"The Acosta thing isn’t about freedom of the press, it’s about how you behave as a reporter. It was obvious to anyone that Jim Acosta was not trying to get information to the viewers of CNN he was trying to provoke confrontation," said the former cable news king who left Fox News under a sexual harassment cloud.
"If CNN wants him to be a commentator give him a prime time show. They could use the ratings help," he added. "But he’s a reporter and reporters are not supposed to bait the president of the United States and not supposed to insult him, which is what Acosta does."
O’Reilly pointed out that the White House can suspend Acosta’s press access but they haven’t suspended CNN’s access thereby debunking the fallacy the administration is restricting free speech or freedom of the press when over 50 CNN reporters continue to have White House press credentials.