BEATDOWN: Doocy, Wegmann Shellack Biden WH on Afghanistan Failures
To go along with two horrendously bad Pentagon press briefings and another at the State Department, the White House joined in Monday afternoon with a shellacking at the hands of the press corps on Afghanistan. For this installment, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki took fire from all angles, ranging from Fox News to NPR. Led by Fox’s Peter Doocy and Real…
U.S. Surgeon General to Big Tech: You’re Not Censoring ‘Nearly Enough’
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy nagged social media companies for not doing more to censor so-called misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brian Stelter & Gang Claim Biden's Coverage Is 'Over the Top' Negative
Is there anything funnier than CNN complaining about "over the top" negative coverage? On Sunday's Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter came rushing to Joe Biden's defense, complaining about hyper-critical coverage of the fiasco in Afghanistan. You could never be critical enough of Trump, and Biden should be granted a wide berth.
We Dug Up Decades-Old Video CNN Wants You to Forget: Clinton Is Elvis
CNN gushing over a Democratic president didn’t start with Joe Biden or even Barack Obama. You have to go back all the way to Bill Clinton to see the birth of the cable channel’s love affair with liberal presidents. It was 20 years ago this week that CNN produced a syrupy, vomit-inducing valentine to Bill Clinton comparing him to, yes, Elvis Presley. Then-senior political analyst Bill Schneider…
AP's Pro-CNN 'Fact Check' on Conservatives Ruined by Taliban Behavior
On Tuesday, "AP Fact Check" leaped to the defense of CNN reporter Clarissa Ward when Washington Times columnist Tim Young mocked her on Twitter for saying the Taliban seemed friendly. On Wednesday, AP ruined their own "fact check" by reporting the "friendly" Taliban nearly pistol-whipped one of Ward's producers in Kabul.
CNN's Kyung Lah Hits 'Inflammatory' Larry Elder in California Recall
On Thursday, CNN targeted conservative talk radio host Larry Elder in his run for California governor in a mostly negative report accusing him of "inflammatory rhetoric." But his allegedly "inflammatory rhetoric" mostly consisted of the Republican candidate having policy positions and opinions that CNN journalists and other liberals disagree with.
CNN Holds Biden Flack's Feet to the Fire on Evacuating Afghan Allies
CNN New Day co-host Brianna Keilar interviews Biden communications director Kate Bendingfield, and holds her feet to the fire on the issue of Biden's commitment to evacuating all the Afghan translators and other allies. At the end, after all of Bedingfield's evasions, Keilar told Bedingfield "this is not horseshoes," and continued: "I'm hearing in there that you are prepared to leave…
'Familiar and Obnoxious': Fredo Ties Capitol Bomb Scare to Fox News
For five hours Thursday, a man with a history of mental health issues caused the Capitol and surrounding buildings to be put on lockdown after he claimed to have a bomb. The man had live-streamed his standoff and lunched into unhinged rants about a whole host of topics. But during that night’s Prime Time, CNN host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo declared that the man’s ramblings were “familiar…
CNN on Biden's Afghanistan Nightmare: If This Isn't Failure, What Is?
CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward, reporting from Kabul on the chaos at the airport where Afghans are trying to flee the country, in response to Biden's denial of failure asks, "if this isn’t failure, what does failure look like exactly?"
CNN Analyst Argues AGAINST Rescuing Americans Outside Kabul Airport
First come, first serve. You snooze, you lose. Let ‘em rot. That was essentially the message CNN counterterrorism analyst and former CIA operative, Phil Mudd was sending the American citizens and Afghan allies that couldn’t make it to the Kabul airport because they’re too scared to rick going outside or live in other parts of the country. His comments were so shocking that they even took …
Media Fail! Poll Shows US Not Buying ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Narrative
A new poll revealed that American voters are rejecting the false narrative that the spending-obsessed President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package has much to do with infrastructure.
Cuomo, Lemon Fantasize About Beating up Maskless Guy on the Subway
CNN Prime Time host Chris Cuomo was known for being the network’s faux tough guy; threatening to throw Trump supporters down flights of stairs and glorifying Antifa violence. But on Tuesday, Don Lemon tried his hand at the tough guy routine by suggesting he would “throw hands” with a maskless guy on the New York City subway.
CNN Historian: Afghan Airport Disaster to Become a 'Symbol of Hope'?
Plenty have people have compared the current situation in Kabul to Saigon in 1975, but on Tuesday, CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley became probably the first to suggest that may not be all bad. For Brinkley, the fact that people are scrambling to get onboard or hanging off the exteriors of C-17s might, one day, lead to them being seen as symbols of hope.
This Is CNN: Militants Chant 'Death to America,' But 'Seem Friendly'
CNN's Media Unit was incredibly unhappy on Monday when conservatives on Twitter mocked CNN reporter Clarissa Ward reporting from Kabul on New Day: "Chanting death to America, but they seem friendly at the same time. It is utterly bizarre." It is bizarre to imagine you'd feel it's a friendly reception when people wish death on your…
