After the show, CNN’s Jim Acosta transferred at midnight

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For a long time, CNN journalist Jim Acosta, who had earned Donald Trump’s Scorne for hard-touching interrogation during his first presidential post, after the officials proposed to transfer their morning show till midnight by the authorities. are leaving.

“I have decided to move forward,” Acosta said in the air on Tuesday. “Do not give up in a lie. Do not give fear Hold the truth and hope. ,

Worked for Accosta CNN For 18 years. He found in one Hot exchange During a press conference in 2018, with Trump, who inspired the White House to cancel his press pass. It was returned after the network weeks after the network prosecuted and a federal judge ordered it to be restored.

Trump posted his true social site on Tuesday: “The gym is a major loser person who does not matter where it ends. Good luck gym! ,

CNN revealed last week Scheme of The Chief Executive Officer Mark Thompson tries to roam around the struggling broadcast to close about 200 employees. As part of the shake-up, the network overhale its programming line-up, running the Wolf Blitzer Status room For 10am slots, replacing the morning show of ACOSTA.

CNN proposed to Acosta a new slot of 12am to 2am eastern time, offering it to Los Angeles, where it would be 9PM, said people familiar with the case.

Critics of the decision suggested that CNN was trying to please Trump. Former American senator Al Franken said on X, “CNN is imprisoned in the White House.”

The CNN stated that the network was grateful to ACosta’s “dedication and commitment”.

“The Jim has distinguished a long, a long, of the CNN’s career, with a track record of standing for the authority, for the first amendment and for our journalism freedom,” it said.

CNN audience has shrunk to a great extent in recent years. Earlier this month, only 1.7mn people saw Trump’s opening on CNN, which was below 10mn, which was ready for the opening of Biden in 2021.

Trump has long expressed contempt for mainstream news media, which he sees as “fake news”.

In her first briefing with reporters, the press secretary of the White House Karolin Lewit said on Tuesday that she would open briefing rooms for “Podcasters, Social Media Influencers and Content Creators” such as “New Media Voice”.