{"id":597774,"date":"2026-05-07T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=597774"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:06:18","slug":"jim-acosta-tells-montana-dems-hes-now-doing-real-news-and-the-jokes-write-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=597774","title":{"rendered":"Jim Acosta tells Montana Dems he\u2019s now doing \u2018real news\u2019, and the jokes write themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sg-jim-acosta--1200x630.png\" class=\"attachment-facebook size-facebook wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Jim Acosta wants people to know he\u2019s finally reporting \u201creal news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ex-CNN journalist was a special guest at a fundraiser for Missoula County Democrats in Montana when he made the ill-advised comments.<\/p>\n<p>A clip of Acosta speaking at the Missoula Holiday Inn was shared by Western Lensman on X:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jim Acosta took the opportunity to explain to Democrats assembled at the Holiday Inn in Missoula how he\u2019s now doing \u201cthe real news.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KRvwyDyIef\">https:\/\/t.co\/KRvwyDyIef<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21AwMLnVEz\">pic.twitter.com\/21AwMLnVEz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/2052154953175560419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Acosta made a name for himself during President Trump\u2019s first term, where he would relentlessly interrupt and harass the president during White House pressers. After being unceremoniously pushed out of CNN, he has since been trying to resurrect his career with independent journalism from his home, and his appearance at the Holiday Inn garnered plenty of snarky responses from these critics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jNTsYLPLCa\">pic.twitter.com\/jNTsYLPLCa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/2052162139977113762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What was he doing before, then <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f9d0.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\uddd0\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/2052349723785200107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Exactly!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I like how he\u2019s pretending to come out like he had successfully masked his grotesque bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Rogue Courant (@RogueCourant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogueCourant\/status\/2052164236617371773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Weird how all these \u201cjournalists\u201d swear they are 100% on the level and unbiased while employed to report the news, but soon as they\u2019re unemployed they mutate into raving leftist lunatics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Schwind (@Shoeless__Joe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shoeless__Joe\/status\/2052181448036069856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jim Acosta, from CNN White House Correspondent to sandwiched on the Missoula Holiday Inn daily events calendar between Gus Polinski and his Kenosha Kickers and a John Denver cover band, \u201cSunshine on Our Shoulders\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XjgnEWrk5t\">https:\/\/t.co\/XjgnEWrk5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ingelramdecoucy\/status\/2052145415374422292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Easy now, there\u2019s nothing wrong with John Denver, or his cover bands (if they exist).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jim Acosta and real news is an oxymoron.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a Leftist fake news propagandist.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LegioInvictus (@LegioInvictus24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegioInvictus24\/status\/2052167506442195243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Does he realize that he looks like a character from a mocumentary?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark (@MarksX4H) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarksX4H\/status\/2052164208297402822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There aren\u2019t too many people who more richly deserve that ignominious end. Watching him live it is a guilty pleasure of mine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZuCqxVcV4e\">pic.twitter.com\/ZuCqxVcV4e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat Hingle\u2019s Dog (@SilentUser123) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SilentUser123\/status\/2052151084299219066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Was it a regular Holiday Inn or did it have an indoor pool?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julie H Wright<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/271d.png\" alt=\"\u271d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2b50.png\" alt=\"\u2b50\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2b50.png\" alt=\"\u2b50\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2b50.png\" alt=\"\u2b50\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f94b.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd4b\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> (@juliew38138) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliew38138\/status\/2052168027236360232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both indoor and outdoor, apparently!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey! The Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown is very nice, with both indoor and outdoor pools! So watch it with the digs!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nunya Bizness (@EXgator50) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EXgator50\/status\/2052317174593658959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ha!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sg-jim-acosta--1200x630.png\" title=\"Jim Acosta tells Montana Dems he\u2019s now doing \u2018real news\u2019, and the jokes write themselves\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Acosta wants people to know he\u2019s finally reporting \u201creal news.\u201d The ex-CNN journalist was a special guest at a fundraiser for Missoula County Democrats in Montana when he made the ill-advised comments. A clip of Acosta speaking at the Missoula Holiday Inn was shared by Western Lensman on X: Jim Acosta took the opportunity&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=597774\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jim Acosta tells Montana Dems he\u2019s now doing \u2018real news\u2019, and the jokes write themselves<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/597775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}