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Annie Groer's avatar

Thank you, Jim Acosta, for leaving CNN on principle and launching a brave, new media venture. And thank you, Margaret Carlson, for capturing the Fourth Estate's current zeitgeist, for better and for worse. Heaven help the Republic.

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C. Suzanne Kirby-Rousseau's avatar

What a wonderful article, Ms. Carlson! I look forward to more of your writing! I may even play some catchup!

Jim Acosta could not be a better subject! I say that not just as a subscriber, though I am(since the minute I found out he had a Substack). But as a woman who began life with Chronkite, grew up with Rather, raised my kids in Jennings & Sam. Even as a correspondent, one could see the kind of man Jim Acosta is - a man of integrity & principles. A man with honor & a man with compassion & passion. There are far too few of those left in the general population, much less in journalism. We need men & women of this caliber more than ever before!

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Jenn Dandle's avatar

Thank you for this beautiful story! Knowing Jim is out here speaking truth is such a relief. 💯 Especially important with big media gaslighting everyone by normalizing terrible criminal behavior.

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Judi VanDeveer's avatar

A very fitting tribute to a man of honor and integrity, thank you 🙏

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Lynda Eisenstein's avatar

Thank you, Miss Carlson for writing this article. I was very sad when I had to stop watching CNN because they had lost their integrity, but as soon as I found out that Jim had left, I signed up for his sub stack immediately, even before hearing his first podcast. I look forward to reading more of your articles.

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Pamela Wulterkens's avatar

I didn’t know anything about Jim Acosta until I found Substack and he was why I found it . He is truly wonderful at what he does and I think he reads my mind with his words and ideas .

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Cyndi Jo's avatar

Love this, thank you!

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Barry Piatoff's avatar

Ms. Carlson, thank you for 1988-2005 on The Capital Gang. When politics was NOT on TV 24/7/365, I looked to you, Bob Novak, Mark Shields, Al Hunt, Kate O’Bierne, Mona Charen and Pat Buchanan to keep us informed and entertained.

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