Lemon Brings on Obama Press Secretary to Defend CNN: Press Was Tough with Obama Too!

By News on the Net -- NewsBusters —— Bio and Archives November 15, 2018

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CNN defended its absurd move to sue President Trump for revoking reporter Jim Acosta’s White House press pass, by bringing on a former Obama staffer to tout the network’s credibility. On CNN Tonight November 13, host Don Lemon talked with Obama’s Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton and NYU law professor Burt Neuborne, about the lawsuit, with all three agreeing that the media treated Obama with the same scrutiny they have with Trump. Noting that they did ask Republican press secretaries to join the segment, but they declined, Lemon began. -- MORE...