the administration supports freedom of the press. listen to this exchange today between press secretary sarah sanders and cnn's jim acosta. >> reporter: are you trying to say this administration is a champion of a free press? >> i certainly think, as i stated a moment ago, we support a free press. but we also support a fair press. and i think that those things should go hand in hand and there's a certain responsibility by the press to report accurate information. i think a number of people -- >> reporter: is there a responsibility on the part of the president? >> i think a number of people in this room do that every day and do their best to provide fair and accurate information. i support that, that's one of the reasons i'm taking your questions and a lot of times taking your questions in a tone that's completely unnecessary, unneeded, and frankly doesn't help further the conversation or help the american people get any more information in a better way which is your job and my job and that's what i'm trying to do. i'm going to move on.