CNN Does Fawning Segment on Bill Clinton’s Humanitarian Work, ‘Gre

December 21st, 2011 5:36 PM
CNN’s Alina Cho touted “The man many Democrats call the best president in modern times” in her gushing interview of former President Clinton that aired multiple times Wednesday.  By the end of the interview, she sounded utterly enthralled by Clinton and his humanitarian work. “150 countries, more than that,” Cho told Clinton of his travels, before taking a deep breath and tremulously asking “…

Wolf Blitzer: Failure to Extend Payroll Tax Cut Would Be ‘Great Ammu

December 20th, 2011 5:30 PM
When asked how both parties would handle an ultimate failure to extend the payroll tax cut, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer immediately painted the scenario as a big advantage for the Democrats. “Well it’ll be great ammunition for the Democrats, because they’ll obviously blame the Republicans, especially House Republicans,” Blizter asserted during the 2 p.m. hour of Newsroom. Blitzer didn’t say how…

CNN Promotes Director of LGBT-Sponsored Film with Soft Interview

December 9th, 2011 5:52 PM
CNN gave some quality airtime Friday to the director of a film on the coming-out story of a lesbian teenage girl. The movie "Pariah" was sponsored by LGBT organizations at the 2011 Sundance film festival and was a featured selection at an international LGBT film festival in Washington, D.C. According to the Human Rights Campaign, the storyline is about 17 year-old teenager Alike who "feels…

Imagine If Bachmann Had Said It: Networks Skip Obama Confusing Kansas

December 7th, 2011 12:38 PM
The same networks that jumped on every flub by Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have, so far, ignored video of President Obama confusing Kansas with Texas. Only Fox News and CNN played the clip.  Special Report's Bret Baier, however did cover the President's speech about taxes, calling the moment "inauspicious." He then showed Obama, in Osawatomie, Kansas, asserting: "Well, it is great to be…

CNN Ignores Illegality of 'Squatting,' Asks How It Can Help 'Occupy' M

December 6th, 2011 4:29 PM
Once again hosting liberal Van Jones to discuss the "Occupy" movement, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux asked him how the illegal practice of protesters "squatting" on foreclosed homes could help the "Occupy" movement take off. Malveaux didn't exactly question the legality or the ethics of protesters secretly living in foreclosed homes, but instead gave the former Obama-appointee and Marxist some PR…

CNN: Dems Acting Like 'Conservative Republicans' In Payroll Tax Debate

December 6th, 2011 9:18 AM
In its Monday afternoon coverage of the Congressional battle over extending the payroll tax cut, CNN repeatedly emphasized a Democratic advantage and claimed that the Democrats are acting like "conservative Republicans." Political analyst Gloria Borger even gave the Democratic talking point that the party roles on tax cuts have been switched. "You know, if you're a true believer, and you're a…

CNN Anchor Admonishes GOP, 'Stop Blaming the Media

December 5th, 2011 12:19 PM
CNN's Don Lemon attacked the "classic GOP move" of claiming liberal media bias, on Sunday's 10 p.m. edition of Newsroom. The liberal CNN host lampooned Sarah Palin's "lamestream" media line and – rather sloppily – faulted the GOP candidates for their own travails. "Long story short – maybe it's time for politicians who get caught in unflattering situations or who might have a bit of trouble…

CNN Spins Gingrich's 'Edgy' Words on Low-Income Students (Updated

December 2nd, 2011 6:42 PM
Apparently, Newt Gingrich wanting to employ students from poor neighborhoods and teach them job skills means that he believes they possess "no work habits." CNN obliged to put words in the candidate's mouth during Friday's 1 p.m. news hour as its headlines slammed Gingrich's "controversial" statements. Anchor T.J. Holmes admitted that the candidate "tends to say some pretty edgy things every…

On CNN, Kermit the Frog Mocks Perry, Says 'Newt' Is From the 'Swamp

December 1st, 2011 3:54 PM
CNN host Wolf Blitzer and his esteemed guest Kermit the Frog both mocked Rick Perry on Thursday afternoon's The Situation Room.  Kermit also said earlier on CNN that the political pundit he would like to spar with on Blitzer's show would be "Newt" from the "swamp."

CNN Helps Politicize Tragic Teen 'Dream Act Suicide

November 30th, 2011 5:13 PM
After an illegal immigrant teenager killed himself allegedly because his lack of citizenship would derail his college dreams, CNN ran a segment on the "'Dream Act' Suicide" and asked his family about the importance of the liberal "Dream Act" to other illegal immigrant students. The family of the teenager Joaquin Luno claimed that his suicide was due to stress over his illegal immigrant…

For CNN, 200 'Occupy' Arrests Amounts to 'Dozens

November 30th, 2011 3:55 PM
CNN's T.J. Holmes, reporting Tuesday on the eviction of "Occupy Los Angeles" and the subsequent arrests of 200 protesters, simply numbered the arrests as totaling in the "dozens." Apparently for CNN, over 16 dozen arrests still merits the count of "dozens" rather than "scores" or even "hundreds" or simply "200." CNN held sympathy for "Occupy L.A." in more ways than one. During the 12 p.m.…

CNN Eulogizes 'Titan' Barney Frank

November 28th, 2011 12:42 PM
Reporting on Monday morning that Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was not seeking re-election, CNN's political team whitewashed his controversial tenure in office with some fond words like "titan," "larger-than-life," and "teacher at heart." CNN's Joe Johns lauded Frank's skills as a teacher -- especially as the first openly-gay congressman. "He's taught this country so much about the gay…

In Same Day CNN Puts Bachmann Through Wringer, Puffs Huntsman Up

November 22nd, 2011 6:03 PM
Was Brooke Baldwin's kid-glove treatment of candidate Jon Huntsman a harbinger of things to come in CNN's Tuesday night debate? The CNN host tossed the liberal media's favorite GOP candidate softball after softball in a Tuesday afternoon interview – while conservative candidate Michele Bachmann was asked Tuesday morning if she regretted running for president. In an cushy interview during the…

CNN's Malveaux Tells Van Jones He'd Be 'Good Spokesperson' for Occupy

November 16th, 2011 5:46 PM
By noon on Wednesday, CNN had already hosted a Wall Street protester and a leftist "community organizer" to talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Anchor Suzanne Malveaux then interviewed Van Jones, former Obama-appointee and Marxist, and told him he'd make a "good spokesperson" for the Occupy movement. Van Jones, was Obama's green jobs czar before he was booted for a petition he had…