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CNN Anchor Jim Acosta Urges Journalists to Stand Up Against ‘Enemy of the People’ Slur
Just days before President Trump’s inauguration, CNN anchor Jim Acosta took to the airwaves to remind his viewers that the media is not the enemy of the people. In a Thursday segment, Acosta seemed to be suggesting that democracy would be under assault by a second Trump term and referred to the “enemy of the people” slam by Trump against the press.
“We are not the enemy of the people. We are the defenders of the people,” Acosta declared, quoting Walter Cronkite who said, “freedom of the press is not just important to democracy. It is democracy.”
Acosta’s remarks came after President Biden warned in his farewell address that the “free press is crumbling” in this country. Acosta added, “That’s only if we, the people, let that happen.”
He emphasized the importance of journalists in protecting the truth, saying, “Journalists exist to seek the truth, to tell people’s stories, to lift up voices that may not be heard otherwise, to shine a light on injustice and to hold the powerful accountable.”
To drive his point home, Acosta pulled out a pink sign that an anti-Trump protester had given him during Trump’s first term, which read, “I March for Jim Acosta and FREE PRESS.” He concluded by saying, “Reporting from Washington, I’m Jim Acosta.”
Acosta’s outburst was just the latest example of his hostility towards President Trump, whom he famously clashed with during the first Trump administration.