Jim Acosta | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union

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Jim Acosta is the chief White House Correspondent for CNN. His White House press credentials were revoked in November, sparking national criticism and a legal battle. One of America’s leading journalists, Acosta’s career has taken him across the world, from covering the 2004 Presidential campaign of John Kerry to the Iraq War in Baghdad.
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[@TheAdalfuns]

I'm glad you invited Jim Acosta, the world's biggest expert on Jim Acosta!

[@teabagfc]

Are you telling us that TheAdalfuns is not the world's biggest expert on TheAdalfuns? He was invited to the Union to discuss current affairs from his POV, which he has done rather eloquently.

[@Gekite]

What level of narcissism does one have to have to wilfully misrepresent and twist everything to one's own point of view! Truth requires an accurate presentation of the facts, not alternative narratives sourced through omission!

[@kimlondon8900]

He was there to give HIS opinions, stupid.

[@wewuzkangz4723]

Welcome to Libtard Journalism in the 21st century where the facts don't matter and the points are made up

[@Boobalopbop]

Thanks for doing what you do, Mr. Acosta. I am terrified of how this administration will end, so thank you so much for standing up and keep reporting the truth and asking questions.

[@Xylos101]

One cannot report when one is a commentator and provocateur. Like fishing in a desert, you're bound to end up disappointed.

[@yeett173]

Wow Jim Acosta knows a lot about Jim Acosta. So knowledgeable.

[@stuartmcgoverne2788]

Does he have a wife .Or a big mirror?

[@jimcarlson6157]

james acosta knows even more

[@jeffr5453]

Wow. This one sure stirred up the loonies....

[@FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Indeed. They've all seemed to have swallowed the exact same tape recorder. It's the same ad hominem, over and over again.

[@Xylos101]

@@FilipeBrasAlmeida very well assessed and how drull!. /s

[@SammyInnit]

Jim doesn't find fires at fire stations so in Jim's mind, fires are not a problem.

[@wewuzkangz4723]

Jim sets the fires and then tells people the building isn't on fire

[@lionheart1522]

That guy loves Jim Acosta

[@Emeraldcity70]

Someone has to I guess.

[@fireybutmostlyfriendly4299]

Dear Diary....😴

[@moots007]

Oh look, it's Jim Acosta talking about himself

[@insidekick187]

Telestrion mr fake news in the building

[@migmadmarine]

you are both legends in your mind. so do us a favor...fuck off

[@chrismoore7606]

Yes it's outrageous, imagine someone being interviewed talking about things from their point of view.

[@Thethinker6141]

Love Jim such a good journalist

[@Stevejoesofficial]

Lol really ... Jim Acosta ? Come on ...

[@kapalawatts]

Loving the comments and the like\dislike ratio. Why on earth would you bring this person to speak at your prestigious institution?

[@Emeraldcity70]

They thought he was Clooney.

[@lilybe6026]

Very interesting talk. Thank you Jim

[@kimlondon8900]

This is a great honor to be asked to speak at the Oxford Union. Only well respected, brilliant men and women are asked to give their insights about issues of the day and about themselves and their experiences. You looked and sounded great and are a very interesting speaker.

[@hucklebuckbreaker1592]

How to spot a hack Q&A

[@Patzenviking1993]

Jim Acosta loves himself some Jim acosta

[@sevoftalpha]

My mom once told me "Don't read the comment section", I should have avoided it, it's such a toxic swamp of uneducated misery. Some of the guest's points are definitely 'ad hoc'.

[@gruttepier2165]

Boo hoo

[@dimebag4lyf]

Who thought acosta would make a good guest? He doesnt have a shred of journalistic integrity and is ony interested in furthering his own name/career for profit... If anyone is studying journalism or hopes to be a journalist they should use acosta as an example of exactly what NOT to do...........

[@kamranrazvi7522]

Thanks Oxford university for promoting freedom of speech...

[@johnsmith1474]

This promotes nothing but the entrenched elite media.

[@dm6801]

John Smith they haven’t had any Fox News folks yet, have they?

[@johnsmith1474]

@@dm6801 - Do you have a point?

[@dm6801]

John Smith I think you can read between the lines John, if not, that’s okay too!

[@mattbrady5261]

@@dm6801 no because oxford has a lot of left wing thinkers and they want people that they can agree with everything they say

[@Foxxxo]

"This is a dangerous time to tell the truth in America." How would he know? As far as I can see, he hasn't tried yet.

[@rubysmoke7150]

why does oxford union invite such hacks?

[@noldaker]

P.S. Impressive Moderator and Audience asked really good questions. :)

[@BANKO007]

Seems like a good guy. He could be fairer to Trump and stop calling everyone a liar and a racist, but it's also good to have challenge that we do not agree with. It is unforgivable, however, for the chair to show such flagrant bias.

[@ceciliar559]

He HAS no respect for if not the President, for at least the Office the President holds. Such a self-absorbed narcissist who thinks only of himself!!

[@soulsage1984]

Oxford paid him to show up to this? Lol. They didn't come away with much when Jim is talking about himself.

[@timothyw7742]

Hi Abilio! Thanks for confirming the importance of walls, you've helped keep Americans safe ❤

[@johnkidd1226]

Master stroke, Jim. Quoting Churchill at Oxford but he would have cut you down in a second and had you thrown out soon after.

[@paulbin]

Seems like this Acosta guy doesnt understand why he was invited

[@brianbozo2447]

In the undoctored video I could plainly see that he had asked his 2 questions and the expectation was that he would hand the microphone on to the next journalist, but he did not and asked a 3rd question and when the intern reached out to take the microphone he brushed her away and still held onto the microphone , disregarding the rights of the other journalists to ask questions.

[@ceciliar559]

He DID those things and still insists that he didn't. If anyone's a liar, it ISN'T the President Of the United States. It's this two-timing loser American born anti-American, who's father came legally to the US and appreciates it more than he does!!

[@politicalfoolishness7491]

Why didn't Oxford give Acosta the honorary hat he deserves? You know, the one with tassels and bells on the end of them. :) LOL 🃏🃏🃏

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

He would probably get distracted and walk off to find a mirror.

[@MarkoKraguljac]

Fake everything and for rent clown. Poor Jim isn't even aware of it, like so many of his peers.

[@rolo8966]

Oxford Union disgrace! How can this mediocre journalist be invited to the OU??? Things are going from bad to worse. Sad!

[@Jacob011]

Kinda expected that dislike bar! xD

[@thomaswilke6312]

It looks like he spent a lot of time talking about himself

[@pointuout2020]

Oh you think???

[@beeer4us]

Seems to me another article of impeachment should be added for the presidents blatant lies to us, the people

[@seanalvarez3632]

Find someone who loves you like Jim Acosta loves Jim Acosta

[@peterdollins3610]

'Enemy of the people' goes back to Hitler & Mussolini as does 'Draining the Swamp.' With other such.

[@lewisjohnson8297]

A really strange comment section! Most of them have nothing to do with the content of the video. I don't particularly like Acosta or CNN, but this stuff, in the aggregate, is way over the top.

[@ChrisMcSweeney]

TOTALLY AGREE @Monte Raid - FUCK STAYING ON TOPIC OR HAVING A FOCUSSED DISCUSSION - THAT'S FOR LIBERALS AND PUSSIES. WOOOOO FREEDOM.

[@bejamartins]

Anyone against Trump gets this treatment in the comment section. If you to Bannon vídeo, it's the exact opposite. I'd say either brigading or because most people just gave up on KZbin's comment section.

[@agentmomon]

just here to press the dislike button. thank you very much👏👏🐸🐸

[@JudgeHill]

You have GOT to be kidding. This guy really, really loves himself.

[@DesertBurst92]

Just here to down vote. Don't mind me.

[@Emeraldcity70]

Don't mind me either.

[@PuffleFuzz]

Jim seems kinda nice. I go to school with his son Peter. Nice kid, quiet. He ironically watches Fox News. 😅

[@john3148]

We made it a whole one minute and thirty sum odd seconds before hearing Trump!

[@wewuzkangz4723]

Trump rules the mind of most liberals/regressives in the U.S. He lives there rent free and that has destroyed their critical thinking skills

[@yakyak1315]

Jim Acosta wants to debate Trump. Then gets angry when he didn't like the answers.

[@wewuzkangz4723]

Liberals can't deal with reality. They live in a world with 31 genders

[@Xylos101]

Jim Acosta loves him some Jim Acosta. Folks find yourself someone who loves you like Jim loves Jim.

[@brucewayne5488]

Look at me! I’m Jim Acosta!

[@luckyone7878]

Isn t he a poor excuse of a journalist?

[@Leann68]

Lucky One yes.

[@johnvalerian8440]

85% of journalists are really activists pushing leftist propaganda. It’s what they’re taught at university.

[@stuartmcgoverne2788]

@@johnvalerian8440 Yes. I concur, which makes it easier for normal people to spot ....?

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

Also he molested a white house intern on camera and the media jumped to save his job. He is such a dickhead I bet they helped him simply to just be anti-Trump.

[@DrJHB]

I honestly tried to stomach through Acosta’s speech but found myself drifting off topic hoping that the preening twit would fall off the podium. What I found equally disturbing were the obviously reflexive & off putting questions from the OU President implying that everything that the Trump administration representatives say are blatant lies. I support civil discourse; however, that same discourse must be objective & fact-based. As a kindred intellect, I am disappointed in the OU for indirectly disparaging the 64-million Americans that voted for & still support nationalistic policies much like your present-day BREXIT. I will be cancelling my subscription & urging others to follow suit. You & yours have been weighed, measured, & found wanting!

[@mysticmarble94]

Trump fucking lied 8000 times on verifiably on RECORD .... Of fucking course everything his dumbass administration represents appears to be based on LIES !!

[@theshocker4626]

I pray someone caves CIA asset Abilio's fkn head in. And it's on video.

[@SBCBears]

@@mysticmarble94 Nevertheless, Trump, as buffoonish as he is, gets some very important things right-- China trade, illegal immigration, socialistic/tribalistic press distortions.

[@omnipitous4648]

@@SBCBears His batting average isn't very good. He gets one thing right for every hundred he gets wrong or lies about.

[@diemc7a1]

Now I hate him even more after this.

[@Emeraldcity70]

Is that possible?

[@johnsmith1474]

Who next Oxford Union, an Elvis impersonator?

[@wewuzkangz4723]

Don't give them any ideas

[@Emeraldcity70]

Sure, this Clooney impersonator is doing pretty good at "acting"-don't you think?

[@HarlequinWolf]

Dear Diary, Today I spoke at length about myself at the Oxford Union.

[@edwardrussell7168]

He is also economical on truth. Truth is always absolute not selective... What the US does to others.. he should learn to expose it then we will see his understanding of the so called truth which he talks about..

[@gustavoduran7077]

Oxford used to be a respectable institution.

[@Emeraldcity70]

You don't understand. See, Jim's friends told him that he needs to go to an institution. And he just misunderstood. Ha ha ha ha!

[@David-ok5ek]

He sure does love himself

[@stuartmcgoverne2788]

5 mins in ..sick bucket. ...Tried to take [MY] microphone ? fool This is England ok I'll watch more

[@catcannon9064]

find yourself someone who loves you like Jim Acosta loves Jim Acosta

[@davebarry6459]

Accosta is so myopic that it is painful to watch him go. None of this vitriol towards the media would have happened if they reported objectively, factually and in an unbiased manner. I rely on the media to get my information. It should not be filtered or altered in any way. Any negativity towards Accosta or other media was brought on by themselves and no one else. You are NOT a victim Accosta.

[@ATA-wi2lh]

How is he not embarrassed to be seen in person?

[@wewuzkangz4723]

The Left has no shame

[@user-tq9fi4vn4x]

This guy is a complete clown

[@mrichards55]

In summary then, Jim feels butthurt.

[@Leann68]

Michael Richards exactly 😂

[@joesim12]

And why is he being a featured at Oxford? What has he done worthy of this interview?

[@Leann68]

Oxford needs to invite everyday people to speak 💁🏻 real people who live in reality !!!!

[@dm6801]

Like you?! Haha! What could you possibly bring of substance to the world? Seriously!

[@edwardrussell7168]

I agree. Common people coming and sharing their own life under the influence of rich and powerful. I would defintely be happy to share life from the common man's point of view. For example our fears, vulnerabilities, struggles, hopes, expectations, needs, death issues, beliefs, regrets....

[@thegreenknight2658]

He seems more like an activist than a journalist...That's the problem with the MSM these days.

[@Mortimer_Duke]

Amazing how eight billion other people must’ve had something better to do that night.

[@ceciliar559]

They must've been bored.

[@FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Wow. Judging by the comments, I see it's been a busy week at both Trumpsterland and the Russian troll factory.

[@user-nw5hb8mj2f]

THERE ARE NO SUCH A THING AS DONALD TRUMP IN ANY OTHER COUNTRIES

[@OMCbuilt]

Jim Acosta loves himself some Jim Acosta

[@CharlesLumia]

That dude is a joke. You can't lie about something that is based on opinion. If her understanding of the word invasion is different than his that doesn't make her a liar. There's a lot of interpretation in the word but hers was certainly accurate. There was no lie.

[@Jaketholemeu]

*Full cry and Q & A

[@shpetimemiri3592]

This guy is so phony someone should hold him accountable...

[@Emeraldcity70]

He's not phony. He's a legitimate douche. Ha ha ha ha!

[@chrismoore7606]

You have to admire the commitment of people who hate Acosta and CNN in their quest to seek out video like this so they can register their dislike. Why do that? Wouldn't they rather watch something that doesn't get them all upset.

[@SixBadges]

So which is it, Acosta; when you are at Trump rallies - are there people who come up t you wanting to talk, or are you ensconced behind bicycle racks?

[@elfkind5590]

Just lost all my respect for this channel.

[@117btn3]

"Dear diary..."

[@DocKing87]

Why would Oxford ever invite this larping journalist?

[@onlygazza]

People like this chap have destroyed true journalism because they no longer tell the truth of a scene, they now invent the truth to suit their agenda ⚠️

[@ChrisMcSweeney]

Right... is that a charge you'd level at say... Andrew Breitbart, Steve Bannon, Matt Drudge, or Roger Ailes?

[@onlygazza]

This man is supposed to be an unbiased main stream media news presenter not a political activist and that’s the difference.

[@ChrisMcSweeney]

@@onlygazza Corporate-owned American media is supposed to be "unbiased"? Were you born yesterday?

[@onlygazza]

Chris McSweeney Chris do you think it’s ok to tell lies to the many millions of MSM listeners because I sure don’t, just look at the jessy smollet situation regarding lies ⚠️

[@ChrisMcSweeney]

@@onlygazza "lies" and biased reporting are not the same thing. Just ask anyone who has nice things to say about Trump. A "lie" is when someone knowingly tells an outright falsehood to deliberately mislead. Can you provide an example of Acosta doing this in his reporting? Jussie Smollet certainly lied... but he is not a journalist, he's an actor. Not entirely surprised I have to explain this to you.

[@ObiAdeGaming]

Oh this should be fun...

[@Mortimer_Duke]

Shoring up the leftist ecosphere.

[@TheBirdyyeses]

Looks like Jim Acosta created 48 KZbin accounts today. 🤔

[@shiznicks74]

Lol, everyone with an ounce of reason in the US know this guy is a total joke.

[@NathansHVAC]

I can't take the fake news.

[@needley]

Wow

[@jackstarling1895]

I would not believe a word that comes out of that man's mouth, he believes his own lies.

[@j.t.k.ventures9887]

That's hard to watch and listen to....there's more important things in the world to talk about Jim than talking about yourself....mate try and work on yourself a little...you might get people to take you more seriously.

[@Emeraldcity70]

I take him seriously. I SERIOUSLY don't like him.

[@globalciro3078]

It’s difficult to understand what would’ve inspired Oxford to allow this propagandist so distinguished a platform.

[@Emeraldcity70]

I think Paris Hilton is appearing next week.

[@barb2576]

It was CNN that said we had no right to be reading Wikileaks, it is up to CNN to do it for us.

[@David-ok5ek]

It's their job to explain thing to us according to them 🤔

[@Melbelle-nl9vn]

This guy is a joke. Why is he here?

[@omnipitous4648]

He has a lot of nerve invoking Winston Churchill. You aren't as important as you obviously think you are Jim.

[@leonardmashala9178]

When are you going to post the clip on Fourth Industrial Revolution?

[@Thethinker6141]

LOCK TRUMP UP

[@ricardodsavant2965]

💨 👎

[@ineffa8le00rt]

The most stoic journalist we have today. A true hero!

[@Semper_Iratus]

Emu nope

[@jackstarling1895]

Haha good one!

[@mahadfaml4795]

I Really wach full this

[@Leann68]

Communist 💁🏻

[@stuartmcgoverne2788]

Abilio Acosta 2020 Elizabeth Warren 2020th

[@Leann68]

Hey Jim , you’re embarrassing yourself again 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JeremiahTatola]

Biased narrative pusher 🤢

[@Leann68]

Big bucks $$$$

[@overthetopunderthestairs]

If he had been honest about the dishonest reporting he and his gang have done. I might have liked the video.

[@gruttepier2165]

Abilio loves him some Abilio

[@Semper_Iratus]

Media clown.