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CBS's Dickerson Grossly Understates Odds of Terror Attack by Refugees
February 6th, 2017 9:32 AM
When CNN and the Washington Post began publicizing a study by the libertarian CATO Institute that portrayed terrorism by refugees as a remote danger to Americans, it was predictable that some would start misquoting the findings, making it sound like an even more remote possibility than the study actually claimed.
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CNN Slams Conway 'Lie,' Fails to Retract Muslim Ban Death Hoax
February 5th, 2017 10:18 PM
On Friday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello, on her final day doing the show, host Costello charged that Kellyanne Conway was telling a "lie" when the Donald Trump advisor initially mis-stated on the day before that a terrorist attack had occurred in Bowling Green, Kentucky, several years ago. But Costello's CNN show has so far not corrected CNN political commentator Errol Louis's debunked…
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Media Critic Warns Stelter: Stop Being 'Ridiculous' in Vilifying Trump
February 5th, 2017 5:08 PM
Don't hold your breath awaiting Michael Wolff's next appearance on CNN. Then again, perhaps CNN keeps inviting Wolff because they've learned he's good for ratings. Here's one viewer who is definitely tuning in next time I know he'll be on. Shortly after Donald Trump's stunning victory in November, Wolff took fellow journalists to task for their collective fake outrage after Trump ditched them to…
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WashPost Writer: Trump/GOP Will Be ‘in Trouble’ for Saying ‘Illegals’
February 5th, 2017 11:39 AM
With CNN’s recent boasting of increased sales of George Orwell’s 1984 in response to President Donald Trump, and with their accusations of the administration gaslighting the country, it’s quite hypocritical of them to have a panelist on that appears the be practicing his own doublespeak. During Sunday’s Inside Politics, Washington Post writer Ed O’Keefe hammered the president and Republicans for…
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Bitter? CNNs Stelter Questions Talk Host's Skype Presence at Presser
February 4th, 2017 10:43 PM
As Curtis Houck demonstrated at NewsBusters on Wednesday, the historic step of including four outside-the-DC Beltway journalists at White House press conferences via Skype is not sitting well "with many establishment media types." The aggrieved folks at CNN are particularly upset.
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CNN's Report on Rescinded Coal Rule: Comical, But Also Very Incomplete
February 4th, 2017 3:33 PM
UPDATE, Feb. 7: On Feb. 5, Jake Tapper tweeted that "if you're concerned about things being 'incomplete' maybe consider adding into your post Manchin on same show response to rule." I attempted to find that video, and could not. If it was so important, and in the interest of balance, one would hope it would be part of the CNN video at the web link cited below — and it's not.
As Nicholas…
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5 Ways Carol Costello Showed Her Liberal Bias at CNN
February 3rd, 2017 1:01 PM
Today, February 3rd is CNN anchor Carol Costello’s last day on the news network, she announced earlier this week. Costello explained she would be moving to HLN, which is located on the West Coast, to be closer to family. To commemorate her long overdue farewell, here are 5 things we will remember her for, from gun control advocacy to Planned Parenthood praising:
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On CNN, Reich Pushes Theory Right-Wingers Staged Riots at UC Berkeley
February 3rd, 2017 9:02 AM
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's CNN Tonight, UC Berkeley professor and former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich actually promoted a conspiracy theory that it was in reality a group of right-wingers -- perhaps linked to Breitbart News -- who were responsible for violent riots at UC Berkeley in reaction to Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos planning to speak there.…
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CNN Frets GOP Easing Coal Regs., Shows Footage of EPA Mine Spill
February 3rd, 2017 12:17 AM
On Thursday afternoon, CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper aired footage damaging to the Environmental Protection Agency while fearing the effect of easing regulations on the coal industry. “A big victory for the coal industry today. Moments ago, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal an Obama-era regulation the industry calls burdensome,” noted Tapper leading into an in-person report by CNN government…
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CNN's Hill Equates Left-Wing Rioters to Right, Struggles for Examples
February 2nd, 2017 11:07 PM
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's CNN Newsroom, guest hosted by Pamela Brown, to discuss violent riots by left-wing protesters at UC Berkeley, far-left CNN political commentator and Morehouse College professor Marc Lamont Hill tried to claim that there have similarly been riots by right-wingers on college campuses, but repeatedly failed to come up with any examples when fellow guest Ben Ferguson…
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CNN's Louis Falls for Fake Story That a Mother Died from Muslim Ban
February 2nd, 2017 12:53 AM
On Wednesday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello, during a discussion of White House press secretary Sean Spicer complaining about the media calling President Donald Trump's restrictions on immigration a "Muslim ban," CNN political commentator Errol Louis repeated a story that has turned out to be a hoax that the Iraqi mother of an American citizen died in Iraq because she was barred from…
D.C. Press Upset Skype Seats at WH Briefings Took Away Their Time
February 1st, 2017 8:04 PM
On Wednesday, the White House took the historic step to involve four journalists from outside Washington D.C. in the Daily Press Briefing, but it didn’t sit well with many establishment media types inside the Beltway and New York City who complained they were too soft for their liking.
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Don Lemon Freaks Out Over Trump Sons Attending SCOTUS Nomination
February 1st, 2017 6:24 PM
CNN’s immediate reaction to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Tuesday night was surprisingly neutral, in fact, they almost seemed to laud the pick and the presentation. But later that night, the outlet’s Don Lemon seemed desperate to hammer the president as he grilled his panel on the attendance of Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric. “Some reporters also…
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CNN Lets Pelosi Smear Gorsuch as Anti-Air, Water, Food, and Medicine
February 1st, 2017 2:54 PM
CNN has rained fire on Donald Trump's tweets for being extremely unfair. But on Tuesday night, CNN host Jake Tapper asked Nancy Pelosi her take on the brand-new Neil Gorsuch nomination to the Supreme Court, and she made a wild overstatement: “If you breathe air, drink water, eat food, take medicine, or in any other way interact with the courts, this is a very bad decision.” Wouldn’t it seem…