AP: CNN Planning Obama 100th Day Special Prime Time Coverage
April 19th, 2009 4:39 PM
Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh says the mainstream media attitude on President Barack Obama is that he is too big to fail. What CNN has planned for the night of April 29 is one of several signs that could be the case. According to an April 19 report from the Associated Press, CNN has a big night of coverage planned for Obama's 100th day in office that will deviate from its normally…
Chicago Tea Partiers to Roesgen: 'CNN Sucks!' 'CNN Go Home
April 19th, 2009 1:11 PM
After Susan Roesgen unprofessionally attacked attendees of Wednesday's Chicago Tea Party, she and the network she represents were summarily booed and chided by those in the crowd.This eventually resulted in Party goers chanting "Liberal Bias," "CNN Sucks," and "CNN Go Home!"This new revelation appeared in a video posted at YouTube. Let's see how long it lasts (video embedded below the fold,…
CNN Scrubs Roesgen's Unaired Tea Party Interview From YouTube
April 19th, 2009 12:44 PM
On Thursday, NewsBusters shared with readers a video showing what happened after CNN's Susan Roesgen disgracefully attacked Chicago Tea Party attendees the previous day. The "most respected name in news" apparently didn't like America knowing the full story, and has requested YouTube remove the video pursuant to copyright laws.Patterico reported Sunday (h/t Glenn Reynolds):
Lou Dobbs Calls Janeane Garofalo a Hateful Appalling Human Being
April 18th, 2009 11:32 AM
Count CNN's Lou Dobbs amongst the likely millions of Americans disgusted by Janeane Garofalo's vitriolic attacks Thursday when she claimed the previous day's Tea Parties "were about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks." On his radio program Friday, Dobbs took issue with the actress, comedian, and activist, referring…
CNN: Palin Family Issues Like Soap Opera; Downplays Obama Relatives' T
April 17th, 2009 6:29 PM
CNN has displayed a double standard in its coverage of the difficulties involving the extended family of Sarah Palin versus that of President Barack Obama. Two programs on the network on Thursday evening used multiple soap opera references to describe recent occurrences in the “Palin family saga.” This contrasts with two incidents involving the aunt and half-brother of the president, which have…
CNN's Fox-Bashing/Fox-Job Applying Roesgen 'Tak(ing) a Break
April 17th, 2009 4:48 PM
CNN's Susan Roesgen has had a rough week, what with all the ordinary American/First Amendment practitioners bashing she so passionately and obnoxiously delivered in her TEA Party reporting.Perhaps it was the sniping at the place she twice applied in 2005 - Rupert Murdoch's House of Ratings, otherwise known as Fox News - that put her over the edge.Or whether or not her email box was so overwhelmed…
Man Who Took on CNN's Susan Roesgen is a NewsBusters Reader
April 17th, 2009 3:35 PM
Remember the man at Wednesday's Chicago Tea Party who took on the astoundingly incompetent CNN correspondent -- and Fox News wannabe! -- Susan Roesgen?Well, it turns out he's a reader of NewsBusters.On Thursday, Norman aka namron was Mark Levin's guest.Early on in the interview, Norman said (audio available here h/t Hot Air):
'Anti-CNN' TEA Party Reporter Rejected for Gig at Fox News - Twice
April 17th, 2009 2:34 PM
CNN's Susan Roesgen, whose anti-TEA Party pseudo-reporting made her a legend in her own mind, and a biased Obama-flack hack in ours, is in the news on her own (de)merit again today.One peculiar line from one of her peculiar rant-filled reports was that the TEA Parties were being "anti-CNN" because they were "highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox."Well it turns out she wasn'…
Avoiding Criticism: CNN Shuts Down Anti-Tea Party Reporter's Email Add
April 16th, 2009 9:28 PM
So, we are all well aware of the so-called reporter from CNN, Susan Roesgen whose on-air haranguing of those she was ostensibly reporting on made obvious her anti-Republican bias. Well, for the past day Americans have been emailing her to let her know how they feel about her unprofessional attitude. Apparently, CNN does not appreciate hearing from its viewers, though, because all of a sudden…
CNN Questions 'Rationality' of Tea Parties, Hints They're 'Out of Step
April 16th, 2009 5:15 PM
On Wednesday’s Anderson Cooper 360 program, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Jeffrey Toobin voiced their skepticism about the hundreds of Tea Party protests across the U.S., with Toobin stating how it was “disturbing” that there was a “edge of anger at the government” at the rallies. He continued, “There is a real -- a real hostility that is not just politics as usual among some of these people....I…
What CNN Didn't Show of Roesgen's Chicago Tea Party Interviews
April 16th, 2009 1:47 PM
CNN's coverage of Wednesday's Chicago Tea Party, and in particular, Susan Roesgen's despicable performance, might end up being the lowlight in how the press reported yesterday's historic protests.Yet, there's much more to this story.Members of FoundingBloggers.com continued to videotape Roesgen after her much-publicized argument with a Party-goer, and you'll be surprised at what transpired (video…
CNN's 'Anti-Government' TEA Party Reporter: Obama as Hitler? 'Offensiv
April 16th, 2009 12:31 PM
CNN reporter Susan Roesgen became a pseudo-"journalistic" anti-hero yesterday for her obnoxiously belligerent interview of one Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party participant and her overall assessment of the more than 750 events around the country as amongst other derogatory things "anti-government." But in another segment, she delved into rank hypocrisy the likes of which we rarely find even in…
MRC's Seton Motley Discusses Tea Party Media Bias on 'Fox & Friends
April 16th, 2009 11:31 AM
Media Research Center's Seton Motley appeared on FNC's Fox & Friends on April 16th to talk about the egregious media bias in covering the tax day TEA Party protests. And there was no shortage of bias to talk about.Of CNN's Susan Roesgen's openly hostile reporting from one event, Motley said, "She was totally in attack mode. She was almost angry to be there."He also addressed the juvenile…