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 Trump’s falsehoods, to a time slot with almost no viewers. As Status News reported, CNN’s 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 Republicans—led by Trump—continued to push lies about “voter fraud” in the 2020 election, Acosta told the chair of the Georgia Republican Party “you’re just lying” when he repeated Trump’s claims about the race.
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