The world doesn’t count. Update to this story.
CNN’s Jim Acosta on Wednesday defended his decision to shout a question at North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while in Singapore, and said the world would have thought less of the White House press corps if reporters stayed silent.
While in Singapore, Acosta yelled out at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, “Will you give up your nuclear weapons, sir?”
“I couldn’t think of anything else to ask North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, but whether he’s going to give up his nuclear weapons,” he said Wednesday on CNN.[…]
“The question I have is, if you play the same video of him walking past us with President Trump, and you turn the sound down, and the reporters covering this trip didn’t ask any questions, what would the rest of the world have said about the White House press corps, if we hadn’t asked any questions of Kim Jong Un when he was right in front of us?” he asked.