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The attack on the White House press corps continued Thursday night on Fox Business when host Lou Dobbs suggested that the White House should assign someone with the specific job of slapping reporters.

Dobbs first called Thursday’s briefing a “shameful spectacle of grandstanding and childish temper tantrums.” Referring to White House reporter and CNN contributor Brian Karem, Dobbs then said this: “You would think someone would be assigned to slap the hell out of somebody.”

He then added: “We’ll talk to our panel tonight about whether it’s time the bar some of these so-called journalists from the White House briefing room permanently.”

Dobbs’ talk, sans the violent slapping threat, sounds a lot like what was being said on Fox News’ The Five where Jesse Watters, who also referenced Jim Acosta in his own riff,  said this Thursday night: “These people don’t belong there. They are jokes. They need to start ripping press passes away. If you’re going to act like a wild animal, you don’t belong there.”

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