Finally! Jim Acosta basically just confirmed what we've always known about him

Sarah D | 1:35 PM on October 19, 2018

CNN’s Jim Acosta has been taking a lot of heat — and plenty of mockery — for getting caught DMing “F*ck you” to a Trump staffer who had tweeted “Dear Diary…” at him.

And Politico media and politics reporter Jason Schwartz was on it:

Right-wing sites are freaking out about @Acosta privately DM'ing "Fuck you" to someone. Seem much less concerned about the president cheering on violence against journalists. pic.twitter.com/DI30ADXHYd

— Jason Schwartz (@JasonSchwartz) October 19, 2018

“Freaking out” is a really funny way of saying “laughing hysterically.” Also:

According to @politico's @JasonSchwartz, the real headline is reaction from "right-wing sites" to @CNN's @Acosta cursing out a random Twitter user in an after-hours direct message. #DearDiary pic.twitter.com/1IoxBLaYmI

— PJ Media (@PJMedia_com) October 19, 2018

And:

"Right-wing sites"

*shows Breitbart and Gateway Pundit*

Hope you didn't get a bloody nose from that faceplant. https://t.co/3wW111oqrd

— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) October 19, 2018

But perpetual damsel-in-distress Jim Acosta never met a white knight he didn’t like, so he’s all in with Schwartz’s spin. With a little extra flourish of his own, of course: