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CNN Spent 56 Mins Touting ‘Exclusive’ Report of Fake Syrian Prisoner

December 17th, 2024 9:26 AM

Starting with Wednesday’s The Lead and continuing through Saturday night, CNN gave a massive 56 minutes (56:29) to repeated airings and subsequent fawnings over a supposed exclusive trip inside a Damascus, Syria prison by chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward that resulted in what they billed as the discovery and release of someone who insisted he had been stuck inside a…

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CNN Skeptical On Biden Admin 'Nothing to See Here' On Drones

December 13th, 2024 10:35 PM

CNN This Morning expressed considerable skepticism over the Biden administation dismissive attitude toward the drone sightings over New Jersey. Host Kasie Hunt led the skeptical charge. Thus, reacting to John Kirby saying many of supposed drones have turned out to be manned planes or helicopters: "So, basically, he says, don't believe your own eyes."

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'The Building Always Wins'—Kasie Hunt's Synonym For 'The Deep State'

December 6th, 2024 11:36 AM

Liberals often deny the existence of the Deep State, as exemplified by a column by David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker: "There Is No Deep State." But on CNN This Morning, Kasie Hunt acknowledged something that is effectively a synonym for the Deep State. Describing the challenges facing Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in their DOGE undertaking to render the federal government more efficient…

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CNN Boosts 'Wonk' DeSantis for Defense, Morning Joe Mocks Slow Graham

December 5th, 2024 12:37 AM

With Pete Hegseth's nomination as Secretary of Defense reportedly in trouble, CNN This Morning boosted Ron DeSantis for the position.  Meanwhile, over on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough & Co. had great fun mocking Lindsey Graham. They depicted Graham as a Johnny-come-lately to the group of Senators expressing serious reservations about Hegseth's nomination. He was a "lagging indicator."

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Liberal Line on Biden's Hunter Pardon: The Devil Trump Made Him Do It!

December 3rd, 2024 6:11 PM

On CNN This Morning, former Biden comms director Kate Bedingfield says that Biden's pardon on Hunter was justified, given Trump's alleged plans to go after opponents in the new administration. She expresses understanding of why Democrats are frustrated that Biden was not more "forthcoming" about his plans, and she expresses the wish that Biden had expressed his "ambiguity" about the pardon…

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OUCH: CNN Conservatives Go Scorched Earth on Hunter Biden Pardon

December 2nd, 2024 5:58 PM

On Monday, Scott Jennings, Shermichael Singleton, and Brad Todd — three of the four actual, bona fide conservative commentators on CNN’s payroll — took to the airwaves to react to President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter for any and all crimes committed in the last 10 years and, in addition to standing their ground, went postal on this “trash” “facade” created by a bunch of “liars…

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CNN: Walmart Prices Will Skyrocket 250% Under Trump's China Tariff!

November 26th, 2024 9:55 AM

On CNN This Morning, CNN senior political analyst Mark Preston says that when Trump increases the tariffs on China, when you go to Walmart, you're not going to get something for like $3.99. It's going to be $13.99." That's an increase of 250%! Trump has proposed increasing existing tariffs on Chinese goods by only 10%. So where's the additional 240% coming from?
 

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Kasie Hunt Notes Biden 'Wandering Into Jungle,' Mocks Cabinet Picks

November 20th, 2024 1:32 PM

On CNN This Morning, host Kasie Hunt mocks Biden appearing to "wander off into the jungle" in Brazil. She promptly segues into calling Trump's nominees a "made-for-TV cast of characters," and rolls clips of a number of them making unusual, shall we say, statements!

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CNN's Hunt, Foster Fret Over Huckabee's Pro-Israel Views

November 13th, 2024 8:25 PM

On Wednesday's CNN This Morning, host Kasie Hunt and international anchor Max Foster fretted that former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) has been too pro-Israel to the point of being controversial as the two discussed President-elect Donald Trump nominating him to be ambassador to Israel.

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Hunt Questions Trump Pick Of 'Little Marco': Heye Has Great Comeback

November 12th, 2024 8:52 PM

On CNN This Morning, Kasie Hunt asks Republican Doug Heye how Trump could have chosen Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, given that loyalty is so important to Trump, and Trump and Rubio had a major dustup during the 2016 primaries, with Rubio mocking the size of Trump's supposedly small hands. Heye makes a great point in response: "How did Kamala Harris come back for Joe Biden after she…

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On CNN, Hillary Advisor Reines Analogizes Trump To a 'Clogged Toilet'

November 8th, 2024 1:06 PM

On CNN This Morning, former top Hillary Clinton advisor Philippe Reines says: "Donald Trump is about as complicated to some of us, and to me, to figure out as a clogged toilet is to a plumber."

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CNN's Kasie Hunt Closes Campaign with Badly Disguised Commercial

November 5th, 2024 9:17 AM

Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics underlined on Monday how CNN This Morning host Kasie Hunt makes it look like Jeff Zucker never left his command of CNN, and/or that then the scattered forces of Chris "Fair and Balanced" Licht were routed. Kasie's coast-to-coast commercial for Kamala was blatant and shameless,

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CNN's Preston Argues Biden Should Double Down on 'Garbage' Smear

November 1st, 2024 5:17 AM

On Wednesday's CNN This Morning, during a discussion of President Joe Biden's comments that seemed to call Donald Trump's supporters "garbage," CNN senior political analyst Mark Preston argued that the President would be better off to double down on his remarks instead of trying to take them back.

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Kasie: Election Denier Trump Trying To Distract With Stunts!

October 31st, 2024 1:08 PM

Down to the last few days before the election, CNN's Kasie Hunt has dropped any pretense of even-handedness, and has let her pro-Kamala persona show. Three days ago, we caught Kasie saying that Trump-hater par excellence David Frum's attacks on Trump were "correct." Today, Hunt was clearly miffed by Trump's entertaining, attention-attracting moves of working in a McDonald's and riding shotgun…