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Jim Acosta

“Is it hypocritical to accuse others of spreading disinformation when you spread it every day?” the journalist asked the White House press secretary.
"We have done a great job" battling the coronavirus, Trump boasted, even though the nation leads the world in lives lost to the pandemic.
"It’s so fundamentally wrong to do that," said the CNN host.
The president has repeatedly downplayed and even lied about COVID-19, leaving health officials to counter his misinformation.