Assessments and Credibility at CNN

June 30th, 2025 4:45 PM

On Tuesday, in what it labeled an “exclusive,” CNN reported that initial intelligence assessments of the Iran bombing suggested Iran had been set back a couple of months in its quest for a nuclear weapon. The report’s lead reporter was Natasha Bertrand. In 2020, Bertrand played a lead role in attempting to discredit reports of Hunter Biden’s laptop. One cannot understand the new report without…

Eisenhower, Reagan — Republican Beacons of Principles Trump Carries on

June 30th, 2025 10:48 AM

On Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim fanatics flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing upward of 3,000 innocent American civilians. Americans asked why? We ask again today. We hear from the Iranian regime, “Death to America,” “Death to Israel.” Why? The unfortunate answer is, for the fanatics in Iran, our very existence is sufficient reason for them to serve up a death sentence.…

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CBS Goes To Iran To Repeat Regime Propaganda

June 28th, 2025 11:42 AM

CBS sent foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab to Iran for a Friday report on Evening News that was ostensibly about getting Iranian reactions to the recent war with Israel but in reality was just an uncritical regurgitation of regime propaganda.

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Stewart: White House Demands '100% Fealty' On Iran Damage Assessments

June 27th, 2025 1:43 PM

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show may have had the week off, but its podcast, The Weekly Show, did not. On Wednesday, Jon Stewart claimed that the Trump Administration reacted angrily to assessments that suggest the B-2 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities weren’t as successful as advertised not because they were wrong or had obvious problems, but because “they demand 100…

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White House’s Leavitt SLAMS CNN’s Bertrand for Anonymous Iran Hitjob

June 26th, 2025 6:56 PM

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had one of her strongest briefings yet Thursday afternoon as she launched one scathing broadside after another at the liberal media for their anonymously sourced stories falsely claiming the weekend U.S. military airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites were a failure, calling these “agenda-driven leaks” and “fake and false narratives” led by CNN’s Deep…

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OH MAN: Hegseth Holds Presser to Torch Lefty Media Over Iran Leaks

June 26th, 2025 2:48 PM

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth left CNN seething with rage Thursday morning as he took to the Pentagon press room and, standing next to Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine, tore the liberal media a new one for this days-long disinformation campaign using anonymous sources to falsely claim U.S. intelligence has determined the weekend airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites were a massive…

Factcheck.org's Expert Contradicts Them on Fate of Iran's Centrifuges

June 26th, 2025 12:11 PM

Factcheck.org may not have a truth-o-meter like PolitiFact or a Pinocchio scale like The Washington Post, but their Tuesday article by Alan Jaffe still claimed that President Trump was false in saying that the B-2 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “obliterated” their program. One of Jaffe's main points of evidence was the fate of Iran's centrifuges, but even his own selected expert…

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Jen Psaki Can Never Be Happy: Downplays Effectiveness of Iran Strikes

June 26th, 2025 10:32 AM

On Tuesday night, MSNBC’s The Briefing With Jen Psaki, regurgitated the same unreliable, CNN article that claimed the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities “only set them back by a few months.” Psaki even went as far as to say that Trump was always “about obfuscation and defiance being prioritized over facts.” Yes, Jen Psaki was the one who said this.

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ABC and NBC Ignore 11 Iranians Arrested by ICE

June 25th, 2025 9:11 PM

Bias by omission was highlighted Monday and Tuesday as CBS Evening News Plus and Fox News’s Hannity covered the 11 Iranians arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week, while ABC and NBC did not touch the subject on their lead morning and evening shows.  

DIDN’T HAPPEN: CNN Claimed Iran Strike Would Spur Surging Oil Prices

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June 25th, 2025 4:00 PM

CNN is the latest to suffer from the utter humiliation of prophesying Armageddon-level economic catastrophe as a result of President Donald Trump’s military strikes on Iran, only to have their predictions collapse faster than Biden on the steps of Air Force One. 

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Joy Reid's Israel Hot Take Was So Insane, Even CNN Pushed Back

June 25th, 2025 3:24 PM

CNN hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory on the Israel-Iran War, but on Tuesday, former MSNBC rabble-rouser Joy Reid had a hot take so insane that even NewsNight host Abby Phillip had to rebuke her. According to Reid, the only reason why Iran wants a nuclear weapon is because Israel is attacking it in the first place.

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Meyers Attacks Trump For Taking Credit For Ending 'The War He Started'

June 25th, 2025 1:50 PM

NBC’s Seth Meyers is not happy that President Trump is taking credit for ending the war between Israel and Iran, which he falsely claimed on Tuesday's edition of Late Night that Trump started and is now trying to claim he deserves praise for simply cleaning up his own mess.

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Trump, Hegseth SLAM CNN, NBC Over Deep State Leak on Iran Strikes

June 25th, 2025 1:12 PM

On Wednesday during his press conference on the sidelines of the annual NATO summit, President Trump tag-teamed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to obliterate the new Deep State leak to CNN’s Natasha Bertrand — who penned the infamous article declaring Hunter Biden’s laptop to be Russian disinformation — that claimed the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has deemed the weekend U.S. military…

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Colbert Dances After CNN Casts Doubt On Success Of Iran Strikes

June 25th, 2025 9:42 AM

On Tuesday, CNN published an article of debatable accuracy alleging that Saturday’s B-2 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were not as successful as President Trump and other administration officials have claimed. However, CBS’s Stephen Colbert wasn’t interested in the nuances of underground nuclear facility bomb damage assessment on The Late Show because if he was, he would not…