AT&T CEO Criticizes White House Over Handling of CNN Reporter Jim Acosta

Randall Stephenson says Trump administration failed to follow procedure in suspending correspondent’s credentials

At the WSJ Tech D. Live conference, AT&T CEO Randall L. Stephenson said the White House failed to follow procedure in suspending CNN Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass.

AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson fired back at the White House over its decision to suspend the press credentials of a CNN correspondent, saying officials had ignored established procedures in a way that appeared to violate press-freedom protections.

The Trump administration said it suspended credentials for Jim Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, because he “placed his hands” on a White House intern who was trying to take the microphone from him at a press conference after President Trump indicated...