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Acosta Bemoans Trump ‘Has Backed Away From...Substantial Gun Control’

May 18th, 2018 6:49 PM
CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta found himself largely on the sidelines during his network’s Friday afternoon coverage of the horrifying high school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. But when he was given a chance to swoop in, he lamented the lack of support from President Trump for “any kind of substantial gun-control measures.” Of course, Acosta failed to provide any evidence for how…

Reality Check: Was CNN’s Jim Acosta Really ‘Just As Tough’ on Obama?

May 17th, 2018 4:56 PM
CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta has suggested President Trump is a “racist,” while whining that Trump’s complaints about press bias were doing “real damage to the First Amendment,” speculating that some day we might see “a dead journalist on the side of the highway, because of the rhetoric coming out of the White House.” Then on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Acosta said this about his Trump…
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Kimmel Adores Acosta for ‘Tormenting’ Trump: ‘I Can’t Get Enough'

May 17th, 2018 12:34 PM
During a fawning interview with CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta on Wednesday night, aired early Thursday morning, ABC’s left-wing late night host Jimmy Kimmel repeatedly heaped praise on the reporter for his notorious hostility toward the Trump administration.

CNN Media Unit Tries to Turn Jim Acosta's Gaffe Apple Into a Banana

April 26th, 2018 7:34 AM

Curtis Houck ably locked it down yesterday on how absurd it was for CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta to claim he was taken out of context when he said "people around the country" don't understand Donald Trump calling the media (especially CNN) "Fake News" is an "act." Try not to miss the official CNN Media Unit doubling down with Acosta, claiming Fox is taking Acosta out of context. No, it'…

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Sanders Torpedoes Acosta for His ‘Unnecessary’ ‘Tone’ in Briefings

April 25th, 2018 5:32 PM
Behold the latest reminder that, for CNN, everything is about them. Wednesday’s White House press briefing saw another throw down between Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling off CNN’s supercilious White House correspondent Jim Acosta over claims the Trump administration has been suppressing reporters.
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LOL! Acosta Claims He Was Misquoted in Smear Against American People

April 25th, 2018 2:32 PM
On Wednesday morning, CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta cried foul in a tweet concerning a Variety interview released Tuesday in which he insulted the intelligence of the American people by claiming that “[t]hey don’t have all their faculties in some cases” when it comes to the rise of fake news and rhetoric from the President or his advisers about the liberal media.

Behold Smug Media Superheroes Acosta, Ryan Insulting Our Intelligence

April 24th, 2018 7:31 PM
These people just make me detest Washington. On Tuesday, Variety published an absurdly gooey profile of the liberal media ahead of Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCA) and focused on three journalists, two of whom (CNN’s Jim Acosta and American Urban Radio Networks correspondent/CNN political analyst April Ryan) are perhaps the most arrogant journalists period.
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Eye Roll: Acosta, Karem, Ryan Battle Sanders on ‘Breeding’ Trump Tweet

April 23rd, 2018 3:48 PM
When one thinks of liberal reporters who relish showing off at White House press briefings, three individuals who come to mind are CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta and CNN political analysts Brian Karem and April Ryan. All three showed up at Monday’s installment to question White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about possible racist overtones in a Trump tweet that used…
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Acosta, Reid Throw Down with Sanders Over ‘Unbecoming’ Comey Criticism

April 13th, 2018 4:14 PM
Friday’s White House briefing was raucous with James Comey’s liberal media-acclaimed book tour set to officially begin and, yes, CNN’s Jim Acosta played a prominent role tangling with Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about whether criticizing Comey is “unbecoming of the presidency” and White House writ large. He also found help from CBS correspondent Paula Reid after he ran over the two…
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Of Course He Did: Acosta Floats Impeachment to WH's Sanders

April 11th, 2018 6:52 PM
Feeding into the left’s dream of impeaching President Trump, CNN’s infamously incomparable White House correspondent Jim Acosta raised during Wednesday’s White House briefing the prospect of the President being impeached by the House if Democrats take control starting in January 2019.
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CNN's Acosta Shouts Out DACA Questions — At WH Easter Egg Roll

April 3rd, 2018 6:44 PM
As Scott Whitlock noted Tuesday afternoon, CNN's perpetually aggrieved Jim Acosta was at it again, hinting at a conspiracy behind a lost broadcast connection: "I won’t read into why we lost connection just a few moments ago." Acosta's Tuesday whining shouldn't cause us to forget or ignore what he did on Monday, when he set a new low for journalistic rudeness by shouting questions at President…

Daily Beast Finds Sam Donaldson to Praise Acosta: 'As Good As It Gets'

March 12th, 2018 8:33 AM
Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon is a regular guest on CNN's Reliable Sources, so it shouldn't be the slightest bit surprising that the Daily Beast is rushing to provide aid and comfort to CNN's "courageous" screamer in the White House briefing room. The latest article by Lloyd Grove is headlined in tabloid style: "CNN’s Jim Acosta: The Trump Trolls Who Want Me Dead." Lloyd Grove went to…
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Spicer Rips CNN’s 'Carnival Barker’ Acosta for Whining About Questions

March 6th, 2018 11:40 PM
As the Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck reported on Monday, CNN’s Jim Acosta threw a hissy fit following yet another White House press briefing where he wasn’t called on to ask a question (the third by his count). And in a rather enthusiastic appearance on Fox News Channel’s Hannity, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer ripped into the moody CNN journalist for acting so immaturely.
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What a Bitter Man: Jim Acosta Complains Sanders Didn’t Call on Him

March 5th, 2018 5:01 PM
As we’ve learned beginning with the 2016 election, CNN’s Jim Acosta has emerged as perhaps the most melodramatic and self-centered liberal journalists to ever grace the airwaves. Monday’s 20-minute White House press briefing saw a new installment as he bewailed Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders not calling on him.