Jim Acosta is more of a Democrat operative than an unbiased journalist but even his latest move is surprising.
Thankfully Ted Cruz was there to call Jim out for it.
After Acosta criticized Trump and seemingly defended China Cruz unleased calling Acosta a “CCP propagandist.”
According to The Daily Wire:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted CNN’s Jim Acosta on Tuesday after Acosta defended communist China against criticism from President Donald Trump during the White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing.
Why is CNN apologizing for the Communist Party of China? You’re supposed to be journalists, not CCP propagandists. https://t.co/pJDeJyTHKx
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 14, 2020
Acosta also defended the World Health Organization (WHO), which did not tell the truth about the extent of the outbreak in China, writing, “Trump is accusing the WHO of mishandling the Coronavirus pandemic while avoiding his own failures on the subject.”
Jim, any “reporting” on this is fraudulent without acknowledging the WHO’s blatant schilling for the CCP: https://t.co/r5nKcC9FfQ https://t.co/9KtxNiCNay
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 14, 2020
Cruz included a link in his tweet to a tweet from the WHO on January 14 where the WHO stated that there was no human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus in China.
Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China??. pic.twitter.com/Fnl5P877VG
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2020
Republican strategist Andrew Surabian wrote: “Well that didn’t take long…CNN’s Jim Acosta quite literally defending/running interference for the Chinese Communist Party. I’m sure Xi sincerely appreciates his tweets. You can’t make this stuff up!”
Donald Trump Jr. even suggested a name change:
Maybe time for a name change from CNN to Xi NN. It’s much more fitting. https://t.co/vdbEwo8nI5
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 14, 2020
China has covered up the outbreak which originated in Wuhan, China and that cover up hindered responses from governments around the globe likely contributing to countless deaths.
