Appearing on Newsmax’s Spicer & Co. Monday evening, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell called out leftist CNN anchor Jim Acosta for smearing former President Trump as “twisted and evil” figure with “darkness that fills his soul.” In response to that unhinged rhetoric, Bozell explained that Acosta “is just a hound dog for self-aggrandizement.”
“CNN’s Jim Acosta, he called Trump actually just show on this ‘evil’ and ‘twisted’ on his show this weekend,” co-host Lyndsay Keith noted. A soundbite then played of Acosta adding: “Trump is scheduled to hold yet another rally with top GOP lawmakers in Iowa this evening. If you are able to stand beside him, consider this: Does the darkness in his soul feel like it is filling yours? It feels cold, doesn’t it?”
Keith wondered: “I mean, how can they be objective or call themselves objective when they’re so hostile towards someone?…almost a personal vendetta there against this person.”
Bozell confirmed that was exactly what was going on: “Well, of course there is….Jim Acosta made his name – this guy is out for himself with his career at all times. Everybody knows it.” He then quipped: “If I were a Republican consultant, I would tell my candidate watched Jim Acosta and whatever he does say the opposite when you’re talking in public and you’ll win an election.”
“This guy is just a hound dog for self-aggrandizement. That’s all Jim Acosta is,” Bozell concluded about the notoriously egotistical CNN reporter.
Earlier in the segment, host Sean Spicer highlighted Chuck Todd’s hand-wringing over Trump on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday: “Chuck Todd insinuated that supporters of President Trump were afraid of his grip on the party….There’s this assumption, Brent, that if we just – if he – if we got rid of the spell that he has us under, as opposed to, uh maybe people want to support him.” Spicer observed: “I don’t understand how Republicans still go on that show and consider him – he’s a former Democratic operative – a fair host.”
Bozell expressed concern at the double standard of media coverage when Trump was covered and coverage for the catastrophic Biden administration.
The following is the truth: in four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, 92 and 93 were negative, and 97 had 100% positive coverage. All they could do – they ignored all of the good news, it was nothing but negative. The wheels have fallen off of the Joe Biden Administration. How can they tell it? Attacking Trump?
The complete transcript for the segment on October 11, 2009 is available here:
6:24 PM ET
SEAN SPICER – Left-wing media activists were in full force over the weekend. Let’s break down some of the low lights with the President of the Media Research Center Brent Bozell. Brent also wrote the book Stops Along the Way. Brent, I’ve seen parts of it, it looks fabulous, I’m excited to read it.
BRENT BOZELL: We are grateful.
SPICER – Welcome back, it’s good to be with you.
BOZELL: Sure, sure. Referring to Trump. Do you want to know something?
SPICER : Brent, let’s just say that this is a Meet the Press story from yesterday. I will show you the rest. Chuck Todd suggested that Trump supporters are afraid of Trump’s hold on the party. You can play it.
CHUCK TODD: There seems to be no power in numbers, everybody’s afraid. They could all read Trump’s party if they joined forces. But they’re not doing it.
SPICER: There’s this assumption, Brent, that if we just – if he – if we got rid of the spell that he has us under, as opposed to, uh maybe people want to support him. But that’s the Chuck Todd mentality. I mean, I don’t understand how Republicans still go on that show and consider him – he’s a former Democratic operative – a fair host.
BOZELL: It’s gonna be very hard for them to put their hands together as a part – about three quarters of Republicans support Donald Trump. They support him running for the presidency. Chuck Todd may not like it, but the Republican Party loves Donald Trump. But Sean, here’s the interesting thing about that. This is what you know: In the four years Donald Trump was President, there were 92,93,97 and one month of 100% negative coverage. All they could do – they ignored all of the good news, it was nothing but negative.
The wheels of the Joe Biden government are being taken off, but how can they make it reportable? Attacking Trump?
SPICER is Yes.
LYNDSAY KEITH: You know, Brent, CNN’s Jim Acosta, he called Trump actually just show on this “evil” and “twisted” on his show this weekend, and then he went on to say this, watch.
JIM ACOSTA – Trump will hold another rally in Iowa tonight with the top GOP legislators. As you stand alongside him, think about this question: Is the dark that fills his soul also filling yours? It feels cold, doesn’t it?
Brent. I mean, how can they be objective or call themselves objective when they’re so hostile towards someone? It feels almost personal.
BOZELL : Of course. It is. And look, Jim Acosta made his name – this guy is out for himself with his career at all times. It’s obvious to everyone. If I were a Republican consultant, I would tell my candidate watched Jim Acosta and whatever he does say the opposite when you’re talking in public and you’ll win an election. The guy is only a hound dog to self-glory. That’s all Jim Acosta is.
SPICER. We played a short excerpt from an Axios interview with Marty Walsh. But there was another interview on there where Axios’s reporter Alexia McCammon interviewed the owners of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. He was stumped by a question she wanted to ask her. Let’s play it.
ALEXIA MCCAMMON [AXIOS]: Voting rights are a big issue for you guys. Why does Georgia sell ice-cream? Texas has banned abortion. Why is it that you are still selling in Texas?
BEN COHEN: I don’t know. I mean, I mean, it’s a – it’s an interesting question. I don’t know what – what that would accomplish.
SPICER: So Brent, she was asking him the question because they refused to sell Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in the, uh, the occupied areas of Israel, right? They say that it’s out of this moral – but then she calls him out. This seems to be a clear sign of hypocrisy on the part of the left. That she call him out and says, “Okay, well, if that’s your standard, what about all these other things that you so-called don’t believe in? And here’s the – you know, and so I thought that was an interesting trap.
BOZELL: This is the far right interviewing the far-left and it will never satisfy them. No matter what you do, they’re going to find fault with something. Look, I found that question – I find the whole thing obnoxious, that this would be considered a news program. But the premise is what’s even more obnoxious.
SPICER: And that’s – and that’s what I wanted to get to you second to is the idea is the reporter is sitting there saying, “Oh, you know, the premise,” exactly what your point is, “it’s bad in Georgia because of voting rights, in Texas because of abortion.” I’ve said this before on the show, there is nothing that they can point to in Georgia that doesn’t make common sense when it comes to voting, and yet, the reporter, to your point, comes at it with a very biased angle.
BOZELL: Yeah, well, plus, if you were to look at what’s in that bill, what are they supporting? They’re supporting voter identification. These measures are supported at least 80% by the American public. If they were to report what’s in that legislation, they’d be laughed out of town for opposing it.
KEITH
SPICER: That’s – that’s the key is that they don’t want to discuss the details because having voter ID makes sense and they don’t want to tell people it’s in there, but the media continues to bash and demonize all of these common sense things like the voter laws in Georgia, in Texas, and around the country that make sure that it’s harder to cheat, right, and preserves the thing.
But anyway, it’s just amazing when you actually break it down, how biased the media is. Brent, congratulations for your book.
BOZELL: Thank you, Sean.
SPICER: We are grateful for your help in breaking down media interactions.
BOZELL: We are grateful for any time.
SPICER: You bet.
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