ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl expressed his concern about how the general public views the press during the Trump era. During an interview with Mediaite, Karl discussed the tense relationship between White House reporters and President Trump, something he suggested has had "negative consequences" with many Americans. "I do believe that unfortunately, there is a big chunk of the country that believes that the press is now the resistance and I think it's really unfortunate and I think that it has negative consequences for a free press. He went on to walk back the harsh criticism of his CNN counterpart Jim Acosta, who he slammed in his memoir for undermining the "credibility" of the White House press corps with his "speeches" that painted the press as "the resistance." "I think that Jim was right to be outraged that the president was declaring the free press the 'enemy of the people.'

Source: Fox News September 25, 2020 01:30 UTC