"Acosta appears now, per some reports, to be headed to Substack. But wherever he is headed, it is a safe bet that Jim Acosta will continue to represent the tyranny of a powerful left-wing tyranny."
"USA Today reported this from Acosta on a trip to Cuba. (Acosta is of Cuban descent.)
“[I] had the chance to question the dictator there, Raul Castro, about the island’s political prisoners,” Acosta said on air. “As the son of a Cuban refugee, I took home the lesson … it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant. I have always believed it’s the job of the press to hold power to account.”
"OK. Full stop.
"First, I knew Jim when at CNN myself. We disagreed on politics but I found him a likable, nice guy as a colleague. (A description, I should add, that fits all the rest of my CNN colleagues.)
"In departing CNN, though, Jim Acosta, unintentionally one suspects, has put his finger on exactly what’s wrong with the so-called “mainstream” media.
"Here again, is Acosta saying that “it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant” and that “it’s the job of the press to hold power to account.” He is also quoted as saying:
“Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth. And to hope, even if you have to get out your phone, record that message,” he said.
“I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear. Post it on your social media, so people can hear from you, too.”
"Amazing.
"What Acosta ignores completely, whether deliberately or unconsciously, is this question. Which is: Who holds the powerful press to account? And if it’s “never a good time to bow down to a tyrant” then three cheers to those who refuse to bow down to the tyranny of a self-absorbed, all-powerful press.
"What better illustration of refusing to bow down to the tyranny of the press than that famous showdown between Acosta and President Trump at a long ago Trump press conference." . . .
I would love to see conservatives turn the tables on the press, making them answer questions, probing those yellow journalists themselves. TD
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