Former CNN Anchor Called Out NBC for Trump Donation: “Compromised Itself”

Former CNN news anchor Jim Acosta criticized NBC after its parent company, Comcast, donated to President Donald Trump’s ballroom project in the White House. He accused the network of compromising itself just like many others have.

The journalist criticized the media companies that have folded and given it to Trump on some level on his podcast, The Jim Acosta Show. He firmly stated, “All of our major TV networks right now, they’re compromised in some fashion as the U.S. evolves or mutates into having a state-dominated TV system.”

Acosta went on to express his disappointment with NBC and Comcast. He explained, “NBC is now the latest network to compromise itself. The parent company of NBC, Comcast, recently donated money to Trump’s ballroom.”

He blasted several other major networks. He accused ABC and CBS of bribing the President of the United States. Acosta also brought up how he believed CBS was taken over by “right-wing zealots” and took a jab at Fox as well.

Add that to the bribes that ABC and CBS paid to Trump earlier this year, not to mention CBS being taken over by right-wing zealots, and of course we all know what’s happening over at Fox, which is already state TV — you have a situation in this country that is starting to seem like state-dominated television in the United States — or, at least, state compromised television here in the United States.

Acosta said that media companies need to come to their senses and realize that Trump doesn’t own the press. He urged his audience to fight back by helping independent journalists and studios.

Folks, media companies owned by giant corporations that are worried about getting their merger-and-acquisition deals approved by the Trump administration have lost their way. They have forgotten that they are using the public airwaves to sell their product. The airwaves belong to us, not to corporations, not to Donald Trump. And the way we have to fight back is that we hold the feet of these corporations to the fire, and we do that by supporting independent media.

The news of Comcast’s involvement with the White House ballroom plans comes at around the same time Trump hurled insults at NBC’s very own hosts. He called late-night host Seth Meyers a “deranged lunatic” on his official TruthSocial account on November 1, 2025. The President of the United States also attacked NBC’s other late-night personality, Jimmy Fallon, in the past. He stated that the host of The Tonight Show should be taken off the air shortly after Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC suspension.

Aside from late-night shows, Trump has also lashed out at all members of the press who didn’t have many good things to say about him. He even temporarily banned Acosta himself from the White House in 2018 while he was still with CNN after a heated exchange occurred at a press conference. During the argument, a staff member tried to take away his microphone, but he refused to let go.