UNWELCOME INTERRUPTION
‘Reporter’ DACA outburst not OK at W.H. Easter event
CNN needs to put a muzzle on so-called reporter Jim Acosta, who decided yesterday his job called for him to act as a sanctimonious advocate for illegal immigrants, while yelling at the president in front of children.
The Easter egg hunt is supposed to be a lighthearted event for families of reporters, staff and invited guests who gather at the
White House for a day of Easter activities.
But Acosta — part of the crowd that’s constantly incensed about Trump’s behavior — couldn’t bring himself to exercise a little decorum while President Trump was coloring with young children.
“What about the DACA kids?” he began shouting at Trump. “Should they worry about what’s going to happen to them?”
Trump tweeted this weekend that a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy isn’t going to happen.
“DACA is dead because the Democrats didn’t care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon,” Trump tweeted. “No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!”
Trump actually gave Acosta the time of day, responding, “The Democrats have clearly let them down.”
Then Trump returned to coloring with his son, Melania and other young kids.
But that response wasn’t good enough for the CNN talking head, who doubled down.
“Didn’t you kill DACA? Didn’t you kill DACA?”
Trump ignored him. Frankly, Trump should not have justified the first round of questions with a response.
Ultimately Acosta looked like the poster boy for biased reporting that Trump continues to hammer on Twitter — to the delight of his voters, who agree with him. Behaving unprofessionally just to have a news segment on Wolf Blitzer’s afternoon show is not solid journalism. It is clickbait reporting that only hurts your integrity.
Showing up to an event and asking a politician a question unrelated to the day’s activities is basic reporting 101. It is how most news stories are developed. But any journalist also knows you need to be aware of your surroundings.
Screaming accusations — let alone the word “kill” — at a children’s party where the president blows a whistle and children use wooden spoons to roll Easter eggs across the lawn? Secret Service should have rolled him off the property.
But Acosta would have loved that — as would his Trumphating bosses, who won’t muzzle him because he is doing exactly what they want him to. Lately his stories are so self-indulgent that it’s hard to imagine even liberals can’t see through his fake news generating antics.