Which news organizations have verified and published the video of Trump mocking a reporter?

1. What footage was published and who ran it

News organizations including ABC News and CNN reported the exchange and described or posted video of the moment when Trump called the reporter “the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place” and “a terrible reporter” after being asked about releasing full footage of the Sept. 2 strikes ^{[1] [2]}. Entertainment and partisan outlets also distributed the clip on social platforms; TheBlaze published a post of the video and social embeds soon after the incident ^[3]. Deadline recounts that ABC correspondent Rachel Scott posted her own video of the encounter after the exchange ^[4].

2. How the outlets framed the clip

Mainstream outlets framed the clip as part of a factual exchange about the president’s prior statement that he had “no problem” releasing more video — then denying he’d said that and attacking the reporter who reminded him — with CNN calling the president’s denial “false” relative to his on-camera remark five days earlier ^[2]. ABC’s coverage emphasized the policy and political context around the September strikes and Trump’s changing statements about releasing footage ^[1]. TheBlaze framed the same footage as a partisan “gotcha” moment that criticized the reporter, posting the president’s admonishment as a political win ^[3].

3. Reporter sources and primary provenance

ABC’s own correspondent Rachel Scott is both the subject and a primary source: she posted the interaction and is quoted as having asked whether Trump would release the full follow-up video ^[4]. CNN’s fact-check notes the timeline — the clip captured the earlier promise and the later denial — and treats the video as primary evidence for that inconsistency ^[2]. Deadline and TheBlaze rely on the on-camera exchange and the reporter’s social posts as the original provenance ^{[4] [3]}.

4. Disagreements, emphasis, and broader context

Outlets disagree in tone and emphasis. CNN and ABC present the clip as evidence of contradictory presidential statements and an example of Trump’s hostility toward the press ^{[2] [1]}. TheBlaze and similar partisan outlets emphasize Trump’s attack on the reporter as justified or politically effective ^[3]. Reporting also links the exchange to the larger controversy over the Sept. 2 strikes, the Pentagon’s handling of footage, and requests from lawmakers to see all audio/video — context ABC and Atlanta Black Star include in their accounts ^{[1] [5]}.

5. What the provided sources do not say

Available sources do not mention any independent forensic verification (e.g., metadata or chain-of-custody analysis) of the clip beyond on-camera reporting and social posts by journalists and outlets. They do not indicate that any outlet retracted or disputed the basic timing and words captured on video as reported here; they instead debate the meaning and implications ^{[2] [1] [3]}.

6. Why this matters for readers

Video published by ABC, CNN, Deadline and distributed by outlets like TheBlaze functions as contemporaneous evidence of the exchange and underpins competing narratives: one that the president contradicted himself and attacked a reporter who reminded him of his prior comment (as CNN and ABC report), and another that frames the reporter as “obnoxious” and the attack as warranted (as TheBlaze presents) ^{[2] [1] [3]}. Because the footage is the central piece of evidence, readers should weigh source framing and political slant when judging the incident.

Sources cited in this analysis: ABC News ^[1], CNN ^[2], TheBlaze ^[3], Deadline ^[4], Atlanta Black Star ^[5].