CNN's Acosta says 'neutrality for sake of neutrality' doesn't work in Trump era

The Hill ^ | 05/28/19 | Zack Budryk

[yesthatjallen]

CNN’s Jim Acosta writes in his memoir that “neutrality for the sake of neutrality” was ineffective in the era of President Trump, according to excerpts published by The Guardian.

The CNN White House correspondent writes in his book, called “Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America," his confrontations with Trump or other White House officials have “bothered some people” and that he has been guilty of “grandstanding” and “showboating."

Acosta also acknowledges accusations of bias against the Trump administration, writing “Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn’t really serve us in the age of Trump.”

Acosta also writes that then-White House aide Hope Hicks called him in February 2017, only weeks after Trump had first called him “fake news,” to pass on the president’s compliments for being “very professional today,” with Hicks reportedly passing on Trump’s message that “Jim gets it.”

Acosta speculates that Trump’s diatribes against the media are largely for show, writing “when he called us ‘fake news’ it was, in his mind, an act,” according to the excerpts.

The book also details Acosta’s side of an event in which his White House “hard pass” was temporarily revoked after a verbal standoff with Trump relating to immigration issues in which the White House accused him of assaulting a young White House staffer attempting to take the microphone from him. Acosta calls the accusation a “disgusting smear,” writing that “everything in my life began to spiral out of control” after his pass was revoked.

Acosta’s book will be released June 11.

[yesthatjallen]

Acosta sees himself as a hero.

Everyone else sees him as a partisan hack.

“Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn’t really serve us in the age of Trump.”

"serve us"? How about objectively reporting facts?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

[Fast Moving Angel]

I don’t think he’d know neutrality if it bit him in the rear.

[neverevergiveup]

Amazing when pinheads think they are God’s gift to the galaxy.

[teeman8r]

I wonder how fast his book will be in the bargain bin of history

[allendale]

Some wealthy conservative should hire private investigators, forensic accountants and find out who is paying these propagandists posing as journalists.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"when he called us ‘fake news’ it was, in his mind, an act"

The media has not only lost the ability to report objectively, but to also see themselves objectively. Their news IS fake. They filter only the information they want you to hear. They don't report, they proselytize, and they lie by omission if not outright make up false facts. And when they get caught at it, they say "we were just joking" or it was a "simple mistake".

[depressed in 06]

“Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn’t really serve us in the age of Trump.”

I have no idea what that means.

[polymuser]

The closest Accoster ever gets to neutrality is when he shifts a car from Park to Drive.

[Steely Tom]

I read it as meaning “we’ll be fair when we win.”

[Rebelbase]

““Neutrality for the sake of neutrality “

What the h3ll does that mean?

[RooRoobird20]

Little Jimmy started screwing around on his wife, is that what he means by his life started “spinning out of control”?

So it’s Trump’s fault that he’s a scumbag philanderer. SMIRK.

[Alas Babylon!]

WHAT neutrality?!?

Acosta has been the most partisan, rude, arrogant and vile White House Correspondent I have ever listened to.

The guy would not know neutrality if it bit him in his child-like ass.

[TLI]

Acosta speculates that Trump’s diatribes against the media are largely for show, writing “when he called us ‘fake news’ it was, in his mind, an act,”

Gosh Jim, speculation?

Any normal person would know by know, based on the rather "plain" statements President Trump has made not only about the press and specifically about (and to) you that you (and the majority of the press) are "fake news," it is not an act.

But then again you were the one that went on camera and said the border seemed to be altogether "quiet".

While you were standing next to the border wall...

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[BTerclinger]

He is trying to paint him self as partisan sock-chucker for the coming civil war, so he isn’t subject to friendly fire.

I’d guess he’s near the top of page 2 or 3 on any good list.

[kiryandil]

[dead]

"I can't do my job correctly, not because I suck at it, but because of the difficult times I live in."

[Telepathic Intruder]

So true. I know people who get their information only from sources like CNN and MSNBC. They don't realize how brainwashed and information deprived they are. It's like they don't want to know anything else.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Neutrality for the sake of neutrality
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Sounds good, but I am not sure I have ever seen it practiced, at least not since I’ve been following things closely since the 1970’s.