He covered the policy changes and post-cold war conditions in Cuba when the Obama administration lifted the restrictions in 2009. He has covered several major historical events for CNN. One of his most significant works was his coverage of America’s Choice 2012 Election covering GOP presidential candidates. During the coverage of the GPO presidential candidates’ campaigns, he followed them to their various battlegrounds. He also held a one-on-one interview with the presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
He didn’t just cover one side. He then covered both of President Obama’s inauguration ceremonies and took part in the midterm election coverage. He is known to get people’s attention by giving people the information they want without any fluff. Jim has his way of presenting the news to people.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jim spoke about how President Donald Trump’s tendency to be dismissive of journalists is a negative trend for political reporting, “It’s not just me; a lot of us do this, we push back on these falsehoods daily. And this is why there are a lot of folks who support the president who are very upset with us right now because they take it in, and they see it as ‘They’re just bashing the president all day long.’ Listen, are we supposed to do the news and not fact-check the president when he is just telling whoppers, one after another? I was at the rally in Tampa the other night, and he said, ‘Not only is their fake news but there are also fake polls!” And in almost the same breath, he says, ‘And by the way, a poll just came out that said I’m the most popular Republican president of all-time!”
Acosta also talked about a White House press briefing. He used a hostile tone to ask Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to criticize Trump’s labeling of journalists as “the enemy of the people.”
She refused the request and decided to be a good soldier for the president, “She went through a litany of complaints that she had about the way she’s been treated. She talked about the White House Correspondents Dinner, where comedian Michelle Wolf made unflattering comments. I said, ‘Hey, listen, I’m sorry you’ve been put through the meat grinder. We all get put through the meat grinder in this town. But at the end of the day, you shouldn’t be referring to journalists as the ‘enemy of the people.’ We’re not the enemy of the people.”
After 17 years of marriage, Acosta and his wife, Sharon Mobley Stow, a licensed nurse, divorced in 2017. They have a son and a daughter.
Though Acosta is mainly on the move covering important stories, he tries to balance his work and family in the best way he possibly can. He says that he has to make plenty of sacrifices to enjoy both parts of his life equally.
Jim has a net worth of 2.5 Million dollars and earns approximately three hundred thousand dollars in a year. Jim’s wife says that he still looks very handsome although he is in his forties. Jim is very active on his social networking profiles. He has fans not only in the U.S. but also in many other countries. He has a significant number of female fans as well due to his charming looks. His fans adore him and his way of working and reporting. He loves interacting with his fans on his social media feeds.
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 17 Apr, 1971 |
| Age: | 49 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| residence: | Washington, D.C. Virginia |
| Education: | James Madison University Annandale High School |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American journalist |
| Twitter Id: | Acosta |
| Spouse: | Sharon Mobley Stow[1994-2017] |
