Steve Krakauer is a former digital producer for CNN and he came out and said what we’re all thinking (except for the Trump deranged among us):
Truly an embarrassment, on multiple levels. Jim Acosta’s self-serving antics give all good journalists a bad name. https://t.co/TarlLVZ3RZ
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) June 29, 2018
He makes a good point in this follow up:
On a day journalists could honor the memory of fellow reporters tragically killed due to a deranged person with a vendetta going back years, Acosta tries to shift the blame to Trump, thus validating many Americans’ feelings about the Acela Media (that existed long before Trump).
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) June 29, 2018
And the thing is that you might support Acosta’s right, as a member of the media, to ask our government to explain its policies. It’s an important and essential part of our society to keep government accountable. BUT, Acosta is like Jorge Ramos these days – pretending to be a journalist but acting like a left-wing agitator and activist. And that should be embarrassing to every real journalist out there.