Learning points: The truth is now being twisted in full view
There has always been tension between the White House and the press corps charged with monitoring the motives and actions of the US president, writes
Over the years, both press secretaries and the press have said that this rigorous, at times combative relationship is healthy and essential, if the country is to remain steadfast in its pursuit of democracy. However, the recent exchange between CNN reporter Jim Acosta and the president, Donald Trump, has exposed an insidious development in that fraught relationship and revealed something unsettling about the times we live in.
