time in this business where the anchor of the CBS Evening News, if he got a call from the White House or the president of CBS News got a call from the White House complaining about the story, they would say, go fuck yourself and hang up the phone.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how shit should get done in this country.
The president of any news organization, the anchor of any evening newscast should be able to tell the White House pressβ I used to get calls from the White House press secretary.
When Obama was president, Jay Carney would call me and complain about, you guys are covering Obamacare likeβ
You know, like, what the fuck is going on here?
Obama was out there saying it's going to be like Orbitz.
You're going to be able to book your flight.
You're going to be able to buy your health care.
So we went on and we were on all day long saying that the Obamacare website didn't work.