CNN's Jim Acosta 'getting hosed' as network mulls moving anti-Trump anchor to midnights, sources say

One of the bequest media's #Resistance breakout stars from President Donald Trump's archetypal word successful bureau whitethorn beryllium disappearing successful the dormant of nighttime arsenic his 2nd word is present officially underway. 

Jim Acosta became a household sanction arsenic CNN's main White House analogous for his antagonistic narration with Trump and his property secretaries. After the 2020 election, Acosta's presumption astatine CNN was elevated to anchor, archetypal connected the weekends but yet moving his mode to weekday programming. 

While CNN's past enactment reveled successful Acosta's changeless sparring matches with the archetypal Trump administration, the network's existent enactment appears to beryllium trying to code down the dramatics. 

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CNN prima Jim Acosta was asked by his brag to determination to midnight, thing critics accidental would little his on-air beingness during the 2nd Trump presidency. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

It was archetypal reported successful the Status newsletter past week that Acosta was pitched by CNN CEO Mark Thompson to determination him from his one-hour slot astatine 10 a.m. ET to a two-hour slot opening astatine midnight, a determination that would "effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of tv news," arsenic it was characterized.

The study rapidly sparked outrage among CNN's wide fans, galore saying specified a determination means the web is bending the genu to Trump. 

Sources archer Fox News Digital that the chatter is legit, with 1 insisting Acosta is "getting hosed" arsenic a result.

"Acosta is simply a talented broadcaster who could grip immoderate slot connected the network," a CNN staffer told Fox News Digital. "The midnight happening is shocking [but] it is what it is."

While the chatter has been described arsenic "gossip" successful CNN's hallways, the staffer is "confident" that the prospects of moving Acosta to the midnight timeslot is existent and suggested it is Acosta's lone way guardant astatine the network. 

"He could person a existent slot, but the prime is to not springiness him one," the staffer added. 

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The Los Angeles Times similarly reported that If Acosta refuses to judge the midnight shift, "he whitethorn exit the network, according to radical acquainted with his thinking."

The Times besides reported that taking the midnight displacement could determination Acosta retired of CNN's D.C. office and into the network's LA bureau, though the determination would not beryllium a request arsenic his household is rooted successful Washington. The 12-2 a.m. ET clip slot would overlap with primetime programming successful the West Coast, airing from 9-11 p.m. PT. 

Acosta famously refused to springiness up the microphone portion peppering President Trump with questions during a 2018 property conference. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst )

Another CNN insider told Fox News Digital that executives were "beyond apoplectic" that quality of Acosta’s one-on-one speech with Thompson was leaked, leaving the web flat-footed by the outrage generated online. 

A spokesperson for CNN declined to comment. 

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Acosta archetypal joined CNN successful 2007, but his emergence to stardom didn't hap until 10 years aboriginal erstwhile helium was assigned by his then-boss Jeff Zucker to beryllium the network's nonmigratory newsman successful the White House briefing room. He rapidly became notorious for shouting questions astatine Trump's White House property secretaries and often going toe-to-toe with the president himself, processing a estimation for grandstanding and receiving a illustration boost by Trump aft being called "fake news."

He famously refused to springiness up the microphone successful a 2018 property league arsenic helium engaged successful a contentious back-and-forth with Trump. The White House attempted to revoke Acosta's property pass pursuing the dust-up, but his credentials were restored erstwhile CNN argued that it violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of Acosta and the network.

Acosta became a regular fixture successful the precocious nighttime circuit during the archetypal Trump administration, a rarity for a White House newsman successful erstwhile presidencies. (Randy Holmes via Getty Images)

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Acosta's adversarial narration with the archetypal Trump medication appeared to beryllium lucrative arsenic helium landed himself a publication woody and became a predominant impermanent connected wide precocious nighttime shows, further fueling his prima powerfulness that landed him an anchor seat during the Biden presidency. 

But with a antithetic brag astatine the helm, it remains to beryllium seen whether Acosta's stature arsenic CNN's #Resistance fig volition transportation connected successful the 2nd Trump medication oregon if helium volition person to spell elsewhere successful bid to resume his warfare of words with the president.