Jim Acosta is just one of many clowns at CNN. But he is the White House correspondent, so he gets in the news more than other CNN clowns. Apparently the “rank and file” at CNN are getting tired of Acosta’s schtick. And who could blame them?
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From CNN’s vantage point, Acosta is standing up to a bully—both for a network that has been under attack by Trump and those who feel disenfranchised in the president’s America. But there is also a view inside the network’s newsroom that Acosta has been given the latitude, perhaps even the implicit assignment, to turn the briefing room into a personal editorial page because it is good television and reaffirms CNN’s integral role in the ongoing drama. “There’s some grumbling in the rank-and-file that this isn’t straight news,” said a senior person in the network’s newsroom.