A biography for Jim Acostahasn’t been written yet.
“Members of the press have been so savaged by Trump and his propagandists in the media that journalists seem almost foreign or anti-American to his supporters.”
“I think aggressive, sometimes outspoken reporting from the White House briefing room is expected by the American people.”
“Yes, I've received death threats.”
“I don't believe reporters are supposed to be the story. That's how I was trained.”
“It kind of goes without saying. But I will: If you are a Nazi, you aren't a fine person. You're bad.”
“I wish at times that the press had been a bit more in solidarity with one another.”
“We go through periods of turmoil in our nation's history, and one of the remarkable things about the United States is that we seem to keep making our way through those periods.”
“We have seen presidents from both parties express their frustrations with the press. That's absolutely normal.”
“I have never witnessed a concerted effort by any news organization to take a stand one way or the other on a political issue, to damage one particular party or help another.”
“Well I think we can't avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you're the enemy of the people, I think I'm well within my right to stand up and say this is well within my lane as a journalist and as an American to say that that's not appropriate.”