Editor’s Pick: EX-MSNBC Producer Calls Out CNN’s ‘Tabloid Tendencies’

November 24th, 2021 1:09 PM

Writing Monday in the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), former MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary took CNN to task for its divisive and unconstructive approach to news, calling the Jeffrey Zucker-led network one based on “exaggerated tone and graphic content” that’s placed it in “the realm of tabloid-like material” that does nothing to further the ideals of real journalism meant to…

The Rittenhouse Verdict Showcased the Left's Aversion to Self-Defense

November 24th, 2021 11:08 AM

Before the right to keep and bear arms is stated in the Second Amendment, the Founders wrote why they believed it necessary for people to arm themselves as part of a “militia.” They said it is a “necessity to the security of a free state.” The Founders knew that liberty is not the natural state of humanity and must be defended against government authorities and lawbreakers who try to limit or…

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CNN Panel Blames Everyone But Biden For Poor Polling

November 24th, 2021 10:44 AM

Joe Biden is the president of the United States, but CNN seems to think that it’s “not quite fair” to hold him accountable for the economic failures of his administration. Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of inflation, and on Tuesday’s Inside Politics, host John King and a panel discussed other people and organizations that they could blame for these abysmal numbers.…

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Doocy Stuffs Psaki's Gobbles Over Biden Vacation, Rittenhouse, Turkeys

November 23rd, 2021 9:39 PM

In the final episode of The Psaki Show before Thanksgiving, Fox White House correspondent Peter Doocy went into the break with a bang as he grilled Jen Psaki over far-left Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s proposal to abolish prisons, pressing for answers on whether President Biden will apologize for impugning Kyle Rittenhouse’s character, the record costs for Thanksgiving dinner, and…

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CNN's John Avlon Freaks Over Ohio GOP Redistricting, Cries Racism

November 22nd, 2021 8:04 PM

On Friday's New Day show, CNN analyst John Avlon devoted a "Reality Check" to condemning the Republican-backed redistricting plan in Ohio which improves the GOP's strength in the state's congressional delegation. But between this week's edition and his hyperventilating over Texas redistricting a month ago, the liberal CNN analyst couldn't seem to make up his mind whether he supports or opposes…

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CNN Host, Michael Cohen Joke About Throwing Trump Supporters in Jail

November 22nd, 2021 4:04 PM

CNN reminded the world on Monday afternoon that their intellectually lazy and poisonously partisan world exists far outside the bounds of reality as weekday afternoon CNN Newsroom co-host Alisyn Camerota found it worth spending 13 minutes and 16 seconds speaking with former Donald Trump lawyer and fix Michael Cohen to celebrate his release from house arrest. But worse yet, the pair…

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Itching for Defamation Suit: Cuomo Smears Rittenhouse as Out to Kill

November 20th, 2021 12:02 AM

CNN’s Chris Cuomo seemed to be itching to catch a defamation suit from innocent Kyle Rittenhouse as he opened his Friday show after the not guilty verdict was handed out, calling him a “chump” filled with “animus” for the people in the Black Lives Matter riot who managed to trick the jury. He even suggested Rittenhouse should have tried to fight off the entire crowd with his fists first and…

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CNNer Blames White Privilege, 'Infantilization' for Not Guilty Verdict

November 19th, 2021 5:05 PM

While they didn’t spout off in the same unhinged manner as NBC and MSNBC, CNN was similarly displeased with the Kenosha jury finding Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges on Friday. They reluctantly admitted the defense had a solid argument for self-defense and the prosecution couldn’t breakthrough. But within the first 10 minutes of The Lead, CNN legal analyst Charles Coleman Jr…

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CNN Commemorates Biden Colonoscopy as First Time a Woman Was President

November 19th, 2021 2:05 PM

Most people do not commemorate other people's colonoscopies, but the Friday panel of Inside Politics on CNN is not most people. From host John King to chief political correspondent Dana Bash to Congressional correspondent Ryan Nobles, President Biden's procedure was a time to mark the fact that for the first time a woman held presidential authority.

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CNN & NY Times Agree: Gun Ownership to Blame in Rittenhouse Case

November 18th, 2021 2:28 PM

CNN’s legal analysts seem to have a problem with Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights, and this came up again on Wednesday. Jennifer Rodgers joined Newsroom hosts Jim Sciutto and Erica Hill to discuss the ongoing trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, where jurors are currently deliberating.

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CNN Desperately Tries to Protect Biden From Any Blame for Inflation

November 18th, 2021 8:52 AM

During Thursday’s so-called “reality check” segment on CNN’s New Day, John Avlon blamed everything but President Biden for skyrocketing inflation and gas prices that have impacted millions of Americans. Avlon complained that Republicans are criticizing Biden for a struggling economy and suggested that there was “something more sinister at work.”

After implying that Republican concerns…

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Bill Maher Confronts Cuomo, SCHOOLS Him on CRT Applied in Classrooms

November 18th, 2021 12:07 AM

In an interview that spanned nearly the duration of the timeslot (minus the commercials), CNN Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo and HBO’s Bill Maher had a conversation that covered everything from former President Trump, to “wokeness,” to Dave Chappelle. But one of the more impactful topics was their back and forth on Critical Race Theory. There, Maher schooled Cuomo on how the…

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David Frum Goes BIBLICAL in Urging Us All to Fight Back Against Trump

November 17th, 2021 5:05 PM

It sounded like a scripture study on CNN's New Day as Never Trumper David Frum quoted the prophet Isaiah in urging Americans to fight back against Trump. "Whom shall I send?" said the Lord. Isaiah said "Send me!"

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Rittenhouse: On CNN, Lawyer Claims Skateboard Can't Be Lethal Weapon

November 17th, 2021 10:08 AM

On CNN's New Day, Robert Hirschhorn, a jury-selection consultant, trying to refute Kyle Rittenhouse's claim of self-defense, says: "I’m sorry, no one ever died as a result of being hit by a skateboard. Now, you point a gun at somebody, you have the right to defend yourself. But being kicked or being hit, you don’t bring a gun to a fistfight. You don’t bring a gun when somebody is hitting you…