MEDIA/RACISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders seized on a misleading video apparently first posted by a far-right personality associated with fringe media organization InfoWars as a basis for indefinitely suspending the press credentials of CNN’s chief White House correspondent. On Wednesday [11-8-18] evening, Sanders released a statement announcing that the White House had revoked the hard pass — a credential that permits speedy entry to the White House grounds —held by CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. In the statement, Sanders falsely accused Acosta of ‘placing his hands’ on a White House intern as she attempted to aggressively remove the microphone from his hands during a contentious press conference exchange with President Donald Trump…But the video she was referring to, which was included in her tweet, didn’t come directly from one of the many cameras that had been at the press conference. Instead, it appeared to have come from Paul Joseph Watson, an editor-at-large for InfoWars, a media organization known for peddling conspiracy theories and hateful content. Such behavior resulted in InfoWars being banned earlier this year by most major social media platforms.”
–Oliver Darcy, “White House press secretary tweets misleading video from InfoWars personality to justify revoking CNN reporter’s credentials,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 8, 2018 7:14 pm