Posted on 04/05/2020 11:39:32 AM PDT by lowbridge
CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta has made a name for himself by shouting questions at President Donald J. Trump and putting his life on the line whenever cameras are rolling in the White House briefing room. On Friday, for example, the intrepid reporter attempted to mansplainthe coronavirus to Dr. Deborah Birx.
Acosta recently published a book, The Enemy of the People, about how the past several years have been "a dangerous time to tell the truth in America." One reason he wrote the book, Acosta explained, is that he wanted his children "to grow up in a country where, you know, we can still shout questions at the president." Making a scene on television was a tremendous "sacrifice," the reporter acknowledged, but one that he knows "will be worth it."
When it comes to making a scene, Acosta is the best in the game. However, not all of his colleagues in journalism are impressed by his unique skill set. ABC's Jon Karl, for example, had some harsh words for Acosta in his own recently published book, Front Row at the Trump Show.
Karl, the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, criticized Acosta for frequently behaving like an "opinion journalist" and taking a "soapbox" approach that played "right into the explicit Trump strategy of portraying the press as the opposition party."
When it comes to actual reporting, Acosta is at best mediocre—no better or worse than a random college journalism student. If cable news did not exist, few if any newspapers would be scrambling to hire him. When the cameras aren't rolling, Acosta's ability to perform actual journalism by obtaining insightful information from sources is, shall we say, underwhelming.
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He’s not a reporter
I don’t understand why they even call on him- just ignore him-
LOL, Great movie.
The US leads the world in fake news media.
He’s not a reporter..He’s an affirmative action hack for the dem party....
He’s a nit wit. In the old fashioned sense of the term.
Seriously, what qualifications does this guy have? What expertise does this guy bring to the table, on anything?
Like the insecure grade school class clown, all this guy does is act juvenile. He adds nothing to the debate, he is by no measure constructive. His whole schtick is draw attention to himself.
Grow up. Get back to me when you have something to contribute.
He’s the best CNN can come up with. Think about that.
I think of Acosta as a modern day Sam Donaldson with less talent, lesser ethics, lesser intellect, and less charisma but even extra grandstanding.
Where would we be without Jim Acosta? I shudder to think. But the truly frightening thing is Jim Acosta actually believes his own bullsh*t.
Not to mention that he probably can't write.
About the only positive is that he doesn't have Donaldson's atrocious toupee.
Acosta is like the “reporter” in the movie “Patton”, who asks Patton, after Patton said he was going to Malta, “You plan on slapping any soldiers there, General?”
All these WH reporters & talking heads are actor wannabes!
Except they can’t sing, dance, do comedy (at least not deliberately!). The only drama they can do is a false knowledgeable sincerity. These news conferences are outdated, they’re our equivalent of prime Minister question. So its political theater, not an activity providing us or anyone information. Trump should just end them. Let anyone submit questions through a WH portal, after a short period you can download the answer.
Acosta’s a good example of the immaturity the current crop of democrat schmucks have pollutted the media with.
Acosta is the best of example of “full retard”. The boy is in over his head.
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