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‘Grounds for Dismissal’

Stephen Colbert sharply criticized Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, for circulating a doctored video on Thursday showing Jim Acosta of CNN refusing to give up the mic to a White House intern at a news conference.

The video was sped up, creating the illusion that Acosta had pushed the female intern roughly. This manipulated clip had originally been shared by Paul Joseph Watson, who makes conspiracy-theory videos for the far-right website Infowars.