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Watch: Jim Acosta won't 'bow down' to 'tyrant' Trump — so he quits CNN instead (video)

Carla Sinclair
Jan 28, 2025
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Image: Jim Acosta bidding farewell / CNN

Pandering to Donald Trump, a fearful CNN decided to move one of Trump's biggest critics, Jim Acosta, from his 10 a.m. time slot to the much less trafficked midnight slot. But rather than kiss the ring, the defiant CNN reporter of nearly 18 years boldly called out Trump for what he is — "a tyrant" — while bidding h…

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