CNN’s Acosta Says Fox News’ Hannity ‘Needs A Hug’ Following Criticism

Jim Acosta of CNN shouts questions as he waits with other reporters in the rain outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, as Republican senators leave from the North Portico without speaking to re... Jim Acosta of CNN shouts questions as he waits with other reporters in the rain outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, as Republican senators leave from the North Portico without speaking to reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) MORE LESS
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CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta answered commentary from Fox News’ Sean Hannity by saying the host “needs a hug.”

Acosta was responding to criticism from Hannity in which the Fox News personality called him “arrogant, combative, and frankly, whiny,” in addition to accusing Acosta of being motivated by an animus for Trump rather than the public interest.

Hannity called Acosta’s criticism of the Trump administration’s increasingly off-camera briefings “unhinged.”

h/t The Hill.

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