Yeah, except CNN punished him for this by moving him to the graveyard timeslot the SAME DAY. The Trump regime can't stand even the smallest bit of push-back, and CNN is happy to accommodate their demands.
While Biden did not "pardon" them, it is true that he commuted the sentences of three Chinese nationals: one convicted on child pornography charges and two convicted of espionage-related charges. AND SENT THEM BACK TO CHINA you stupid republican traitors!!
I fucking hate this bullshit from legacy media. How I long for the days when they just told us the fucking news with factual information and no fake, performative crap for ratings.
Letting people who beat police officers in the name of Trump is a bad thing. And the fact that Burchett isn’t willing to criticize them or the pardon should be an alarm bell to start being more vigilant and informed as a citizen.
Oh those poor police cars, those are certainly more important than people bashing in cops heads and slamming them between doors and hitting them with flag poles
It’s always a shock to watch an elected official and be reminded how unaware most people are that someone with the low level of civility and poor character of Tim Burchett can pass for a good person to elect to office. Who selects rude, patriarchal, condescending, and vicious? He was their pick?
The fact this line of questioning is unusual for usual news interviews underscores how few are doing the work necessary in their jobs and only doing what keeps them a job. ☹️
Tim Burchett is a media whore and also one of the absolute dumbest members of congress. It's not hard to smack him down if so inclined and not a coward.
300 people faced federal charges for crimes committed during demonstrations in 2020. Burchett is pretending it's a priority to him, but he'd have known about this if it was.
Came here to say this- there were prosecutions ongoing into 2022 because there were so many cases. But, the media didn’t interview any of those people about how cruel their conditions were, that’s the only difference. Rep politicians are getting their talking points from memes.
Burchett repeating a lie Trump said about Seattle and Portland protests. Local NPR station @knkx.bsky.social aired the truth after @npr.org aired trumps lies. That’s how local news fights propaganda
This needs to be fucking happening 24/7. Call it out non fucking stop. Dems were handed a gold mine when it comes to fucker releasing them. Use it to our advantage for fucks sake.
This is the only person I would watch on the news at this point. Feels like no one is actually speaking up and holding these horrible people accountable.
Really? I don’t see “on fire.” I see the minimal amount of pushback that should be expected of any journalist. If it’s “on fire,” then that’s only in the context of the spectacular failure that is cable TV news.
That's what I don't understand. All those people cowering behind barricaded doors yet no one is speaking up about letting the rioters off free. Especially because the entire event was based on a lie told by their leader.
Burchett says in the last four years there have been riots, courthouses burned down, and police cars burned. When did this happen? The only activity such as this I am aware of occurred in 2020, when it was president.
The American people have the 2nd Amendment to defend the Constitution.
The military and veterans have sworn an oath. Is it bullshit. Did your fathers and grandfathers die fighting Nazis for nothing.
trump is making suckers of them.
Enough is enough bring it to an end.
Eradicate the oligarchs!
The whole MAGA interview playbook on display there. First try some whataboutery. If that doesn’t work, lie. If that still doesn’t work, attack the interviewer.
Burchett pulled out every boggieman word from his arsenal..Soros,DEI,Mandate,Antifa FakeNews Biden,Hunter. The whataboism was all he had, and Jim wasn't having it!! 💥
Then,silly Pamala Brown did everything but gave Commer a hug with the crap he spewed. Her puppy eyes for Goober was vomit inducing.
So Burchett’s argument is that CNN didn’t cover riots during the 1st Trump admin as much as he’d have liked so it’s good that Trump pardoned violent people that attacked police.
And as a result of Acosta asking the tough questions and demanding accountability, CEO of CNN punishes him by moving him to graveyard 12 midnight-2a spot. I hope he resigns and moves to a progressive platform.
Yes, i understand if he accepts the job he would have to move to LA. Even with a 12-2a show, he will still reach audiences in Pacific and European time zones.
I’m interested in knowing more about this claim that police officers were killed and no one was arrested.
Sounds like one of those things that never happened the most.
I'd have to dig deeper, but I suspect this is about the officer that had two strokes after the coup attempt. While his death was "from natural causes", it's been stated that the violence in the attempt played a role.
No, I think he is alluding to the so-called antifa/black rights riots, especially after the Floyd murder, where the right claims all sorts of other things happened.
Burchett is a thin-skinned closet case who has no juice in congress, which is why they send him out to do know-nothing interviews. He NEVER appears publicly before constituents, ever, because he can't defend himself. He is a traitor - he sidled up to Perry and signed on to throw out the election.
We are NOT watching cartoons because of journalists slamming trump, we are tuning out because of CNN’s silence. These pardons are a prime, daily, hourly example.
Excellent interview, Jim!
Ever since Jim went after trump when he served as the network's chief WH correspondent during the first blowhard baby boy trump reign & trump revoked his press pass, Jims on my daily watch list! He does what most reporters don't have the the balls to do, push back!
MSNBC has several people who would be excellent replacements. Katie Phang, Michael Steele, Ali Vitali, several others. Pick two or three and fire Joe and Mika.
Imagine four years on, all the coverage J6 got on news channels on that day, and the criminal trails (bar entertainment fox) plus the footage shown at the J6 committee hearings. And he stands there, straight face, and says he never saw any of it
I taught middle schoolers for years. Burchett is more like a first grader, always trying to deflect with, “But what about..?” I can’t even listen to them anymore!
They all need to learn to not try to defend themselves when the whatabout-ism starts. Just simply say, "Yeah, those riots were really bad too, but that's not what we're talking about." Then cut them off if they continue to filibuster.
And it all means nothing.
tfg released violent felons in the u.s. the same way he released 1500 ##taliban terrorist in #Afghanistan that attacked and killed our military.
They do the same thing here.
Blame the Democrats who didn't vote in 2025. Blame the Republicans who voted for Trump in 2025 who knew he was going to pardon the insurrectionists. It's pointless to blame a reporter for what we knew what Trump was going to do when elected.
Since we know who to blame, let’s correct the democrats problem and create a plan to take our democracy back!! Educate, Cybersecurity, Voting Machines,Mobilize. I’m sure I missed something, it’s a start.
He got off the air & immediately texted a buddy & said I gottem with that SpongeBob dig, didn't I?
They cannot talk about anything without using whataboutism.
They will never admit that J6 is everything Democrats and the Courts said it was and that orange ritz is exactly who Americans thinks he is. Talking to his sycophants doesn’t help, they will never admit to the truth about J6. Now, it’s all a moot point, it will never make into the history books.
Man is history going to be kind to Acosta if he keeps this up. Journalists if you want to see how to step the f up and be a real journalists watch this. And you will reap the reward down the road in your career if that’s what motivates you because this insanity will not last
I always feel compelled to apologize for Burchett, as he is from my state (and city). Kudos to Acosta for holding his feet to the fire. I hope it matters.
Resisting Trump and his administration will come at a cost, but the cost of letting the poison spread is much higher. At least, SOME people know that and are willing to put up or shut up. Acosta is taking this on, as did Peter Alexander yesterday. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FGEcgR/
Holy shit. That’s actually really good journalism on CNN! I’m kind of shocked, usually they’re very happy to “leave it there” and let that kind of stuff go unchallenged.
@jimacosta.bsky.social Whenever you have Burchett on you should always ask him about his contention that Republicans are compromised by drugs and hookers. The press let him make this accusation without ever being held to account. And he now acts as though he has no fear of being asked about it.
Suddenly, he's a bad a$$. When you lie down with hogs...(I'm not giving dogs a bad name. Besides, hogs have no qualms about rooting around in their own "dirt" - minding my mouth...)
Well he said they are watching the sponge bob reruns. Now there is nothing with sponge bob if you’re a child. Adults watching sponge Bob reruns… well I guess the ones who vote for him the republicans and the 🍊 do
I don't know who Burchett is (and don't want to know). I do know that bullies (clearly what that fella Burchett is) tend to have nothing of substance to say, so they try to sound important by talking over others. It fails every time
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https://apnews.com/article/records-rebut-claims-jan-6-rioters-55adf4d46aff57b91af2fdd3345dace8
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/politics/blm-protesters-analysis/index.html
Both these men deserve each other. CNN spent months blaming President Biden for Trump's threats.
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“Wa wa wa. What about”
"No. What about..."
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ I fucking hate it here.
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Sir, weren't you there?
https://apnews.com/article/cnn-layoffs-digital-journalism-news-6be39d07df264c93c6c7c409ee76f6a3
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/over-300-people-facing-federal-charges-crimes-committed-during-nationwide-demonstrations
Confederate fucks never went away
“Well, what about what you do at CNN everyday?”
Lol what a dumbass hick
Whenever they're caught it's "The Dems did it worse." Repeat.
🐓 💩
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a great way to start my day!
The military and veterans have sworn an oath. Is it bullshit. Did your fathers and grandfathers die fighting Nazis for nothing.
trump is making suckers of them.
Enough is enough bring it to an end.
Eradicate the oligarchs!
Lying Pigs. The GOP is a party of lying pigs.
Then,silly Pamala Brown did everything but gave Commer a hug with the crap he spewed. Her puppy eyes for Goober was vomit inducing.
Gestapo.
CNN=FOX
She was pissed about the FOP support of Trump.
Now, she wants them to acknowledge they got played by Trump.
FOP did put out a statement criticising Trump's decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/trump-january-6-pardons-police-union
They believed a lying liar.
Any sane, semi-intelligent person knew he would do a blanket pardon.
She joined the force to help bring change from within.
She treats everyone as a human, and since she is in a small city, people know her by name.
@trumpvoters
This is the guy you voter for… seriously?
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Sounds like one of those things that never happened the most.
Excellent interview, Jim!
I hope CNN doesn't try to squash Jim Acosta. But you know they will try.
A great show would be Jim Acosta and Jessica Tarlov from Fox on MSNBC in place of Mika and Joe..
POS.
tfg released violent felons in the u.s. the same way he released 1500 ##taliban terrorist in #Afghanistan that attacked and killed our military.
They do the same thing here.
They cannot talk about anything without using whataboutism.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FGEcgR/
This was not one of those "many people are saying" things.
They need to get some different talking points
Whaddaboutism
Fuck Burchett and the MAGA horse he rode in on .
Reply: "What about..."
Burchett is a moron.
Stupid is what's killing us.