CNN Chief Klein Lauds Net’s ‘Commitment’ to ‘Unbiased’ Cove

February 25th, 2008 5:50 PM
CNN’s Jon Klein, in an internal memo obtained by the TVNewser blog, bragged about the strong ratings the network won during its recent debates and primary coverage, and spun the reason for this success. "CNN is proving that with innovation, execution, and passion, the sky's the limit. Our deep-seated commitment to independent coverage that is unbiased — without an agenda — is more powerful and…

Too Conservative for CNN: McCain Pounded For No Tax Pledge

February 19th, 2008 5:05 PM
Well, that didn’t take long. On CNN Monday night, John McCain was treated like any other conservative Republican, as correspondents and a tilted panel of ex-Clinton officials painted him as irresponsible for opposing a supposedly necessary increase in taxes. In a “Keeping Them Honest” segment on Anderson Cooper 360, reporter Tom Foreman wondered if McCain “can keep that promise” of “no new taxes…

CNN Searches for Climate Cause of Wildfires, Predicts ‘Century of Fi

October 24th, 2007 12:35 PM
The hills of Los Angeles are burning and the media keep finding reasons to blame global warming.CNN found a way to work global warming into its reporting on a national tragedy on October 23.During “Anderson Cooper 360: In the Line of Fire,” CNN’s Tom Foreman even looked into his crystal ball to predict the future by warning of a possible “century of fires, just like what we're seeing now” as a…

It's ‘Attack Giuliani' Day on CNN's ‘American Morning

August 2nd, 2007 1:00 PM
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has received plenty of flak from both the Left and the Right for various reasons, but CNN's "American Morning" on Wednesday spent more than six minutes discussing an article critical of Giuliani's wife in the latest issue of the left-wing glossy magazine "Vanity Fair." Co-host John Roberts interviewed the author of the article, Judy Bachrach, as…