‘It’s So Wonderful’: Mark Levin Gives Jim Acosta A Fitting Farewell After CNN Exit

After nearly two decades delivering his brand of so-called journalism on CNN, Jim Acosta recently confirmed his departure from the left-leaning cable news network.

Of course, he did so with a thinly veiled final on-air rant against President Donald Trump:

Jim Acosta just powerfully announced on air he is leaving CNN with the words: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant." He added, "Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope." Amen. Jim will be missed pic.twitter.com/JElJjtX87E

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) January 28, 2025

It is exactly that type of combative partisanship that conservative radio host Mark Levin says has tarnished whatever reputation Acosta might have built in his years at CNN.

Levin used a 2018 clip to prove his point. In it, Acosta can be seen accusing Trump of mischaracterizing the flow of illegal immigrants and demonizing the migrants themselves.

As TheBlaze reported:

Trump responded, “Honestly I think you should let me run the country; you run CNN, and if you did it well, your ratings would be better” before he tried to move on to other reporters. Acosta, however, continued to interject and talk above others even when President Trump told him “that’s enough” numerous times.

Levin was and still is disgusted by the reporter’s unacceptable behavior.

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“They never did this to Obama; they certainly never did it to Biden; they would never do it to a Democrat; they’d never do it to a liberal Republican,” he says.

“[Acosta] is monopolizing the entire event. This is a press conference. What’s the point of a presidential press conference? It’s to inform the American people; it’s not to get into a debate,” Levin condemns. “Jim Acosta is not interested in gleaning information for the American people; he’s interested in making news.”

“It’s so wonderful that he’s gone from CNN, and hopefully he’s gone forever from journalism,” he adds.

Many other notable figures similarly celebrated Acosta’s demotion and ultimate departure, including Trump himself:

Jim Acosta helped drag journalism into the pits. Once you’ve failed at CNN or MSNBC, as he has spectacularly, the only platforms left are sonograms and airport radar. Maybe he’ll show up on one or the other.  His ratings would be bigger. pic.twitter.com/asAQkRigtd

— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) January 28, 2025

Hey Jim.. pic.twitter.com/NQ9Mk9gM1M

— JC (@cubanrican71) January 28, 2025

Acosta’s attention-seeking behavior during Trump’s first term received plenty of backlash at the time, too:

How is Acosta gonna get in the headlines (which is apparently as necessary for him as food or water for normal people) when Trump or any other White House official refuses to call on him? pic.twitter.com/22AOBIf2Gl

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 16, 2018

Acosta is still managing to make news these days, most recently by admitting the stark truth about the Democratic Party.

During a recent episode of his podcast, he discussed the impact the GOP’s rise to power in D.C., as reported by Fox News:

“Sure, there are going to be some like Pete Hegseth are going to be highly controversial. RFK, Jr, highly controversial,” said Acosta. “But you’ve seen Democratic senators in some cases vote for some of these nominees.”

Acosta then brought up an alleged plan by Democrats to unanimously vote no on Trump’s remaining nominations, but noted that even if Democrats did follow through with that plan, they didn’t have the numbers to make it work.

“What we’ve heard in the last day or two is that maybe some of these Democratic senators are saying, hold on a second, perhaps we should just do a blanket – we’re not going to vote for any of these nominees,” alleged Acosta. “Of course, they don’t have the numbers. They can’t stop people from getting confirmed theoretically speaking.”

This inevitability led to a realization from the former CNN anchor.

“But what do Democrats, what can they do at this point? They’re sort of in this situation, this position of maximum powerlessness.”

Here’s a clip of Levin’s take on the recent development: