A former CNN producer criticized CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta on Twitter Friday for his insinuation that Donald Trump was to blame for the Annapolis newsroom shooting.
While President Trump was making remarks about the deadly Annapolis newsroom shooting in a speech on Friday, Jim Acosta shouted out questions at him in true Acosta fashion. (RELATED: CNN’s Jim Acosta Obnoxiously Yells At Trump During Speech — Gets Shushed By People In The Audience)
“Mr. President, will you stop calling the press the enemy of the people,” CNN Journalist Jim Acosta shouted at the end of Trump’s speech pic.twitter.com/FqWT5afwUV
— POLITICO (@politico) June 29, 2018
The viral video shows Acosta shouting “Mr. President, will you stop calling us the enemy of the people sir? Will you stop calling the press the enemy of the people sir? Will you stop calling the press the enemy of the people sir?” The video shows a man “shushing” Acosta as he begins to shout.
Former CNN Senior Digital Producer Steve Krakauer demonstrated his dissatisfaction for Acosta’s actions in two tweets Friday afternoon calling the incident “an embarrassment, on multiple levels.”
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
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