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CNN and MSNBC Rush to Excuse Cruz Girls Cartoon; ‘Dangerous,’ ‘Weird’ for Cruz to Fundraise Off It

By Curtis Houck | December 24, 2015, 12:40 AM EST

After the Wednesday editions of CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today attempted to excuse the disgusting Washington Post cartoon depicting Ted Cruz’s daughters as moneys, various hosts and guests throughout the day on CNN and MSNBC followed suit by chiding the ...

CNN's Costello Compares Muslim Shariah to 'My Own Faith Within Catholicism'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 16, 2015, 2:25 PM EST

As the Reverend Franklin Graham appeared on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom to promote a national call to prayer, host Carol Costello raised charges that "heated rhetoric about Muslims" is "causing mosques to come under attack," and, after ...

CNN Guest Andy Parker Accuses GOPers of Treason, 'Aiding and Abetting Terrorists'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 6, 2015, 1:50 PM EST

On Friday's CNN Newsroom, CNN host Carol Costello gave gun control activist Andy Parker his latest forum to aim over the top vitriol at opponents of gun control as he asserted that two Republican congressmen were behaving in a "treasonous" ...

CNN's Costello Badgers Pro-Gun Guest, But More Polite to Gun Critic

By Brad Wilmouth | December 3, 2015, 8:50 PM EST

CNN host Carol Costello showed a blatant double standard in her treatment of a pro-gun guest in contrast with a gun control advocate on Thursday's CNN Newsroom between two segments featuring gun expert John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Cente ...

CNN Promotes Obama's "Thoughts and Prayers" After Touting NY Daily News Article Slamming Those Who Would Pray

By Steve Edwards | December 3, 2015, 9:48 PM EST

As detailed by Matthew Balan earlier today, CNN went out of its way Wednesday and Thursday to tout a New york Daily News cover that slammed those that would dare to pray for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting that slaughtered 14 innocent people an ...

CNN Boosts NY Daily News's 'Provocative' Anti-Prayer Front Page

By Matthew Balan | December 4, 2015, 8:41 AM EST

Three CNN programs on Wednesday night and Thursday morning promoted the anti-prayer front page of the New York Daily News on Thursday: 'God Isn't Fixing This.' Unsurprisingly, pro-gun control anchor Carol Costello quoted from the liberal ne ...

Costello: Fiorina Made Abortion Charges 'Falsely,' Obeidallah: GOPers 'Legitimizing Hate'

By Brad Wilmouth | November 30, 2015, 6:15 PM EST

As Monday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello devoted a segment to whether political rhetoric against Planned Parenthood's practices inspired an attack on a Colorado Planned Parenthood office, host Costello began by asserting that GOP presidentia ...

CNN's Costello Hounds Democratic Rep. Over Syrian Refugee Vote

By Matthew Balan | November 23, 2015, 7:47 AM EST

On Friday's CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello badgered Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader over his vote in favor of additional scrutiny for Syrian refugees applying to enter the U.S. Costello spotlighted how " some on Twitter have not been kind — calling ...

O'Reilly Jabs 'Shallow' CNN Anchor's 'Cheap Shot' at FBN Debate

By Matthew Balan | November 12, 2015, 12:29 PM EST

Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly attacked CNN's Carol Costello on the Wednesday edition of his O'Reilly Factor program over her "cheap shot" at the moderators of the recent GOP presidential debate on Fox Business Network. O&# ...

CNN's Costello Frets: 'Is It Too Politically Dangerous to Attack' Carson?

By Matthew Balan | November 12, 2015, 9:49 AM EST

Carol Costello was true to her liberal form on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom during a segment with Rick Tyler, Senator Ted Cruz's campaign spokesman. Costello asserted that " Ben Carson didn't exactly give riveting answers " during the ...

CNN's Costello: Fiorina 'Went to War' With Planned Parenthood; Used 'Falsehood'

By Matthew Balan | October 20, 2015, 11:58 PM EDT

Carol Costello took aim at Carly Fiorina on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom over her attack on Planned Parenthood at the last Republican presidential debate. Costello asserted that " some say Carly Fiorina can't figure out how to define feminism for ...

CNN's Hill Wonders Why People Have Negative Reaction to Word 'Socialism'

By Brad Wilmouth | October 19, 2015, 12:35 AM EDT

On Wednesday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello, during a discussion of the Democratic presidential debate, liberal CNN political analyst Marc Lamont Hill defended Bernie Sanders' socialist views and griped about Hillary Clinton apparently takin ...

CNN Hosts Andy Parker to Bash NRA, GOP as 'Evil,' 'Terrorizing This Country'

By Brad Wilmouth | October 3, 2015, 5:39 PM EDT

In the aftermath of the Umpqua Community College mass shootings in Oregon, CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello on Friday hosted gun control activist Andy Parker, father of murder victim Alison Parker, to bash the National Rifle Association and Republicans fo ...

CNN's Costello Defends Planned Parenthood, Cupp Calls Her Out as 'Liberal'

By Brad Wilmouth | October 1, 2015, 12:51 AM EDT

On Wednesday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Carol Costello defended federal funding for Planned Parenthood in a segment which included conservative CNN commentator S.E. Cupp and liberal CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill supposedly for balance, but was so slan ...

CNN's Costello Boosts Planned Parenthood's Talking Points as 'Facts'

By Matthew Balan | September 30, 2015, 9:05 AM EDT

On Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello treated Planned Parenthood's own talking points about "three percent" of its services are abortions as " facts " during a panel discussion on federal funding for the abortion organiza ...