Giddy CNN Correspondent: ‘I Feel Like I Should Pinch Myself Right No

January 21st, 2013 4:22 PM
CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was positively giddy while covering President Obama's inauguration parade on Monday afternoon, and didn't hold back his feelings on-air. "You know, I feel like I should pinch myself right now, Wolf. I can't believe I have this vantage point of history in the making," Acosta gushed.  [Video below the break. Audio here.]

CNN Story So Biased, Obama Ad Trumpets Its Headline

October 9th, 2012 11:14 AM
A July campaign story by CNN's Jim Acosta was so biased that the Obama campaign trumpeted the headline in its new attack ad. That came after MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell cried foul over the campaign using footage of her in its ads, perhaps telling evidence of the role the liberal media is playing in this campaign by providing fodder for Obama. Back in July, Acosta hyped that Mitt Romney's…

CNN's Acosta to Romney: 'If You Somehow Beat Obama,' How Would You 'As

September 25th, 2012 8:57 PM
CNN's Jim Acosta on Tuesday's Situation Room asked what many will think was a truly offensive question. "If you were to somehow beat the first African-American president, what would you say to the black community to assure them that you would be their president also?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNN's Acosta Tries to Put Obama's 'You Didn't Build That' In Context

August 28th, 2012 9:49 PM
CNN's Jim Acosta tried to add some context to President Obama's infamous "you didn't build that" comment, during Tuesday's GOP convention coverage. "But wasn't he talking about you need roads, you need bridges, get the supplies to your business," Acosta pressed Newt Gingrich, who scoffed at the Obama campaign's explanation as "total baloney." [Video below the break.]

Look Over There! CNN Barely Mentions Romney's Energy Policy; Hypes Bai

August 24th, 2012 5:08 PM
Instead of informing the public about Mitt Romney's energy plan unveiled on Thursday, CNN harped on a "distraction" in the form of Bain Capital documents released by the website Gawker. Even an article on CNNMoney.com called the Bain files "worthless," and CNN reporters questioned the significance of the document dump, but correspondent Jim Acosta talked about it anyway on Thursday's The…

Obama Campaign Manager: Entertainment Tonight and People Mag 'Equally

August 19th, 2012 10:57 AM
President Obama's deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter made an astonishing statement on CNN's State of the Union Sunday. According to her, the current White House resident giving interviews to Entertainment Tonight and People magazine are "equally important" to doing an actual press conference with the national news media (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

CNN Absurdly Claims Romney Aide's Outburst Was 'Sort of' 'Unprovoked

July 31st, 2012 11:51 AM
CNN excused reporters for shouting questions that could have passed for heckling outside a sacred site in Poland, but ripped a Mitt Romney aide for responding by cursing at them. On Thursday morning, CNN's Jim Acosta dismissed any controversy over the loaded questions in a completely self-righteous narrative. Acosta excused reporters, "it's really no surprise really, that the press tried…

Wolf Blitzer Hammers Obama Supporter Over Biden's Attack on Romney

July 26th, 2012 2:54 PM
CNN's Wolf Blizer took a key Obama supporter to task on Wednesday over Vice President Biden's use of an anonymous quote to slam Mitt Romney. The Romney campaign had denied saying the racially-charged remark. "[W]hy would a sitting vice president issue this condemnation of Mitt Romney and his campaign based on a British newspaper with some anonymous quote?" Blitzer asked on Wednesday's The…

CNN Accuses Obama of 'Swiftboating' Romney

July 14th, 2012 10:56 AM
CNN on Friday surprisingly accused President Obama of "swiftboating" presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with continuously false attacks regarding his service at Bain Capital. The idea appears to have first been raised by CNN correspondent Jim Acosta during his interview with Romney on The Situation Room (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNN: We Don't Call the ACA 'ObamaCare' In Our Reporting...Except That

July 12th, 2012 4:05 PM
CNN's Jim Acosta bragged that his network does not call the Affordable Care Act "ObamaCare," a term he said Republicans prefer. However, CNN has repeatedly referred to the law as "ObamaCare" in its reporting. "He [Romney] used the term 'ObamaCare,' which by the way, that's fine in Republican circles, but there are a lot of Democrats who sort of bristle at using the term 'ObamaCare'," Acosta…

Romney Gets Standing Ovation From NAACP, But CNN Calls Reception 'Very

July 11th, 2012 12:56 PM

After Mitt Romney addressed the NAACP on Wednesday, CNN's Jim Acosta focused on the boos he received from the audience without mentioning the crowd's standing ovation and their applause scattered through the speech. Acosta simply reported a "very negative" reaction from the audience. "[N]o question about it, this was a very negative reaction to what Mitt Romney had to say here earlier this…

Cable 'News' Network: Dems Whine to CNN About Romney Hogging the State

June 6th, 2012 6:15 PM
With campaign 2012 in full swing, CNN deemed it appropriate to talk about elevators in the Massachusetts Statehouse on Wednesday's The Situation Room. To catch a glimpse of what current state legislators thought of then-Governor Mitt Romney, CNN correspondent Jim Acosta talked to only one Republican and three Democrats. Out of all the complaints they could have aired, the Democrats whined…

CNN's Jim Acosta Plays Up Romney 'Falling off Message' on Obama and Tr

May 8th, 2012 6:14 PM
When a lone attendee at a Mitt Romney rally said President Obama should be tried for treason, Romney ignored and later disagreed with the statement. CNN correspondent Jim Acosta played up the incident big time on Tuesday's The Situation Room, using it as an example of the Romney campaign being "straight off script." Of course, CNN is helping the Romney campaign to be "off script" by…

CNN Puffs Up Tiny Liberal Protest 'Hounding' Romney's Visit to RNC Hea

May 2nd, 2012 5:31 PM
A liberal protest that CNN.com said contained "about 10 people" still merited inclusion in CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's report on Wednesday's The Situation Room. Of course, Acosta made no mention of the smallness or brevity of the protest -- the chant of "No Swiss Mitt" lasted under five minutes. Acosta did tout that Democrats were "hounding" Romney to keep him "back on his heels." As an…