# White House likley altered video of Jim Acosta **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-likley-altered-video-of-jim-acosta/824242 "2018-11-09T15:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 127
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-likley-altered-video-of-jim-acosta/824242/127 "2018-11-16T16:41:26Z")
> [@Razncain](#): > > _Putting your hand/hands on a woman_ has certain connotations, usually taken as physical assault and sometimes sexual assault, wouldn’t you agree? “Putting your hand on a woman” means putting your hand on a woman. > [@](#): > > This didn’t happen; neither Acosta or the woman did anything wrong. The woman in question didn’t do anything wrong. > [@](#): > > We’d all be in jail if this is all it took. I don’t think he should go to jail. I think the White House is justified in revoking his press pass, for being a rude asshole who tries to monopolize the press conference for his own self-aggrandizement, and for putting his hand on the intern who was trying to stop him from monopolizing the press conference. Look, I get it - the SDMB would like nothing better than to turn every press conference into an event where reporters take turns being rude assholes to Trump. The problem was, Acosta didn’t want to take turns. Regards, Shodan --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-likley-altered-video-of-jim-acosta/824242)._