Posted on 04/13/2020 9:06:31 AM PDT by jazusamo
CNN producer-turned media watchdog Steve Krakauer described his former colleague, CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, as a fame-seeking attention-getter who is “actively helping Trump get re-elected” while making the press look bad.
“I don't think CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta is a bad guy. I worked with him at CNN, and he was a solid, competent reporter. If Acosta's goal was to be a great White House reporter, he could probably do it,” Krakauer wrote. “But that's not Jim Acosta's goal. Jim Acosta wants to be famous.”
Krakauer’s media newsletter, Fourth Watch, has gained popularity for holding the press accountable, and Sunday’s edition began with the detailed critique of Acosta.
“Acosta clearly aspires to use this opportunity to spar with President Trump, #Resistance Signal on Twitter and generally build his brand to move on to bigger things - a prime time show maybe, or at least a few late night TV appearances,” Krakauer wrote before pointing out the CNN reporter’s past Twitter profile background image that featured a picture of his appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Jim Acosta loves nothing more than Jim Acosta,” Krakauer wrote. “I've also half-joked that if we found out, years from now, that Acosta was actually a plant and was secretly working for the Trump re-election campaign, I wouldn't be shocked.”
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‘make all in the press look bad’ because they are,I can find real news from the UK or Canada here it’s all fake hype anti Trump and agenda they are a worthless lot at best.
I am impressed (not in a good way) at the young age of the WH press room news corps. They all look just under age 30 and speak with no world experience other than social justice causes. The chick who took the surgeon general to task for how he referred to his grand parents (pronoun alert!) for example.
There was a time you had to slog your way up the press ladder over years to get to a WH posting. Now you just need to be social justice warrior.
To the best of my recollection, I had never heard of Jim Acosta before Trump was President. By his antics at press conferences, he is now one of the most well-known figures in the mainstream media.
If I had my say I wouldn’t let Acosta near the White Hosue.
As it should, the media is worthless and lies daily.
Along with his other problems, Acosta is obviously a little slow. He doesn’t realize that he’s herding votes in the President’s direction.
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