Jim Acosta Rips Trump Attack CNN 'Fake News' In Pecker Era

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Jim Acosta Rips Trump Attack CNN 'Fake News' In Pecker Era

CNN anchor Jim Acosta called out former President Donald Trump for attacking CNN as “fake news” since just after the 2016 campaign, as testimony now reveals he was having then-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker put out literal fake news about his rivals. Acosta kicked off Friday’s edition of CNN’s branded coverage of the Stormy Daniels hush money-election interference trial by going right at Trump over the attacks that began with an infamo…