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Jim Acosta Had To Leave CNN To Pursue Truth

Former CNN anchor is latest casualty in Trump’s media war

4 min readJan 30, 2025

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In a previous article, I explained how President Donald Trump is waging a war against the media. The latest casualty is former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who quit on Tuesday.

Trump is a natural enemy of the media because they’re supposed to seek the truth. As one of the biggest liars out there, Trump hates the truth. In the Trump administration, there’s only one truth, and that’s what comes from him, even if it’s a ridiculous lie.

For example, at her disastrous press conference on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt falsely stated the Biden administration sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza. This is not true. But now it’s been repeated thousands of times and people believe it. That’s how the “Trump truth” works.

Acosta was a person who held Trump to the truth. And now he has parted ways with CNN. Acosta saw the writing on the wall when his show was moved to the graveyard shift. It was clear the network wanted him gone.

‘Layoff Trump’

Acosta should be glad to be gone from CNN. The network is absolute garbage and a shadow of what it once was. CNN used to be a straight down-the-middle news network. They reported the facts…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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