CNN anchor Jim Acosta, a bottleneck for President Donald Trump, as a former White House correspondent, says he is leaving the network rather than accepting a proposal for a new late night slot.
Acosta announced its departure on the network at the end of its one -hour morning show on Tuesday, told the audience: “Don’t lie. Do not give fear ,
He did not specifically tie those feelings for Trump, but the implications were clear. CNN says that the decision to take Acosta out of the daylight and the time slot started at the midnight’s eastern time had nothing to do with politics.
Less than half an hour before the announcement of ACOSTA, Trump posted on social media that rumors that were leaving anchor were good news. Trump said on the truth social, “Gym is a major loser person, who does not matter where he ends.”
CNN announced last week – in the first week of Trump in the office – that it was reshuffling his day lineup to take Wolf Blitzer to Acosta’s Eastern time slot at 10 am, paired with Pamela Brown. The network stated that it had offered an ACosta job at midnight and would take him to Los Angeles, where his show would air at 9 pm, and will also simultaneously simultaneously on CNN International.
But Acosta, who has been in CNN for 18 years, said that he had turned it down on Tuesday.
Reflection on his career
He said that people often ask him whether the CNN career was the main attraction of his CNN career to cover Trump’s first term as President. Instead, he said that it was a chance to cover former President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba in 2016 and to ask Cuban leader Raul Castro a question about political prisoners.
“As the son of a Cuba refugee, I took a lesson (that) house (that) it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrannical,” Acosta said. “I have always believed that it is the work of the press to keep the power in mind. I have always tried to do this in CNN and plan to do it in future. ,
He said that his last message was “Do not give in the lie. Don’t give up. Catch the truth. And to hope.”
CNN said in a statement, “Jim has made a long, iconic, nearly 20 -year career in CNN, with the authority and a track record of standing for the authority for our journalism freedom. We want to thank him for the dedication and commitment brought for our reporting and wish him a lot of best wishes in the future. ,
During his first term, Trump’s sour relationship with ACOSTA was summarized in 2018 with the Press Pass of ACOSTA with the White House. Acosta tried to continue interrogating Trump after being told by the President, “This is enough!” At a news conference and a colleague tried to remove Acosta’s microphone.