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CNN employees were affected by Jim Acosta’s exit from the Network, which developed in a matter of days.
“I think we are surprising how fast it was. It happened in an instant,” said a CNN employee to CNN staff Fox News Digital.
At the end of his 10 am day show on Tuesday, Acosta announced his network departure after 18 years.
“It is possible that I have seen some reports about me and this show and after giving all this a careful consideration, and weighing an alternative schedule that CNN offered me, I decided to move on,” Acosta told the spectators.
Jim Acosta announces that CNN leaves
Jim Acosta de CNN announced that he will leave the network during his show on Tuesday. (CNN / screen capture)
The veteran CNN star offered a pointed message, which included a sliding not so ford President Donald Trumpwith whom he fought during Trump’s first mandate.
“It’s never a good time to bow before a tyrant,” Acosta said. “I have always believed that it is the press of the press to maintain the power to account. I have always tried to do it here in CNN. I plan to do all that in the future.
“A final message: do not give to lies. Do not give in to fear. Stop to the truth and hope. Even if you have to get your phone, record that message. I will not give myself in a lie.
The CNN commentator, Ana Navarro, took her message seriously, writing in X “I will not give myself to the lies. I will not give up before fear. I will not normalize the madness. I will not ignore the cruelty” before thanking Acosta for his ” integrity.”
“Jim has had a long and distinguished career of almost 20 years in CNN, with a history of defending authority, for the first amendment and for our journalistic freedoms,” said a CNN spokesman about his departure. “We want to thank him for the dedication and commitment he has brought to his reports and wish him the best in the future.”
Acosta announcement He arrived after days of speculation about his future after they left him at the CNN updated programming schedule presented last week. Acosta’s 10 am et program was being replaced by “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown” in the last reorganization of the network.
Anti-Trump Jim Acosta presenter left the new CNN programming program
According to the reports, the CNN CEO, Mark Thompson, offered Acosta a two -hour position at midnight, but Acosta finally decided to move away and assume a new road outside the network instead of accepting what much of the industry of the media considered a significant degradation.
“He leaves is not unexpected given the report. He left so fast is what was unexpected,” CNN employee told Fox News Digital.
Acosta says she is launching an independent program after rejecting an offer from CNN Mark Thompson chief to move to Midnights. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Despite the protest that occurred among Acosta’s liberal fans after rumors arose that he moved to Midnights, CNN’s privileged information suggested that the rest of the network staff finally “spent their days” instead of thinking about thinking about Acosta’s departure.
“Look, I think people liked Jim. But Cuomo went and CNN moved on. Lemon left and CNN moved on. People can like it, and people will continue,” said the privileged information, referring to The controversial exits of Chris Cuomo in 2021 and Don Lemon in 2023.
A second CNN employee called the “elegant” Acosta shipping message, telling Fox News Digital “people admire him.”
However, the former colleagues of Acosta are convinced that this was an ideological movement of Thompson for concerns that was perceived as too anti-trump to maintain the space of the 10 am during Trump’s second mandate.
“This is how they see it, as a fact, instead of having any discussion about it,” said the privileged information about what CNN staff believes.
“I think there is space for someone like Acosta. I think personality and presence matter a lot on television,” the source continued. “In a 24 -hour network there is room for a stronger voice. People have to want to tune in … everything is an art, which sounds silly, but programming is art, not science.”
Acosta Famosa with President Trump during Trump’s first mandate, which many believe he led CNN’s current leadership to transfer him to midnight, since Trump’s second mandate is underway. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Critics on social networks have accused CNN of bending the knee to Trump, since his second administration is underway.
“What a shame in you @cnn. What a shame”, former congressman and occasional guest of CNN Joe Walsh He reacted in X. “He abandoned his duty to hold all public officials.
“Acosta was a pain on Trump’s side during his first mandate. It seems that CNN is knocking out the White House,” the former senator to Franken, D-minn wrote.
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Hours after his final CNN transmission, Acosta made his debut in Sustack and made fun that “The Jim Acosta Show” would arrive soon.
“For President Trump and his allies, you may think that you have silenced me. But guess again,” Acosta told his enemies.
Brian Fox News contributed to this report.
