Thankful for you Dan. I don't watch CNN or CBS news anymore. And while I have watched the ABC nightly news since Dianne Sawyer was there, now they seem to be affected as well.
Is El Jeffie looking to save bucks, or are all of the top journalists getting fed up with his butt-kissing and leaving for greener pastures? Or a little of both?
We can also turn to the foreign media, who have big resources and means of promulgating their content, for accurate reporting: Reuters, Al Jazeera and the BBC, for example. Their coverage of American culture, law and politics is surprisingly detailed.
I was thinking of Mr. Acosta and other journalists like him while watching, on CNN, "Good Night and Good Luck" with George Clooney. After wards Anderson Cooper interviewed Scott Pelly, and he reminded us that it is because of Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press that we have Democracy. And he used one of your favorite monikers, COURAGE. Yes, it takes courage to stand up to say and do the right thing, and Mr. Acosta did just that. Courage everyone, Courage.
I do have one fear: the people who should be reading this aren't. Most people with whom I would share this are already in agreement. However, those that should, but won't, are the ones whose attention this should get.
Dan, I feel like I just read the obituary of American journalism… written by its most faithful monk.
Jim Acosta wasn’t just a reporter — he was the last guy in the newsroom still willing to call the emperor naked while everyone else was asking for wardrobe tips. And what did CNN do? Moved him to midnight like he’s a disgraced televangelist selling hair-growth prayer cloths. That’s not “editorial discretion.” That’s spiritual exile.
Let’s be clear: CNN didn’t lose its spine. It sold it at auction to appease a tantrum-throwing demagogue with a Twitter ghost and a vendetta list.
The monks of old used to light candles in catacombs when the empire tried to silence truth. Now we light up Substack, because apparently the only place left to practice free speech is the digital monastery.
We don’t need “both sides.” We need the side of the people. And we need more Acostas — saints of accountability, prophets of press freedom, heretics to corporate appeasement.
Amen and keep the incense burning,
Virgin Monk Boy
(Exiled from CNN for excessive truth-telling and not owning a yacht.)
TOTALLY AGREE, WITH DAN RATHER AND JIM ACOSTA💯👏🏻!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW DAVID MUIR'S DEMEANOR AND PERSONAL CONTROL AND SPECIAL INTEREST OF HOW ABC'S ELECTION RESULTS WERE TALLIED AND PROJECTED; AND HOW THE ELECTION NUMBERS COMING INTO ABC WERE PRESENTED; THIS IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING💯⚠️🚩!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE WERE OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO WERE COMPLICIT AS WELL; CONTRIBUTING TO THE ELECTION RESULTS THAT WE NOW HAVE💯⚠️🚩🛑!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This piece is a wonderful and true reminder of who really controls our media, hence our news. Journalism is a business. Big journalism is just big business. Its main job is to make a profit for its shareholders. Reporting the news is its vehicle for making profits. If facts and truth and integrity become obstacles to making money, they can be dispensed, or even rearranged into a new “reality”. We all need to remember this simple truth when consuming our news.
If formerly straightforward, honest, tell-it-like-it-is CNN has buckled under to Trump, what the hell good is it anymore? The press' mission is to tell the truth, and thereby fulfill its mission. Absent that, exit the business. News outlets make or break their own reputations, with honesty or the absence or corruption of it. Pray Jim Acosta finds a network home that appreciates the virtues that the press is expected to uphold. Trouble is, such positions are few and far between.
Since Trump became a factor, those keeping count say he has already logged more than 30,000 lies told, and the count continues. That alone should disqualify him forever.
It takes an unfettered, honest press to hold politicians accountable. Otherwise, it's merely an echo chamber unworthy of the honor. The integrity of news outlets is constantly under assault, and must resist being compromised, or its reports are no longer worth listening to. If they were still around, that's what Edward R. Murrow, Alex Sevareid, H. V. Kaltenborn, and the other pioneer TV newsmen of old would say. No other polity qualifies or is worth listening to.
It may just be better that we can subscribe and hear him (live!) and read his words on Substack! Thanks for Celebrating his prior work!
Thankful for you Dan. I don't watch CNN or CBS news anymore. And while I have watched the ABC nightly news since Dianne Sawyer was there, now they seem to be affected as well.
It is a scary time.
Is El Jeffie looking to save bucks, or are all of the top journalists getting fed up with his butt-kissing and leaving for greener pastures? Or a little of both?
Should all willing members of the House and Senate sit on the Capital steps until they can work out their differences?
He simply the best, better than all the rest.
No. We need more Femels, dude.
I don’t agree
Absolutely!
We absolutely do!
We can also turn to the foreign media, who have big resources and means of promulgating their content, for accurate reporting: Reuters, Al Jazeera and the BBC, for example. Their coverage of American culture, law and politics is surprisingly detailed.
I was thinking of Mr. Acosta and other journalists like him while watching, on CNN, "Good Night and Good Luck" with George Clooney. After wards Anderson Cooper interviewed Scott Pelly, and he reminded us that it is because of Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press that we have Democracy. And he used one of your favorite monikers, COURAGE. Yes, it takes courage to stand up to say and do the right thing, and Mr. Acosta did just that. Courage everyone, Courage.
I do have one fear: the people who should be reading this aren't. Most people with whom I would share this are already in agreement. However, those that should, but won't, are the ones whose attention this should get.
Precisely.
Dan, I feel like I just read the obituary of American journalism… written by its most faithful monk.
Jim Acosta wasn’t just a reporter — he was the last guy in the newsroom still willing to call the emperor naked while everyone else was asking for wardrobe tips. And what did CNN do? Moved him to midnight like he’s a disgraced televangelist selling hair-growth prayer cloths. That’s not “editorial discretion.” That’s spiritual exile.
Let’s be clear: CNN didn’t lose its spine. It sold it at auction to appease a tantrum-throwing demagogue with a Twitter ghost and a vendetta list.
The monks of old used to light candles in catacombs when the empire tried to silence truth. Now we light up Substack, because apparently the only place left to practice free speech is the digital monastery.
We don’t need “both sides.” We need the side of the people. And we need more Acostas — saints of accountability, prophets of press freedom, heretics to corporate appeasement.
Amen and keep the incense burning,
Virgin Monk Boy
(Exiled from CNN for excessive truth-telling and not owning a yacht.)
TOTALLY AGREE, WITH DAN RATHER AND JIM ACOSTA💯👏🏻!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW DAVID MUIR'S DEMEANOR AND PERSONAL CONTROL AND SPECIAL INTEREST OF HOW ABC'S ELECTION RESULTS WERE TALLIED AND PROJECTED; AND HOW THE ELECTION NUMBERS COMING INTO ABC WERE PRESENTED; THIS IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING💯⚠️🚩!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE WERE OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO WERE COMPLICIT AS WELL; CONTRIBUTING TO THE ELECTION RESULTS THAT WE NOW HAVE💯⚠️🚩🛑!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well put. Thank you for your years of integrity.
This piece is a wonderful and true reminder of who really controls our media, hence our news. Journalism is a business. Big journalism is just big business. Its main job is to make a profit for its shareholders. Reporting the news is its vehicle for making profits. If facts and truth and integrity become obstacles to making money, they can be dispensed, or even rearranged into a new “reality”. We all need to remember this simple truth when consuming our news.
If formerly straightforward, honest, tell-it-like-it-is CNN has buckled under to Trump, what the hell good is it anymore? The press' mission is to tell the truth, and thereby fulfill its mission. Absent that, exit the business. News outlets make or break their own reputations, with honesty or the absence or corruption of it. Pray Jim Acosta finds a network home that appreciates the virtues that the press is expected to uphold. Trouble is, such positions are few and far between.
Since Trump became a factor, those keeping count say he has already logged more than 30,000 lies told, and the count continues. That alone should disqualify him forever.
It takes an unfettered, honest press to hold politicians accountable. Otherwise, it's merely an echo chamber unworthy of the honor. The integrity of news outlets is constantly under assault, and must resist being compromised, or its reports are no longer worth listening to. If they were still around, that's what Edward R. Murrow, Alex Sevareid, H. V. Kaltenborn, and the other pioneer TV newsmen of old would say. No other polity qualifies or is worth listening to.