Bret Baier, Stand Up Guy

Yesterday afternoon a CNN reporter was kicked out of the White House for asking questions during a typical photo op press pool event. What she did is exactly what every reporter does in that situation, because the president hasn't had a formal press conference in over a year. She shouted out a question. This time, the president didn't like it (it was about Michael Cohen), so he had a hissy fit and made his press office kick her out.

Amazingly, Fox News anchor Bret Baier came to her defense, ON FOX NEWS! He said the following...

Today CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins was denied access to cover an open press event at the White House. After posing questions to President Trump earlier in the day as the network pool reporter, Collins was told by White House deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine and press secretary Sarah Sanders that her questions were inappropriate. They were not. Just because the White House is uncomfortable with a question regarding the news of the day doesn’t mean the question isn’t relevant and shouldn’t be asked. This decision to bar a member of the press is retaliatory in nature and not indicative of an open and free press. We demand better. As a member of the White House press pool, Fox stands firmly with CNN on this issue of access.

Bret Baier is one of the four actual journalists on that station (I'd include Shep Smith, Chris Wallace, and John Roberts). Of course, in this case he was ripping his former boss Bill Shine--the former president of Fox News. I wonder if he had an axe to grind there.

Whatever the reason, kudos to Bret, who is getting hammered by the people who watch that network. It takes guts to speak the truth to an audience who is only watching that network so they don't have to face the truth.