Jim Acosta announced his CNN departure in Trump second term with a message: "It is Never A Good Time To Bow Down To A Tyrant".
Embattled CNN anchor Jim Acosta announced Tuesday that he is leaving the network — and took a parting shot at the Trump administration by urging viewers not to “give in to the lies” in a final on-air rant.
Jim Acosta shared during his morning broadcast on Tuesday, Jan. 28, that he would not be returning to the CNN desk after 18 years with the organization, saying that after 'careful consideration' and 'weighing alternative time slots CNN offered,
Acosta, who frequently clashed with Trump in his first term, is leaving CNN after being stripped of his morning show and offered a midnight program in its place.
The network is moving Wolf Blitzer, a well-known CNN anchor, into his time slot, along with a co-anchor, Pamela Brown. Mr. Acosta’s show is third place in his time slot for total viewers, behind both MSNBC and Fox News, though he has outperformed his MSNBC competitor in the key demographic for advertisers.
Anti-Trump CNN anchor Jim Acosta announced on Tuesday that he will exit the network after being left off the network's new dayside programming schedule.
Jim Acosta's abrupt exit from CNN is leaving staffers shocked as the anti-Trump anchor plans to go independent after turning down an offer by his boss to host midnights.
Ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta promoted his new Substack account following his exit from CNN, describing the move as a “new venture” for him. Acosta announced his departure from CNN during the final episode of his show, CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, on Tuesday. Acosta had launched his Substack account on Jan. 16 with a post simply reading “coming soon.”
CNN chief domestic correspondent Jim Acosta is expected to leave the cable news network after his show was replaced and he was yanked from all scheduled programming, according to a report.
Jim Acosta intends to leave CNN to pursue his own journalism ventures after a programming shake-up left him without his daytime slot