CBS Blames Trump for ‘Lashing Out,’ ‘Punishing’ Screaming CNN Reporter

[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS assigned blame for the verbal battle between Donald Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta at Wednesday’s  press conference. Even though Acosta started the exchange by screaming at the President-elect, it was Trump who “lashed out” to “punish" a reporter. ABC saw the incoming President as “seeking retribution.” Regarding the sleazy Russia claims made by BuzzFeed and repeated by CNN, Major Garrett on Wednesday’s Evening News spun, “The President-elect also lashed out at a reporter from CNN, the first news organization to report that the Russian hacking assessment included the unverified claims.”