Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta was ridiculed for his comparison of the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Acosta, a known anti-Trump media figure, hosted a marathon coverage of the event on his YouTube show, which mostly featured a live shot of scaffolding obscured by a tarp.

Acosta’s Comparison Sparks Mockery

Acosta said, ‘This is very much like watching the Berlin Wall coming down… It is a sign that mankind, that human kind can stand up against tyranny.’ His comments were met with ridicule on social media, with many pointing out the absurdity of comparing the removal of a name from a building to a historic event that marked the end of communist rule in Germany.

The removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center came after a federal judge ruled that the center’s original name, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, must be restored. The decision was made after a Democratic congresswoman sued to have the change nullified.

Acosta’s coverage of the event was live-streamed for nearly 11 hours, during which he gave up on the stream and retired to bed, leaving his producer behind to keep watch. He missed the removal of the letters but was alerted to the goings-on by his producer and rushed back to the scene to deliver his report.

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