CNN reporter Jim Acosta tweeted his frustration that he was not called on at Thursday's press briefing, saying the White House was "back to playing games."
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders held her first official briefing in three weeks on Thursday, and Acosta and CNN did not get any questions.
"Shocker! WH back to playing games and refusing to call on CNN at WH briefing," he tweeted.
Shocker! WH back to playing games and refusing to call on CNN at WH briefing.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 24, 2017
He noted in a follow-up tweet that President Donald Trump had still not taken questions in the White House briefing room. He added that former President Barack Obama's administration would "always" call on Fox News at White House briefings, suggesting it was willing to take questions from a hostile media outlet.
Also worth noting... it's almost September and Trump still has yet to take questions from reporters in the WH briefing room.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 24, 2017
Also worth noting... and not to belabor the issue... but the Obama WH always called on Fox at WH press briefings.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 24, 2017
Acosta and the White House have butted heads on multiple occasions since Trump took office; last week, Trump called Acosta "fake news" to his face when the latter questioned him about his initial response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
When Sean Spicer was press secretary, Acosta expressed repeated frustration about briefings being held off-camera.
