Look, we all know the media has an agenda. They haven’t even tried to hide it for years now. But what happens when journalists throw away every last shred of human decency? We just found out, and it’s worse than you think. Even the most hardened media critics are shocked—and when both conservatives and liberals agree something is sick, you know we’ve hit rock bottom.

The media will exploit any tragedy to push their politics. We’ve seen it a thousand times. But now they’ve crossed into something darker. Something that makes you wonder if there are any lines left at all. What I’m about to tell you sounds like science fiction, but it happened this week. And the backlash shows that Americans still have limits, thank God.

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta just did something so twisted, I had to read it three times to believe it.

From ‘The Daily Wire’:

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta received blowback on Monday over an interview he conducted using an artificial intelligence-generated likeness of a teen killed in the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida…

Acosta’s use of an AI version of a school shooting victim to push a political agenda received stiff pushback online.

“Just The News” Chief Investigative Correspondent Jerry Dunleavy called the interview “deranged & ghoulish.”

Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross pointed out: “This is the kind of journalism that Jim Acosta is doing without the guardrails of CNN.”

When Journalism Becomes Propaganda

The reaction was swift and brutal. And not just from conservatives. Jerry Dunleavy from “Just The News” called it “deranged & ghoulish.” Charles C.W. Cooke from National Review said it was “one of the most unhinged and grotesque things I’ve ever seen.” He added that it was “completely in keeping with who Acosta is.” Even Jonah Goldberg—not exactly a Trump fan—called it “Profoundly gross.”

Think about this for a second. They literally created a talking corpse to push gun control. If that doesn’t creep you out, check your pulse. What’s next? AI versions of the Founding Fathers telling us they actually wanted gun bans? Maybe a digital George Washington saying the Second Amendment was a typo?

Here’s what really gets me: Acosta promoted this like he’d done something amazing. He teased it on social media, promising “a one of a kind interview” with a “powerful message.” He saw nothing wrong with putting words in a dead teenager’s mouth. Nothing. That tells you everything about how these people think. Tragedy isn’t something to mourn—it’s an opportunity to grab your guns.

Americans Reject the Manipulation

But here’s where it gets interesting. Even on BlueSky—you know, the social media site where all the liberals ran when Elon bought Twitter—people were disgusted. When the left-wing echo chamber thinks you’ve gone too far, brother, you’ve really gone too far.

This wasn’t a partisan reaction. It was human reaction. Americans from all sides looked at this stunt and said “No. This is sick.” We might disagree on background checks or magazine sizes, but we can all agree: Don’t use robot ghosts of dead children to push your agenda. That shouldn’t be a high bar, but here we are.

You know what this really shows? Desperation. Pure desperation. When your arguments are so weak that you need to resurrect the dead with computers, you’ve already lost. Americans see right through it. We’re not stupid. We know manipulation when we see it. And this? This is manipulation on steroids.

Key Takeaways

• Jim Acosta interviewed an AI replica of a Parkland victim to push gun control
• Critics across the political spectrum called the stunt “grotesque” and “deranged”
• Even liberal BlueSky users expressed disgust at this manipulation tactic
• Americans are rejecting media attempts to exploit tragedy for political gain

Sources: Daily Wire