Article snippet: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday refused to say the media is not the enemy of the people in an extraordinary exchange with CNN's Jim Acosta, who has been at the center of a firestorm over MORE and the press. Sanders during the back and forth at the White House press briefing read off a laundry list of media reports she cited as unfair or misleading, calling the president's repeated attacks on the press "completely understandable." Sanders blamed the media for personally attacking her and cited the controversy from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where comedian Michelle Wolf drew criticism from conservatives and some journalists for mocking Sanders’s appearance. “You brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and called me a traitor to my own gender,” Sanders said. “You did not say in the course of those remarks that you just made that the press is not the enemy of the people,” Acosta responded, before expressing compassion over how Sanders has been treated at times. “We all get put through the wringer, we all get put through the meat grinder in this town, and you’re no exception and I’m sorry that happened to you. I wish that had not happened,” Acosta said. Acosta noted that insisted they support a free press. Updated at 2:53 p.m. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2018 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of New... Link to the full article to read more