Unserious CNN: Trump Had Meatloaf, Ice Cream as Soleimani News Broke
January 3rd, 2020 1:31 PM
What is it with the liberal media losing their noodles about President Trump and food? (Pun intended, by the way). Whether it was chocolate cake, ice cream, McDoanld’s, or even salt and pepper shakers, the press’s Trump Derangement Syndrome knows no bounds. So it was no surprise on Friday morning when the press wasted our time revealing that the President had meatloaf and ice cream when news…
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CNN's Berman Calls Killing of Soleimani 'Murder'
January 3rd, 2020 9:24 AM
CNN's John Berman calls the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani "murder." Berman and co-host Poppy Harlow also not-so-subtly suggest that President Trump's ordering of the strike was a "wag the dog" move in the context of the impeachment proceedings and re-election campaign.
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No Surprise Here: Some CNNers Are NOT Taking Soleimani’s Death Well
January 3rd, 2020 12:26 AM
Late Thursday night in the U.S., the Defense Department accepted responsibility for the air strike that killed key Iranian military figure and Quds Force head Qassim Soleimani, less than a week after U.S. airstrikes on the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah and just over two months after the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi. But for some CNNers, it was a rough night. Much like their…
2020 Trump Economy ‘Nearly Recession-Proof’ Despite Media Predictions
January 2nd, 2020 10:04 AM
For all the media brouhaha over an imminent recession in 2019, President Donald Trump’s economy has continued to stupefy prognosticators going into the new year.
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On CNN, Linda Ronstadt Likens Trump to Hitler, Mexicans 'the New Jews'
January 1st, 2020 7:54 PM
On Monday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN promoted a New Year's Day special on singer Linda Ronstadt with a pre-recorded interview between Ronstadt and host Cooper in which the singer became the latest liberal to hyperbolically liken President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Cooper did little to push back as the liberal singer claimed that Mexicans "are the new Jews," and matter-of-factly…
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2020 Resolution: Lemon Promises to ‘Fight,’ and Be More Biased?
January 1st, 2020 1:42 PM
Shortly after the United States started to ring in 2020 on Wednesday (and more than a few drinks), CNN Tonight host Don Lemon announced he had a major New Year’s resolution for the upcoming election year that he wanted people to know about: “lean in harder” and “fight.” Essentially, he was vowing to be more biased in his reporting.
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Poppy Harlow Slips Snide Merrick Garland Shot Into Impeachment Talk
December 31st, 2019 10:16 AM
During a CNN New Day discussion of the pending Senate impeachment trial on New Year's Eve, substitute host Poppy Harlow managed to work in a snide Merrick Garland shot at Mitch McConnell.
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#YearInReview: Here’s the Ten Most-Read NewsBusters Blogs of 2019
December 31st, 2019 10:00 AM
2019 was another year of smashing success for the NewsBusters team as we had umpteen media stories to cover throughout the year, whether it was the Jussie Smollett debacle, the Mueller Report, impeachment, 2020 debates, and more online censorship. While it may seem repetitive, NewsBusters would be nowhere near what its become since its inception in 2005 without the support of beloved readers (and…
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CNN Panel Calls Out Double Standard in Attention to Anti-Semitism
December 30th, 2019 11:04 PM
CNN’s Jake Tapper doesn’t often shy away from calling attention to anti-Semitism, even when it comes from those on his side of the political spectrum. He called out the systemic anti-Semitism at the United Nations and broke through the media blackout when the rest refused to cover the Louis Farrakhan controversy. Monday became another one of those instances when he invited New York Times staff…
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CBS, NBC Skip Hanukkah Attacker’s Interest in Black Hebrew Israelites
December 30th, 2019 8:59 PM
The Black Hebrew Israelites were the same hate group that harassed a group of Covington, Kentucky high school students on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial earlier this year. The media tried to portray the radicals as victims and falsely labeled the students racist. But over the weekend, a man with interest in the group went on a stabbing rampage during a Hanukkah celebration. In response to…
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Texas AG Destroys Media’s Anti-Gun Narrative on CNN
December 29th, 2019 11:54 PM
Something happened on CNN today that rarely happens: a guest was allowed to make a conservative argument defending good guys with guns. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeared on CNN Newsroom Sunday evening to comment on the church shooting that happened this morning near Fort Worth Texas, and he was amazingly allowed to argue against the left’s gun control agenda without being cut off or…
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CNN's Ali: GOP Will Popularize 'White Supremacist Conspiracy Theories'
December 29th, 2019 10:52 AM
Friday’s Cuomo Prime Time featured a segment with three guests making their predictions regarding “what to watch for in the coming year.” The most outrageous prediction came from CNN contributor Wajahat Ali, who predicted “the mainstreaming and further popularization of white supremacist conspiracy theories” that he argues have come to define Trump’s America.
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CNN: McConnell Like a Judge Making 'All-White Jury' for a KKK Trial
December 28th, 2019 7:49 AM
Every time the attempt to remove President Trump from office seems that it couldn’t get any more ridiculous, along comes CNN and that network’s guests to make the process appear even more bizarre. One such incident happened on Thursday, when a former GOP official -- Richard Painter, who was the White House’s top ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush -- compared the upcoming…
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CNN Analysts Insist Hunter Biden Has 'Nothing to Do' with Impeachment
December 27th, 2019 10:33 PM
CNN host Kate Bolduan moderated a panel of CNN analysts on impeachment, and she cited an op-ed by a former press secretary for Rep. Jerrold Nadler boasting Democrats "should embrace the idea of having someone like Hunter Biden testify" at the Senate trial. But CNN analysts Josh Rogin and Samantha Vinograd strongly disagreed, insisting that calling Hunter Biden as a witness in a trial about Trump…
