Minutes before CNN anchor Jim Acosta announced his departure from the network, President Trump had already weighed in on his Truth Social platform, celebrating the news. "Wow, really good new… President Donald Trump looks on as a White House aide takes away a microphone from CNN journalist Jim Acosta during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, CNN anchor Jim Acosta urged his viewers not to "give in to the lies" as he ended the final episode of his show, capping his nearly 18 years at the network. Acosta announced on Tuesday he would Status, an email newsletter, earlier reported on the tension between Mr. Acosta and CNN. Mr. Acosta's exit is part of a broader remaking of CNN, which last week announced it was laying off A Wednesday morning interview with a Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) on CNN spiraled into chaos when host Jim Acosta tried to get a straight answer out of him about Donald Trump's blanket Jan. 6 pardons CNN's Jim Acosta repeatedly grilled Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) over his refusal to condemn President Donald Trump's pardon of U.S. Capitol rioters who attacked cops. (Watch the video below.) Acosta kept the pressure on as the segment got personal and devolved into name-calling. "This is not Fox News," the anchor told his dodging guest in an exchange that went viral on X, formerly CNN anchor Jim Acosta blasted President-elect Donald Trump in a news segment on Thursday while defending a free and fair press in America - declaring that journalists are "not the enemy of the The network's boss, Mark Thompson, this week called in Acosta to propose shifting his show, "CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta," from 10 a.m. to the graveyard midnight slot, ex-CNN senior media CNN anchor Jim Acosta sparred with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., over President Donald Trump's pardons for January 6 defendants in a heated clash on the liberal network that quickly went viral on CNN anchor Jim Acosta heralded the incoming Trump administration with

an on-air message that the news media is "not the enemy of the people." During a Thursday CNN segment, the liberal journalist — who became well-known for his outbursts as White House correspondent during Trump's first term — gave a monologue about the importance of the news media to democracy after President Biden warned