Jim Acosta Blasted For Calling President Trump’s Behavior A “Nonstop National Emergency”

Twitter users tore into CNN’s Jim Acosta after he admitted he did not plan on covering Joe Biden’s presidency with the same active ruthlessness that he gave to the Trump administration. Users accused him of being “literally delusional” for claiming that covering Trump was “an experience that might merit hazard pay.”

Acosta emerged as a quasi-celebrity for leading the media’s anti-Trump “resistance” with his combative style of questioning members of the administration. Critics accused the White House correspondent of “showboating” by pulling stunts like walking out of a press conference after then-Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee would not say reporters weren’t the people’s enemy.

But Acosta always insists that his on-air umbrage has always been authentic.

If Acosta’s “double standard” wasn’t enough to stir up some negative emotions, his comparing Trump’s treatment of the press to a “nonstop national emergency” warranted some harsh feedback.

CNN “fact checker” admitting that he’s pivoting from fact checking Biden to focusing on “online disinformation,” AKA CNN code for Republicans who use the internet + "congressional leaders" which will almost undoubtedly = congressional Republicans in practice.

So predictable 🙄 https://t.co/SzkFuYKIFJ

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 29, 2020

Journalist Steve Krakauer wrote that Acosta was either “literally delusional” or it was “continued kayfabe,” referring to Acosta’s on-air antics that sometimes feel less than genuine.

Twitter user @AdamInHTownTX pulled a quote straight from The Atlantic then offered a more honest translation of the statement.

"Dale hopes to spend more time debunking online disinformation and digging into claims made by congressional leaders."

TRANSLATION: CNN will be providing cover for Biden and Harris and go after anyone who attacks them.

— AdamInHTownTX (One Horse Pony Soldier) (@AdamInHTownTX) December 29, 2020

User @philllosoraptor gets straight to the point by writing, “Biden lies as much as anyone in politics.”

The new network The First called out the mainstream media for its continued unfair treatment by always playing softball with Biden. Like during the ABC News town hall the audience members seemed to only ask the former vice president rehearsed questions that required simple easy answers instead of forcing him to address the bombshell report on his son, Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings.

We all knew that @JoeBiden would get the kid gloves compared to the 24/7, wall-to-wall screeching coverage of @realDonaldTrump… but reporters openly admitting it is just a little surprising.

Kudos for the honesty??? https://t.co/CoqGldqUe3

— The First (@TheFirstonTV) December 29, 2020

According to user @EdAsante77, most of the drama that came out of the Trump Era was created by “reporters like Acosta being rude and self-aggrandizing.”

And @FindingTheGood4 believes that this kind of media coverage is “Mind control. Feeding us only what they want us to know.”

Then @vlhill1 went in for the kill with this harsh dose of reality.

My dad served in WWII. My mother was on the home front with 2 small children, not knowing when, or if, he would be able to come back home. WWII was a 'nonstop national emergency". Acosta debases that phrase to compare his treatment in the White House.

— Vicki Hill (@vlhill1) December 29, 2020

Acosta’s colleague, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale, also said he won’t be covering Biden the way he did President Trump.

Dale claimed that the president-elect doesn’t lie as often as Trump so “it will not be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job to fact-check Biden.”