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Van Jones: Rubio Was ‘Rattled’ in Debate; ‘He Lost His Cool’ with Criticism from Cruz, Paul

By Curtis Houck | December 16, 2015, 12:40 AM EST

Giving viewers his initial thoughts concerning Tuesday’s 2016 GOP presidential debate on the 11:00 p.m. Eastern edition of AC360, CNN political commentator and former Obama administration adviser Van Jones opined that Marco Rubio seemed “rattled” for “the ...

CNN Split; Political Analysts Praise Obama Speech as Foreign Panelists Pan His ‘Self-Congratulation’

By Curtis Houck | December 7, 2015, 2:38 AM EST

Following President Obama’s Sunday night address, the always large post-event panel on CNN had plenty to say, but it was quite the disconnect as many of their political commentators hailed the “straightforward” speech by the President while two of their f ...

Van Jones Compares Hillary to Beyoncé, Proclaims Black Lives Matter Activists ‘Won This Debate’

By Curtis Houck | October 14, 2015, 9:48 AM EDT

Opining on how he thought the first 2016 Democratic debate unfolded on Tuesday night, CNN political commentator and former Obama administration official Van Jones compared the “flawless” Hillary Clinton to Beyoncé and touted his belief that activists in t ...

CNN’s Michael Smerconish Complains Carly Fiorina Didn’t Smile Enough in GOP Debate

By Curtis Houck | September 17, 2015, 4:24 AM EDT

In CNN’s post-debate coverage early Thursday of their 2016 Republican debate, CNN political commentator Michael Smerconish praised Carly Fiorina as possessing “a public speaking gift,” but lamented that she didn’t smile enough during the debate and should ...

Van Jones Slams Jeb in Debate as ‘Oatmeal Getting Colder’; Gushed over ‘Unreal,’ ‘Authentic’ Kasich

By Curtis Houck | August 7, 2015, 2:02 AM EDT

Speaking during CNN’s analysis of the first 2016 Republican presidential debate on Thursday night, CNN political commentator and former Obama White House adviser Van Jones panned Jeb Bush’s performance as “terrible” and “like oatmeal getting colder” but p ...

CNN Wastes Little Time, Rushes to Invoke Gun Control in Lafayette Shooting Coverage

By Curtis Houck | July 24, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT

It took only 12 minutes into their live coverage on Thursday night of the deadly movie theater shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana before CNN Tonight invoked gun control and President Obama with panelists lamenting the lack of “sufficient common sense” on gu ...

S.E. Cupp: Hillary’s Rope Line Was Her ‘Michael Dukakis Tank Moment’

By Jeffrey Meyer | July 6, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT

On Sunday, the political panel on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper blasted the Clinton campaign for the horrible optics of Mrs. Clinton use of a moving rope line to separate herself from the media during a 4th of July parade in New Hampshire.  CN ...

Van Jones: GOP Using ‘Old’ ’Anti-Civil Rights Rhetoric’ on Gay Marriage

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 29, 2015, 8:55 AM EDT

On Sunday’s State of the Union, CNN’s Van Jones accused those who oppose the Supreme Court's decision to ignore the normal legislative process on gay marriage of pushing “the old state’s rights rhetoric that was anti-civil rights rhetoric of the past ...

CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill on Baltimore: ‘This Is Not a Riot’ But ‘Uprisings’ Against ‘Police Terrorism’

By Curtis Houck | April 28, 2015, 8:34 AM EDT

During CNN’s live coverage on Monday night of the Baltimore riots, CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill urged viewers to view what was taking place as “not a riot” but “uprisings” in response to African-Americans “dying in the streets for months, years, decad ...

Van Jones on CNN: GOP 'Not in Touch' With Minorities, 'Don't Care' About Their Communities

By Bryan Ballas | May 8, 2015, 12:01 PM EDT

It is not surprising that Rand Paul has a media target on his chest for announcing himself as a Republican presidential candidate. What is unusual is the fact that CNN  saw fit to bring in Van Jones, a man with flirtations with communism and 9/11 conspira ...

Surprise: CNN Reports 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' is Based on Falsehood

By Matthew Balan | March 6, 2015, 11:40 PM EST

On Friday, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 surprisingly spotlighted that the "hands up, don't shoot" narrative and chant forwarded by many left-wing supporters of Michael Brown's family is grounded in falsehoods. Correspondent Sara Sidn ...

Van Jones Asks Rich Lowry: 'Can I Kiss You Here Against Your Will?'

By Jeffrey Meyer | December 7, 2014, 2:10 PM EST

On Sunday morning, ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos discussed Rolling Stone 's retracted article surrounding an alleged sexual assault and gang rape at the University of Virginia. While the panelists all agreed that Rolling Stone should tak ...

MRC's Notable Quotables: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

By Rich Noyes | October 20, 2014, 8:40 AM EDT

Now online: the October 20 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week, with the first confirmed cases of Ebola in America, CNN's Van Jones urges Democrats to exploit the i ...

Cancellations/Layoffs at CNN Claim 'Crossfire,' Other Programs

By Matthew Balan | October 15, 2014, 7:02 PM EDT

On Tuesday, Turner Broadcasting, the parent company of CNN,  started the process of cancelling several of the news network's series, including the reboot of Crossfire, and began laying off hundreds of employees. Chris Ariens at the TVNewser blog repo ...

Van Jones: Dems Should Use Ebola As Campaign Talking Point Against GOP

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 5, 2014, 12:23 PM EDT

It appears as though former Obama official Van Jones has taken Rahm Emmanuel’s belief that you never “want a good crisis go to waste” to heart during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s This Week w/ George Stephanopoulos. During a panel discussion on the upcomin ...