\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E7SO38jlrb0<\/p>\n
by Justin Baragona
\nwww.mediaite.com<\/p>\n
Following a highly contentious exchange with President-elect Donald Trump<\/strong> at his first press conference since late July, CNN\u2019s Jim Acosta<\/strong> gave a rundown of his confrontation with Trump.<\/p>\n The CNN reporter was called \u201cfake news\u201d by the incoming POTUS<\/a> in relation to a report CNN released yesterday <\/a>stating Trump was presented with a two-page synopsis by the intelligence chiefs showing claims Russia tried to compromise him. Trump also refused to take a question from Acosta.<\/p>\n Minutes after the presser ended, Acosta spoke to CNN host Wolf Blitzer<\/strong>, explaining that he felt it was \u201conly fair that if our news organization is going to be attacked that we get a chance to ask a follow-up question.\u201d<\/p>\n Acosta also noted that incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer<\/strong> threatened to toss him from the press conference if he interrupted again.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter I asked and I guess demanded that we have a question,\u201d Acosta said. \u201cSean Spicer, the incoming press secretary did say to me that if I were to do that again, I was going to be thrown out of this press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n Acosta further commented that a lot of policy questions did not get asked at the presser due to the \u201cneed to go back and forth with Trump\u201d on the Russia questions.<\/p>\n Watch the clip above, via CNN.<\/p>\n UPDATE 1:50 PM ET:<\/strong> CNN released a statement<\/a> shortly after the Trump press conference highlighting that its reporting was \u201cvastly different\u201d than Buzzfeed\u2019s decision to publish the dossier and the \u201cTrump team knows this.\u201d<\/p>\n UPDATE 2:05 PM ET:<\/strong> Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith<\/strong> reacted to CNN\u2019s statement<\/a>, saying that he wasn\u2019t going to \u201cdivide media against each other.\u201d<\/p>\n [image via screengrab]<\/p>\n