Acosta made his big exit not with a bang but rather by playing the victim card while throwing shade at Trump—classic Jim move. After years of turning press briefings into his own personal stage show, he’s decided to go “independent.” Spoiler alert: that just means he’s now blogging on Substack. Yep, not exactly shaking up the media world here.
On Tuesday, he hopped onto X (formerly Twitter) to announce this *huge* career change with a tweet saying: “Hey guys! I’ve started something new. Go check it out!” Oh, and don’t forget the video where he calls Trump a “tyrant” again. Because why not?
Now here’s the kicker—this wasn’t some bold choice on his part. CNN actually demoted him to a midnight time slot after his ratings tanked. Ouch! Instead of sticking around for that humiliation, Acosta took the dramatic route and quit, trying to spin it like some heroic stand against authoritarianism. He said in his farewell video: “Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and hope.” Translation? CNN kicked me out; I’m just pretending this was my master plan all along.
And then Trump jumped into the fray faster than you can say “fake news,” delivering a brutal takedown on Truth Social. He called Acosta one of “the worst and most dishonest reporters in journalistic history” who got demoted due to “extraordinarily BAD RATINGS (and no talent!).” Wowza!
Trump didn’t stop there either; he added that Acosta is a “major loser” who will fail anywhere he goes—and honestly? That sounds pretty spot-on.
Let’s be real for a second—Acosta isn’t going independent because he’s suddenly passionate about free speech or anything noble like that. No way! He was essentially shown the door by CNN—a network that’s already struggling hard in ratings if they think he’s not worth keeping around.
So now we’re left with Acosta trying desperately to stay relevant among those few diehard fans still clinging onto conspiracy theories from 2016 and January 6 hysteria.
In short? Jim went from being CNN’s loudest anti-Trump mouthpiece to an unemployed blogger almost overnight—and let’s be honest: nobody’s really going to miss him all that much. So there you have it! What do you think?
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