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Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
White House Rips Reporter For 'Disgraceful' Shot At President Trump
White House Rips Reporter For 'Disgraceful' Shot At President Trump originally appeared on The Spun. The White House made it clear this week that any criticism towards President Donald Trump and his personal life won't be tolerated. During an episode of "The Contrarian" podcast with Jennifer Rubin, former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta commented on the ICE raids taking place in California. That eventually led to him taking a jab at Trump's late first wife, Ivana. Before marrying Trump in 1977, Ivana lived in Canada. Originally, she spent her days in Czechoslovakia. She passed away on July 14, 2022. Though it seems incredibly wrong, Acosta felt comfortable dissing Ivana while on "The Contrarian" podcast. "Where are the ICE raids at the Trump properties? Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia? You're telling me there's nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork. Give me a break," Acosta said. "How many immigrants has he married? He's got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn't she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that? Immigrants always doing the jobs that Americans don't want to do!" White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wasted no time responding to Acosta's comments. "Jim Acosta is a disgraceful human being," Leavitt told Fox News Digital. Trump has not yet said anything about Acosta's remarks. Earlier this year, he referred to the ex-CNN host as a "major loser" during a social media rant. "Wow, really good news," Trump wrote. "Jim Acosta, one of the worst and most dishonest reporters in journalistic history, a major sleazebag, has been relegated by CNN Fake News to the Midnight hour, 'Death Valley,' because of extraordinarily LOW RATINGS (and no talent!) Word is that he wants to QUIT, and that would be even better. Jim is a major loser who will fail no matter where he ends up. Good luck Jim!" It wouldn't shock us to see Trump call out Acosta in the coming House Rips Reporter For 'Disgraceful' Shot At President Trump first appeared on The Spun on Jun 18, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
White House condemns Jim Acosta after he jokes about Trump's dead ex-wife: ‘Disgraceful human being'
Ex-CNN correspondent Jim Acosta joked in an interview posted Monday about President Donald Trump's deceased former wife's burial site and called her an example of an immigrant "doing the jobs that Americans don't want to do." Acosta, speaking on a "No Kings" Day episode of "The Contrarian" podcast with Jennifer Rubin, blasted Trump not only for the ICE raids, but argued he is a hypocrite on the immigration issue because of his immigrant wives, including his late first wife Ivana. "Where are the ICE raids at the Trump properties? Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia? You're telling me there's nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork?" he asked in a clip flagged by reporter Jason Cohen. "Give me a break." "How many immigrants has he married? He's got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn't she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that?" he asked, as Rubin and left-wing reporter April Ryan laughed. "Immigrants always doing the jobs that Americans don't want to do!" he joked further. Ivana, who is the mother of the president's three eldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric, is buried at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. She died in 2022. Jim Acosta joked on 'The Contrarian' podcast about one of President Donald Trump's ex-wives. Picture: 'The Contrarian' podcast White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital in response, "Jim Acosta is a disgraceful human being." Acosta, who left CNN in January, covered the White House for the network during Trump's first term and became one of his fiercest critics, often mixing on-air editorializing with his reporting. He's maintained his stridently left-wing tone since going independent this year. In recent weeks, Los Angeles, California, has become a powder keg of political controversy as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) performs raids throughout the sanctuary city. The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a total of 575 individuals since the first weekend of protests, according to a media release. Authorities have battled protesters, hurling projectiles, setting fire to cars and launching fireworks at police officers in response to the ICE raids, with 10 members of law enforcement reporting injuries as of Monday, according to the LAPD. Originally published as White House condemns Jim Acosta as 'disgraceful human being' after he jokes about Trump's dead ex-wife
Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
TV anchors are agitating for side hustles as the cable cash dries up
TV news anchors and contributors have been watching the walls slowly close in on the cable business. Now, they want their networks to let them lay the groundwork for a Substack or podcast exit before the money runs out, talent agents and other TV insiders tell Business Insider. "We're trying to identify opportunities for people to make money outside their networks," a top talent agent said. "We're having those conversations every day — we all see there's going to be limited upside for these people at the networks." Networks have historically barred talent from moonlighting on other platforms with their own newsletters and podcasts (with books being an exception). But five TV news insiders told BI there'd been newfound openness to letting talent establish themselves on platforms like Substack — especially as the examples pile up of TV journalists taking the solo route. Catherine Valentine, Substack's point person for news and politics, said the platform had seen a surge of interest from TV journalists after it launched a live video feed and Jim Acosta, formerly of CNN, started broadcasting from the platform earlier this year. Some legacy news organizations, like CNN and MSNBC, are experimenting with letting talent use Substack to distribute clips like they would have done on X (formerly Twitter) in the past. "They're opening the door because talent who's left had such immediate impact on Substack," Valentine said. She added that she'd even fielded some calls from legacy outlets about letting their employees establish their own paywalled Substacks. Agents, with a financial stake in steering clients' careers, are pushing to exploit the shift in tenor at TV networks. Two told BI they're paying attention to movements like those of CNN's Jake Tapper, who distributes notes and links for free on Substack. One also said they hoped networks might give more leeway to news contributors than anchors, even if the distinction is lost on the audience. An example is Steve Kornacki, who left NBC to become a contributor at MSNBC, which will let him do other things outside the network, a person familiar with the matter said. Agents are also carefully selecting their company targets. One said they considered Paramount's CBS News and Disney's ABC News to be more conservative when it came to letting talent freelance, while they saw NBC and MSNBC as more open. Chuck Todd, the former "Meet the Press" moderator and now independent entrepreneur, said he'd heard "informed chatter" that news orgs could copy what Disney's ESPN has done with Stephen A. Smith and Pat McAfee. Smith's deal freed him to appear on more platforms to talk politics, while McAfee's gave him creative control. "It's likely the future all over the media landscape," Todd said. The TV business is wobbly The changing winds come as the With people cutting the cord faster than expected, media companies can't jettison their cable channels fast enough. Warner Bros. Discovery just announced plans to split its declining TV networks from its growing streaming and studios business. Comcast is also hiving off most of its cable assets, including MSNBC and CNBC. Meanwhile, the erosion of these news outlets' businesses has left them vulnerable to attacks by President Donald Trump and made it harder for them to fight back. At the same time, some TV news journalists like Acosta, Mehdi Hasan, and Megyn Kelly, untethered — whether by choice or by force — from big media companies, are starting to show there's a viable business for established voices in podcasting and on platforms like Substack and Beehiiv. As agents prepare to go into sensitive negotiations with the networks over talent side gigs, it helps to have examples out there like Acosta, one of Substack's top politics names, as well as less lucrative ones. Agents said they're also monitoring salaries. Outlets like Puck and The Ankler have reported on various flat or declining star salaries. Despite this economic reality, agents told BI they felt the bottom hadn't yet completely fallen out of the market — think, salaries getting cut in half. Why not? Why won't TV news companies just let all their employees have Substacks? The traditional TV company view is that they pay talent well for exclusivity and can face editorial, legal, and reputational risks if someone reports or comments on another platform outside the network's editorial or legal review. Some channels, like MSNBC, also stress that they work to create various opportunities for talent in-house. SVP Madeleine Haeringer said MSNBC is focused on expanding its hosts' reach through audio, digital, and social media, using all storytelling tools to build audiences beyond cable. Substack and others are beckoning Valentine of Substack is at the ready with stats: Substack now has 5 million paid subscribers, driven by news and politics; 30 people in news and politics gross $1 million or more. "This is an area we're happily investing in because this is the future," she said. "If you have spent your career on cable news, there is a clear path for you." Ray Chao, who leads Vox Media's podcast business — home to tech journalist Kara Swisher and others — said there's a "groundswell" of interest from current and former TV news employees. His pitch is that with Vox, they can build a show that reflects their vision and forge a direct-to-consumer relationship on a medium whose audience is growing. "You can own a lot of the financial upside," he said. "It can be very lucrative." The solopreneur route can be a mixed bag, however. Todd has a podcast and YouTube channel where he interviews newsmakers and gives his takes on the day's biggest stories. He said as an entrepreneur, it's hard to have downtime and not feel like he's missing an opportunity. But he enjoys the diversity of projects he works on and having full editorial control. John Harwood, a former CNN White House correspondent who's done a podcast and writes for Zeteo, Hasan's new venture, said there are perils in what he called the Substack "hamster wheel." "People who look at that as a source of income are going to feel a very large amount of pressure to maximize the number of subscribers and deliver content at a pace that satisfies people who are paying to get it," he said.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'How many immigrants has he married?': Jim Acosta called 'disgraceful' as he makes jokes on Trump's dead wife
Jim Acosta said immigrants have always been doing what Americans don't want to do, making a joke on Trump's first wife Ivana Trump. Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta made jokes about President Donald Trump's first wife Ivana Trump and questioned why there are no ICE raids at Trump properties. What started as his rant against the president's ICE raids turned into vile jokes, prompting the White House to issue a statement calling Acosta a "disgraceful human being". Acosta was speaking on a "No Kings" Day episode of The Contrarian podcast with Jennifer Rubin. He said Trump is a hypocrite on the immigration issue because of his immigrant wives. 'Where are the ICE raids at the Trump properties? Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia? You're telling me there's nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork?' he asked. 'How many immigrants has he married? He's got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn't she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that?' he asked. 'Immigrants always doing the jobs that Americans don't want to do!' he joked further. Ivana Trump, who is the mother of the president's three eldest children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric, is buried at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Eat 1 Teaspoon Every Night, See What Happens A Week Later [Video] getfittoday Undo She died in 2022. She lived in Canada in the 1970s before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. Trump's second wife Marla Maples, the mother of Tiffany, is an American actress, while his third wife, First Lady Melania Trump is a Slovenian by birth who became a US citizen after marrying Donald Trump. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital in response, 'Jim Acosta is a disgraceful human being.' Jim Acosta who covered the White House for CNN during Trump's first term left the network in January.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Politics
- News.com.au
US politics live: MAGA civil war erupts amid confusion over extent of Iran's nuclear program
Welcome back to our live coverage of politics in the United States. Tuesday is over on the other side of the Atlantic and most of America is asleep, but you can read on for a rundown of how the day went. If you're after more focused news on the events in the Middle East, follow this link. Today the White House issued a furious statement, calling a former CNN reporter a 'disgusting human being' over a remark he made about Donald Trump's deceased ex-wife Ivana. Jim Acosta joked about the fact that Ivana, who died in 2022, was buried on one of Mr Trump's golf courses. It came as he was making the point that Mr Trump's raids cracking down on undocumented immigrants do not appear to be affecting his own properties. 'Where are the ICE raids at the Trump properties?' Mr Acosta wondered. 'Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia? You're telling me there's nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork? Give me a break. 'How many immigrants has he married? He's got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn't she buried by the first hole, or the second tee, or something like that?' In a curt statement to Fox News, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: 'Jim Acosta is a disgraceful human being.'
