CNN reporter Jim Acosta shared an article blaming President Donald Trump for school bullying Thursday, just a month after CNN had to settle with Covington Catholic teenager Nick Sandmann.
“Trump’s rhetoric has changed the way hundreds of kids are bullied in classrooms,” Acosta tweeted, sharing a Washington Post article claiming that Trump has created more bullying in schools based on his rhetoric.
Trump’s rhetoric has changed the way hundreds of kids are bullied in classrooms https://t.co/Rns2Sw8f4i
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 13, 2020
The Federalist’s Sean Davis responded, “Your network was just forced to settle a nine-figure lawsuit for bullying a child.”
Your network was just forced to settle a nine-figure lawsuit for bullying a child. https://t.co/jowQddM2tn
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 14, 2020
Washington Examiner writer Becket Adams also chimed in, saying, “didn’t your network just settle a defamation lawsuit with a teenager?”
didn’t your network just settle a defamation lawsuit with a teenager?
— ????’???? ???? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????? (@BecketAdams) February 14, 2020
Indeed, it’s been just over a month since news broke that CNN settled with Nick Sandmann, the teenager at the center of the infamous Covington Catholic controversy, when the media swarmed upon a group of high school students after they had an encounter with Native American activist Nathan Philips. (RELATED: Chris Cuomo Says Greta Thunberg Is Off Limits Because She’s A ‘Kid.’ Twitter Users Recall Some Recent CNN History)
The Washington Post is also being sued by Sandmann for their coverage of the controversy