Ex-CNN host Jim Acosta went scorched earth on Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on Wednesday, even challenging him to a fight for what he’s done “to the free press in this country” and for celebrating the exodus of numerous television personalities from their networks.
“For Brendan Carr to swan around like, ‘Hey, look at me, I’m this big, bad tough guy.’ You know, put us in the ring together — put us in the ring together,” Acosta said during his appearance on “The Dean Obeidallah Show” on Wednesday. “I’ll put on some boxing gloves.”
Acosta delivered both his challenge and a blistering takedown of Carr after Obeidallah played a clip of Carr praising President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference last Thursday for taking on “the fake news media” and “winning.”
“PBS, defunded. NPR, defunded. Joy Reid, gone from MSNBC. Sleepy-eyed Chuck Todd, gone. Jim Acosta, gone. John Dickerson, gone,” Carr said. ”[Stephen] Colbert is leaving, CBS is under new ownership, and soon enough, CNN is going to have new ownership as well.”
Acosta pulled no punches in his reply.
