Jim Acosta’s editorial coverage and hostility towards the Trump administration, helping to generate higher ratings, is encouraged by the higher-ups at CNN, according to a Politico report Thursday.
“[T]here is also a view inside the network’s newsroom that Acosta has been given the latitude, perhaps even the implicit assignment, to turn the briefing room into a personal editorial page because it is good television” writes Ben Strauss for Politico. “There’s some grumbling in the rank-and-file that this isn’t straight news” a senior person in the CNN newsroom told Politico. “But the higher up you go, the more people like what Jim’s doing or he wouldn’t be doing it.”
Acosta’s spats with the Trump administration often times take center stage, and as a corollary, so has Acosta’s fame. It’s not just conservatives or center-right news outlets that are taking notice either. “Acosta’s remarks aren’t just blunt; they’re unusual. Reporters are supposed to report, not opine,” wrote The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi in July. – READ MORE
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