CNN anchor Jim Acosta is reportedly leaving the community after he was formally pulled from its programming schedule.
The Standing publication reported Monday that Acosta was anticipated to depart CNN after it was introduced final week that his 10 a.m. ET program was being changed with “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown” within the community’s newest reshuffling.
The publication beforehand reported that CNN CEO Mark Thompson pitched Acosta to maneuver him from his one-hour slot at 10 a.m. ET to a two-hour slot starting at midnight, a far much less distinguished place within the lineup.
One CNN insider informed Fox Information Digital they heard Acosta “struggled with the choice” and could also be chopping his contract quick in consequence.
“It takes courage,” the CNN insider mentioned.
One other CNN insider was dismayed by Acosta’s exit, saying “Many viewers like Jim… if there is anyone who could make the overnight go it’s him,” including “It’s sad to see him go.”
A spokesperson for CNN declined to remark.
Acosta turned extra broadly generally known as CNN’s chief White Home correspondent for his antagonistic relationship with President Donald Trump and his aides in the course of the first Trump administration. After the 2020 election, Acosta’s standing at CNN was shifted to chief home correspondent, anchoring a present on the weekends however finally transferring his approach to weekday programming.
Whereas CNN’s previous management reveled in Acosta’s fixed sparring matches with the primary Trump administration, the community’s present management seems to be making an attempt to seem extra impartial for the second go-around.
Acosta first joined CNN in 2007, the place he coated political campaigns and finally the Obama and Trump White Homes. He shortly turned infamous for shouting questions at Trump’s White Home press secretaries and steadily going toe-to-toe with the president himself, creating a repute for grandstanding and receiving a profile increase by Trump after being known as “fake news.”
Acosta famously refused to surrender the microphone in a 2018 press convention as he engaged in a contentious back-and-forth with Trump. The White Home tried to revoke Acosta’s press go following the dust-up, however his credentials had been restored when CNN argued that it violated the First and Fifth Modification rights of Acosta and the community.
Acosta’s adversarial relationship with the primary Trump administration seemed to be profitable as he landed himself a ebook deal and have become a visitor on liberal late-night exhibits, additional fueling the star energy that landed him an anchor chair in the course of the Biden presidency. He lately informed viewers the press is “not the enemy of the people” in a shot at Trump.
