Jim Acosta Smacks 'Propagandist For Profit' Hannity
August 1, 2018

CNN reporter Jim Acosta had some choice words for Sean Hannity Wednesday night, after Trump's Bedtime BFF gave a big thumbs up to an angry mob's harassment of Acosta at a Trump rally Tuesday night.

This is was the frightening tableau Acosta faced:

Instead of trying to calm the hostilities, Hannity deliberately ratcheted them up: "They're screaming at you for a reason. They don’t like your unfair, abusively biased treatment of the president of the United States," Hannity scolded. "In other words, coverage like this from the White House correspondent at CNN – this is why they’re doing it." As if Hannity wouldn't have cowered like a chickenhawk had he faced a similarly angry mob of Democrats.

So, good on Acosta for calling out Hannity for exactly what he is:

Originally published at Newshounds.us

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