Famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward blasted CNN for suing the Trump administration over its suspension of Jim Acosta’s press credentials, according to a report.

“Too many people for Trump or against Trump have become emotionally unhinged about this,” Woodward said at the Global Financial Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida, on Tuesday, according to Fox News.

“The remedy [isn’t a lawsuit],” argued Woodward, whose explosive tell-all “Fear” described a White House in disarray. “It’s more serious reporting about what he’s doing.”

The cable news network filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington, DC, seeking to have the White House correspondent’s so-called “hard pass” restored after he was banned for tussling with an intern during a news conference with President Trump.

Woodward said that CNN was taking the president’s “bait” by hiring high-profile attorney Ted Olson to pursue the federal case.

“This is a negative,” he said. “Trump is sitting around saying, ‘This is great!’”

CNN’s lawsuit alleges that the White House violated Acosta’s First and Fifth Amendment rights by penalizing him for the content of his speech without providing notice or due process.

The White House maintains that Acosta was punished solely because of his behavior. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders described CNN’s lawsuit as “grandstanding.”

“The White House cannot run an orderly and fair press conference when a reporter acts this way, which is neither appropriate nor professional,” she said in a statement Tuesday.

Woodward has cautioned journalists covering the president, once telling The Atlantic that people “see the smugness” of some in the media and that “following the facts” objectively is one way to help regain the trust of the public, The Hill reported.

According to CNN, the lawsuit is necessary to defend all journalists against “a dangerous chilling effect.”

“While the suit is specific to CNN and Acosta, this could have happened to anyone,” CNN said in a statement. “If left unchallenged, the actions of the White House would create a dangerous chilling effect for any journalist who covers our elected officials.”

Trump, who often labels CNN “fake news,” has not appeared on the network during his time in the White House.