Jim Acosta
CNN's Jim Acosta: 'We're All Dealing With Post-Trump Stress Disorder'
They call the show Reliable Sources, but CNN's Brian Stelter brought on their old Chief White House Screamer Jim Acosta, who's now going to host a weekend show called Newsroom. The topic was how Biden coverage would be different than Trump coverage, and Acosta just had to pretend that they are hard-hitting truth providers when Democrats are in power.
Get Ready for Four Years of Media Sycophancy
On Sunday, Jan. 17, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sat down with Jane Pauley of CBS News "Sunday Morning." Pauley treated Harris to a full-on journalistic massage. At no point was Harris asked a tough question; at no point was Harris treated as anything other than an idol worthy of worship. Perhaps the most awkward manifestation of this sycophancy came when Harris -- an extraordinarily and…
Mission Accomplished? Here Were Acosta’s 15 Moments as WH Reporter
On Tuesday, CNN’s Jim Acosta spent his final day as chief White House correspondent reveling in having accomplished his life’s mission of celebrating himself and playing the role of general in helping to removing President Trump from office, a man he’s so deeply hated. NewsBusters combed through our archives to find the 15 worst Acosta moments over the past four years. Trust us, this wasn’t…
Enjoy Your Vacation! Fake News Jim Leaves WH, Will Anchor on Weekends
On Monday morning, CNN and chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta announced that, having spewed four years of hatred against President Trump and his supporters and vanquished Trump from office, he’ll depart the White House beat. Instead, he’ll become chief domestic correspondent and become a weekend anchor for the Jeffrey Zucker-led circus. We report, you decide on whether that’s a…
CNN CELEBRATES Twitter Banning Trump: He’s ‘Been Kneecapped!’
Mark it down, NewsBusters readers: January 8, 2021 will go down as one of the greatest days in the lives of more than a few CNN charlatans due to the massive, unprecedented crackdown on American free speech, including Twitter’s permanent banning of President Trump. On CNN’s Situation Room, the mood was euphoric as they celebrated the “amazing situation” and “historic moment” of…
Tour de Force: Here Are the Top Ten McEnany Smackdowns of 2020
Assuming the position of White House Press Secretary on April 7, Kayleigh McEnany had quite a 2020 with a slew of crises to attend to as the fifth woman and third mother to serve as a president’s chief spokesperson. And with a press corps filled with journalists hell-bent on spewing hatred at the Trump administration (instead of asking real, probing questions), McEnany faced a near-constant…
CNN Skips Presser With Hero Cops, Opts to Relive Their Trump Gripes
What a news organization allows to be aired on their network tells you a lot about their priorities. While Fox News kicked off Sunday’s 11:00 a.m. hour with the press conference featuring the heroic Nashville police officers who evacuated people ahead of the Christmas bombing, CNN pressed forward with a prerecorded segment featuring five of their reporters reliving their grievances of the…
WORST OF 2020: The Media’s Trump Derangement Syndrome
This week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of 2020. Today, it’s a look at the media’s Trump Derangement Syndrome as we present the year’s most over-the-top attacks on President Donald Trump.
FLASHBACK: Media Mocked Vaccine by December as Impossible 'Happy Talk'
When President Trump first announced his administration's accelerated vaccine development plan (Operation Warp Speed) on May 15, the media immediately began thinking up reasons to disapprove. Within hours, journalists were bashing the program as “dangerous” and unrealistic “happy talk,” as well as insisting that according to “the experts,” a vaccine could not be developed by the end of 2020.…
Acosta: Trump's Going Back to Being 'Another Crackpot on the Internet'
What will happen to Jim Acosta if his great nemesis goes away in January? On Friday night’s Anderson Cooper 360, Acosta boasted that Trump “just goes back to being another crackpot on the internet.” But will Acosta have to make way for CNN’s Jeff Zeleny to ask Joe Biden what “enchants” him in the first 100 days?
CNN RAGES Over ‘Flailing,’ ‘Obese Turtle’ Trump ‘Inciting Violence’
Following President Trump’s Thursday night statement claiming widespread voter fraud, CNN chose not to simply dissect and/or dismantle Trump’s claims with any sobriety. Instead, the apocalyptic network threw one tantrum after the next over how the “flailing” and “obese turtle...in a hot sun” decided to “attack democracy” and supposedly “incit[e] violence” on what was “sad night for the United…
Ghoulish CNN Bemoans Trump Not Taking Questions, Hypes 25th Amendment
Amidst CNN’s firehouse of poison Friday night as President Trump was set to and then took Marine One to be hospitalized at Walter Reed for the coronavirus, they were able to make it all about themselves, being facetious about the use of masks, suggesting we shouldn’t believe a word from the White House, and eagerly talking about their beloved 25th Amendment being invoked.
Sick CNN Revels in Trump Hospitalized: 'Lies Coming Back to Bite Him'
CNN’s hatred for the President took them to a new low Friday evening, upon learning that President Trump was being hospitalized for coronavirus. Hearing this serious news didn’t stop reporter Jeremy Diamond and CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley from gloating that the president got what he deserved for not wearing a mask regularly.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. KARL? ABC Reporter Now Endorses Acosta's Aggression
ABC’s Jonathan Karl gave an interview to Mediaite and demonstrated the notion of cognitive dissonance. He finds it unfortunate that people think the press acts as the Resistance to Trump, and yet, he wants to reverse his negative take on CNN White House shrieker Jim Acosta in his reporter’s memoir, insisting on reflection that Acosta’s bombastic approach has been “vindicated.”