Anti-Trump reporter Jim Acosta is writing an anti-Trump book about the dangers the press face for speaking the truth. He was immediately mocked for taking this position.
According to The Daily Wire:
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta was mocked on Thursday after revealing that he was writing a book about President Donald Trump, which is scheduled to be released in June.
“CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta is authoring a book about the Trump administration and its battles with the news media,” CNN reported.
We are not the enemy of the people. And the truth is worth the fight… more coming soon… https://t.co/SpjoSBO2oD pic.twitter.com/QMoEuUSr4g
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 24, 2019
The Harper imprint of HarperCollins Publishers said that Acosta’s book will share “never-before-revealed stories of this White House’s rejection of truth, while laying out the stakes for how Trump’s hostility toward facts poses an unprecedented threat to our democracy.”
Acosta, who even left-wing media has said is dangerous to real journalism, has often been a lightning rod for negative attention during the Trump administration.
Here is the mockery he received:
What a laughable premise. No one stops journalists from telling the truth and they are in absolutely no danger when doing so. https://t.co/DFDLQdZwfZ
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) January 24, 2019
It’s such a dangerous time to tell the truth in America that Jim Acosta is going to write a book about how dangerous a time it is to tell the truth in America. https://t.co/Hde91A4JnH
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) January 24, 2019
Obviously the title should be
“Dear Diary” https://t.co/dFEcp6oYC0— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) January 24, 2019
CNN’s Stelter risked his life to get the scoop that CNN’s Acosta was pushing a book. Everyone downplaying the importance of a free press should think about what we would lose if we did away with such essential journalism. https://t.co/iSriyAYub6
— F. Bill McMorris (@FBillMcMorris) January 24, 2019
This is going to be in the Publisher’s Weekly “10 Best Satires” list for 2019 ???? (except the only people laughing are the Trumps and Fox News) https://t.co/TPI8Y4fqp5
— ART TAVANA (@arttavana) January 24, 2019
It’s such a dangerous time to be a reporter in the U.S. that you might… get a book deal from a big publisher, a PR blitz & plenty of opportunities to criticize the administration.
Meanwhile, here’s a list of the people China “disappeared” last year. https://t.co/FwcMKpCSK0 https://t.co/3yBIyqit5K
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) January 24, 2019
Acosta continues to try to insert himself into the conversation, it remains unclear if his book will gain in popularity.
