HOWARD KURTZ (HOST): Jim Acosta really went after Spicer in the White House there, briefing is kind of useless. He also complained in one of these things that he didn’t get a question, he’s tangled with President Trump. Is Acosta crossing a line here?
ED HENRY: I think he is. And look, I think everybody, frankly, is overreacting to this whole issue of White House briefings getting lost in all kinds of side issues. The real issue is the credibility of the White House press secretary. But frankly, the credibility of correspondents as well. So, yesterday on Fox & Friends I mentioned that Jim Acosta is a friend of mine. I got people on Twitter saying he's a jerk, throw him out. People are just overreacting to this. So I will repeat. Jim Acosta is a friend, I like him as a colleague, but yes, I’m going to be honest and direct, Howie. He’s overdoing this. He compared the White House to Pravda this week. This is not the Soviet Union. And if you are going to be a reporter, you’re going to be a correspondent, these opinions are now no longer are coming from pundits. It’s coming from White House correspondents. And he had another tweet saying that this is about the Constitution of the United States of America. There is nothing in the Constitution that says the White House has to have a televised briefing every day. Having said that, as a journalist, I of course believe in the principle that Jim Acosta and others do, which is that -- wake up Sean Spicer, this is 2017, the American people expect transparency. And for him to tell you, Howie, in that interview, “well, Tuesday we had audio only, and Wednesday --” Look, get in front of a camera and answer the tough questions.
