Critics are coming after CNN’s Jim Acosta after he made ridiculous remarks that his job covering the Trump administration should warrant “hazard pay” while also admitting he doesn’t plan to report on the Biden administration with the same velocity. The reporter rose to fame for his anti-Trump skepticism and aggression which often crosses the line into unprofessionalism and a lack of decorum in the press briefing room.
A piece published by The Atlantic, “The Resistance’s Breakup With the Media Is at Hand,” by McKay Coppins notes, “the Trump era has been especially rewarding to a certain class of Washington reporter,” which includes CNN’s Acosta. Journalists who rose to stardom by sparring with President Trump but as he prepares to leave office it leaves some journalists asking what comes next. Well, it seems those same journalists were were so eager to disagree with Trump are planning to go easy on Biden
Fox News reports:
“You can’t just go and trash the press and totally lie to the American people and tell them real news is fake news … I don’t think the press should be trying to whip up the Biden presidency and turn it into must-see TV in a contrived way,” Acosta told Coppins.
Coppins admitted it sounded like a “double standard,” but Acosta maintained that Trump’s treatment of the press was a “nonstop national emergency” that warranted harsh coverage.
“If being at the White House is not an experience that might merit hazard pay … then perhaps it is going to be approached differently,” Acosta told Coppins.
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale, also admitted he won’t cover Biden the same way he did Trump
“It will not be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job to fact-check Biden,” Dale told Coppins, who noted that the CNN fact-checker feels Biden doesn’t lie as often as Trump so his role will largely shift to “debunking online disinformation and digging into claims made by congressional leaders.”
Rightfully, it wasn’t long before Acosta and CNN were attacked for their delusional remarks.
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