CNN’s Jim Acosta was slammed as a “narcissist” after posting a photo of himself receiving the coronavirus vaccine while wearing a T-shirt touting stories he’s covered as a reporter in 2020.
“My goodness this t-shirt is quite the way of screaming that you’re a certifiable narcissist,” NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck tweeted Monday. “Jim Acosta has to be in the top ten of the most self-centered journalists and Americans period.”
My goodness this t-shirt is quite the way of screaming that you’re a certifiable narcissist.
Jim Acosta has to be in the top ten of the most self-centered journalists and Americans period https://t.co/2lG9zVnAGr
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 30, 2021
His comment came in response to Acosta posting a photo of himself on Monday wearing a shirt sold on the White House Correspondents’ Association website, while encouraging the public to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
“In 2020, I covered the impeachment trial & a caucus night (that lasted a week) & the primaries & the covid pandemic & the economic crash & the racial justice protests & Lafayette Square & so many rallies & the death of RBG & the president’s 1AM coronavirus diagnosis & a Supreme Court confirmation & an election night (that lasted a week) & things by tweet & the recounts & the presidential transition & I have a commemorative shirt to prove it,” the shirt says.
JIM ACOSTA SAYS HE NEARLY ALWAYS ENCOUNTERS TRUMP SUPPORTERS SHOUTING ‘CNN SUCKS’ AT RALLIES
Just the shot in the arm I needed. The latest studies show the Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective. Please do your part to end this pandemic. Get your shot! pic.twitter.com/QUYCt3sZ74
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 30, 2021
Other conservatives piled on Acosta.
Someone should probably inform Jim that he’s contributing to vaccine refusal rates by continuing to make everything an obnoxious self-flattering spectacle https://t.co/xkRBTByzRk
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 30, 2021
If you zoom in closely, it says: “I tried super hard to journalism but all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.”
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) March 30, 2021
Ladies, find you a man who loves you like Jim Acosta loves Jim Acosta https://t.co/zI8o6XHf1C
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 30, 2021
Next shirt should say “I’m the jackass who pushed a White House intern because press briefings need to be all about me & then I can write ‘dear diary’ posts about my experiences & get made fun of on Twitter & think I’m the shit.” https://t.co/St3pVrNuK4
— Beth Baumann (@eb454) March 30, 2021
embarrassing shirt. https://t.co/Kfr30YF9I5
— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) March 30, 2021
While Acosta gets paid millions and basks in his never-Trump fame, our country continues to suffer.
Maybe I should get a shirt listing all the cities I saw burn, the ppl I saw shot, and the desperate souls I saw protesting in the streets because they have nowhere else to turn… https://t.co/Psqn1sZ42m
— Richie?McG? (@RichieMcGinniss) March 30, 2021
Acosta would often spar with President Donald Trump during his four years in office, with Trump labeling him as a member of the “fake news establishment” and a “rude and terrible person.”
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Acosta slammed the former president in January as posing a “threat” to the country and having the potential to lead a “fringe movement” going forward.
“While he’s still licking his wounds down in Mar-a-Lago, he poses a threat to this country,” Acosta said at the time. “This is not a time to put away our fact-checkers in some sort of box on a shelf. They’re going to be needed to fact-check this movement. Trump may be going away, but Trumpism is not.”
