CNN chief executive Mark Thompson reportedly suggested moving anchor Jim Acosta's morning show to midnight this week as part of a planned shakeup. The post CNN Reportedly Considering Exiling Jim Acosta’s Show To Midnight ‘To Throw a Bone To Trump’ first appeared on Mediaite.

According to a report in former CNN reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, CNN chief Mark Thompson allegedly called Acosta on Wednesday night (January 15) to deliver a “strange proposal” that caught the veteran broadcaster off guard.

CNN has told anchor Jim Acosta that they want to move him from his morning ET slot to midnight ET, a less high profile time period where cable news networks have traditionally run reruns of programming from earlier in the day.