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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN Reportedly Wants To Banish Its Trump Nemesis Anchor To 'Siberia Of Television News'
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-anchor-trump_n_678a3234e4b088524808328f/amp
CNN anchor Jim Acosta was offered a graveyard shift at the network to banish him to the Siberia of television news as Donald Trump returns to the presidency, a former CNN media reporter wrote Thursday.
Acosta, a notable Trump antagonist who had his White House press credential suspended temporarily during the president-elects first term, was caught off guard by chief executive Mark Thompsons proposal, Oliver Darcy reported in his Status newsletter.
The move from Acostas current 10 a.m. Eastern time slot to between midnight and 2 a.m. would accommodate reported changes ahead in the news networks schedule, according to Darcy. The CNN alum previously reported, along with other outlets, that Wolf Blitzer was moving to mornings as part of a shake-up.
CNNs average viewership dropped a whopping 49% between Election Day and near the end of 2024, Deadline reported on Dec. 31.
But the CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta star may be contending with other forces as well.
Sidelining Acosta would also work to curry favor with Donald Trump, who very much despises the CNN anchor, Darcy wrote.
Acosta, a notable Trump antagonist who had his White House press credential suspended temporarily during the president-elects first term, was caught off guard by chief executive Mark Thompsons proposal, Oliver Darcy reported in his Status newsletter.
The move from Acostas current 10 a.m. Eastern time slot to between midnight and 2 a.m. would accommodate reported changes ahead in the news networks schedule, according to Darcy. The CNN alum previously reported, along with other outlets, that Wolf Blitzer was moving to mornings as part of a shake-up.
CNNs average viewership dropped a whopping 49% between Election Day and near the end of 2024, Deadline reported on Dec. 31.
But the CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta star may be contending with other forces as well.
Sidelining Acosta would also work to curry favor with Donald Trump, who very much despises the CNN anchor, Darcy wrote.
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CNN Reportedly Wants To Banish Its Trump Nemesis Anchor To 'Siberia Of Television News' (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 18
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He was the only anchor I watched. If he leaves, I'm a forever lost CNN viewer. Sick of the
allegorical oracle
Jan 18
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LetMyPeopleVote
(158,145 posts)1. CNN reportedly hiding anchor who dares to call out Trump's BS
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/17/2297440/-CNN-reportedly-hiding-anchor-who-dares-to-call-out-Trump-s-BS
CNN reportedly plans to move anchor Jim Acosta, who has frequently fact checked and challenged Donald Trumps falsehoods, to a time slot with almost no viewers. As Status News reported, CNNs CEO Mark Thompson proposed that CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta be moved from the 10 AM ET time slot to midnight.
They want to get rid of Acosta to throw a bone to Trump, a media executive told Status. Midnight is not a serious offer when his ratings are among the best on the network.
If CNN goes through with this plan, it will effectively sideline someone who has provided accurate reporting on the leader of the Republican Party.
Just a few days after his 2017 inauguration, Trump lied about losing the popular vote in the 2016 election to Hillary Clinton due to votes from undocumented immigrants. Acosta noted at the time that the allegation was a falsehood, full stop.
Leading up to the 2024 election, when Republicansled by Trumpcontinued to push lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election, Acosta told the chair of the Georgia Republican Party youre just lying when he repeated Trumps claims about the race.
allegorical oracle
(4,045 posts)2. He was the only anchor I watched. If he leaves, I'm a forever lost CNN viewer. Sick of the
CNN anchors/reporters who lob mostly softball questions while Repug commentators rip Dems, Biden, and Harris to shreds.
IcyPeas
(23,182 posts)3. He should move to msnbc and replace Katy Tur.
sheshe2
(89,568 posts)4. So CNN is kissing TSF's ass.
They are not even trying to hide it anymore!
Shellback Squid
(9,217 posts)5. I posted this yesterday and few here had sympathies about his plight