Self Important CNN: Acosta Will Keep U.S. From Becoming China

[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN’s excited reaction on Friday to a judge’s ruling giving Jim Acosta back his press pass continued as Newsroom host Jim Sciutto compared the U.S. to the oppressive China (where he served under the Obama administration). Also, co-host Poppy Harlow treated Acosta like a conquering hero, cheering, “I have always been proud to call Jim Acosta a colleague and a friend....This is not about him. This is about press freedom and he will go back to work today.” Given how self important Acosta seems, it sure seems like this is “about him.” Sciutto called on viewers to “think of the precedent” and added, “The only other personal experience I had of this was in China, where China rejected and overturned and took away press credentials because they didn't like the questions asked or the coverage of the stories.”