That didn’t take lengthy.
Jim Acosta introduced his new enterprise Tuesday — hours after signing off as a CNN anchor with an anti-Trump rant.
“Hey guys! I’ve started something new. Go check it out!” Acosta wrote in a submit on X, together with a video.
His new touchdown spot might be just like the route many exiled journalists have taken in recent times: Substack.
“Hey guys, it’s Jim, and let me just say this: I’ve had quite the day,” Acosta stated within the video.
“But as you can see, earlier today this was my last day at CNN and I did want to jump on Substack Live for a moment and say welcome to my new venture. I’m going independent, at least for now.”
He went on to rehash his feedback from his farewell tirade through which he equated frequent nemesis Donald Trump to “a tyrant.”
“Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and hope. And we’ll keep this conversation going,” Acosta stated within the video.
The previous White Home correspondent at CNN, who usually butted heads with President Trump throughout his first time period, was reportedly slated to be relegated to the graveyard shift from his present morning slot earlier than deciding to give up.
“You may have seen some reports about me and this show. And after giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing an alternative time slot CNN offered me, I have decided to move on,” Acosta stated on the finish of his 10 a.m. program.
Acosta, who’s of Cuban descent, stated the spotlight of his profession was touring with then-President Barack Obama to his ancestral homeland to interview Raul Castro in 2016.
“As a son of a Cuban refugee, I took home this lesson. It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant,” Acosta stated in an obvious veiled reference geared toward Trump.
Acosta might be changed within the mornings by “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown” as a part of a reshuffle of the ratings-challenged lineup by CNN boss Mark Thompson.
Thompson had reportedly supplied Acosta a less-prominent midnight-to-2 a.m. slot — and the chance to anchor the present from the West Coast.
CNN thanked Acosta for his 18 years of service.
“Jim has had a long, distinguished nearly 20-year career at CNN, with a track record of standing up to authority, for the First Amendment and for our journalistic freedoms,” the corporate stated in a press release.
“We want to thank him for the dedication and commitment he’s brought to his reporting and wish him the very best in the future.”
