Outrage and Disgust Over Jim Acosta’s AI “Interview” with Parkland Shooting Victim
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4.3 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The reaction has been swift and fierce over former CNN Anchor Jim Acosta’s interview with an AI avatar representing Joaquin Oliver, who was 17 when he was shot and killed along with 16 others at Parkland High School 8 years ago. From everyday folks, to regarded members of the journalism community, Acosta has been accused of creating a stunt at the expense of a parent’s grief, but as Amy and T.J. discuss, when you look deeper into the story behind the story, you may change your entire tune.
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| 0:23.2 | It's about the scariest night of my life. |
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| 0:36.4 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:37.4 | It is Wednesday, August 6th, and Joaquin Oliver died in the Parkland |
| 0:43.8 | school shooting in 2018. But Joaquin Oliver just did a new interview this week. How is that possible? Because of AI. And I think robes, as you put it, |
| 0:59.9 | people are flipping out, expressing their anger, disgust, confusion, even throwing around the word |
| 1:07.1 | grotesque over this interview being done. But if you dig into this story just a little bit more, I think a lot of folks, Robes might have a |
| 1:16.3 | change of heart or at least a change of tune. |
| 1:19.7 | And with that, folks, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 1:23.2 | And Robs, I think we should declare now we're going to try our damnedest to stay dry-eyed during this conversation in this episode. |
| 1:31.5 | Because there are some details about this. |
| 1:33.3 | I know everybody's angry. |
| 1:34.3 | We're going to get into that. |
| 1:35.4 | But there are some details about this that are just gutting. |
| 1:38.7 | Absolutely. |
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