I don’t believe reporters are supposed to be the story. That’s how I was trained. Jim Acosta Read Quote
I think we have reached the point where we can state definitively, that Nazis are bad people. Jim Acosta Read Quote
The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press – not put us through the meat grinder. Jim Acosta Read Quote
An adversarial relationship between the president and members of the press can be expected. Jim Acosta Read Quote
Well I think we can’t avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you’re the enemy of the people, I think I’m well within my right to stand up and say this is well within my lane as a journalist and as an American to say that that’s not appropriate. Jim Acosta Read Quote
We have seen presidents from both parties express their frustrations with the press. That’s absolutely normal. Jim Acosta Read Quote
Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn’t really serve us in the age of Trump. Jim Acosta Read Quote
Yes, Barack Obama had his clashes with the press. I witnessed those first-hand covering the second term of his administration. But we did not have Barack Obama on almost a weekly basis referring to the press as the enemy of the people and accusing reporters of treason and calling legitimate stories fake news. Jim Acosta Read Quote