Jim Acosta was prepping for an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday when he stopped to share a photo on Twitter. Within minutes, CNN’s chief White House correspondent had been memed and mocked from one corner of Twitter to the other.
The photo that started it all:
Getting ready to bring some #realnews to @colbertlateshow with @StephenAtHome #nottheenemy pic.twitter.com/a63TcxU92e
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 8, 2018
The comments poured in.
Narcissus wept https://t.co/JbAADyK0t7
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 8, 2018
Objects in mirror are more full of it than they appear. https://t.co/PX0dKM9ZkV
— Matt Carobini (@carobini) August 8, 2018
Jim, your heartburn medicine is in the photo. https://t.co/dtBJWi7fES
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 8, 2018
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”
— Patrick Madrid (@patrickmadrid) August 8, 2018
You know what? Props to Acosta for this photo. I’m 99% sure he knew the “Acosta staring into a mirror” meme would take off.
The dude loves attention and he knows how to get it dammit. I’m not even mad. https://t.co/wVqH0bv8IA
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) August 8, 2018
Of course Jim @Acosta tweeted a photo of himself looking approvingly upon himself. https://t.co/rSnguAPrxr
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) August 8, 2018
Jim Acosta is literally Ron Burgundy. https://t.co/HxK4GjEKZD
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) August 8, 2018
And then the memes. Oh, the memes.
Thank you Jim Acosta. pic.twitter.com/kYK3uFFrod
— Matt Carobini (@carobini) August 8, 2018
Perception Vs Reality pic.twitter.com/boB32T0vTD
— Mujahed (@kebejay) August 8, 2018
Been busy. But I assume everyone of a certain age has pointed out that Acosta tweet is pic.twitter.com/lxugHUGjNV
— Casey Mattox (@CaseyMattox_) August 8, 2018
When will my reflection show who I am inside? pic.twitter.com/xiiG2h7uT9
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) August 8, 2018
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York also pointed out that Acosta’s appearance on Colbert’s show — and his pre-show selfie — came less than 24 hours after The Atlantic, in an op-ed, criticized Acosta’s “dangerous brand of performance journalism.”
Posted same day as this, from @TheAtlantic: ‘Jim Acosta’s Dangerous Brand of Performance Journalism.’ https://t.co/2Si0766qzy https://t.co/2hM7LXNFii
— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 8, 2018
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