CNN Omits Radical Left-Wing Bent of 'Activists' Protesting Obama
January 2nd, 2009 7:14 PM
During a report on Friday’s Situation Room, CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen failed to mention the left-wing affiliation of the “activists” who were protesting near the Chicago home of President-elect Barack Obama. She only labeled them as “pro-Obama” and that they “promote a list of campaign promises they want Obama to remember -- promises to bring the troops home, to stop foreclosures, to make a…
Kathy Griffin Abuses Heckler With Oral Sex Reference On CNN
January 1st, 2009 1:25 PM
When CNN asked liberal comedienne Kathy Griffin to participate in Anderson Cooper's New Years Eve show, it seemed a metaphysical certitude something really disgraceful would occur.Griffin didn't disappoint when she shouted a truly tasteless oral sex reference at a member of the freezing crowd.Before a commercial break, Griffin was being heckled by some Times Square revelers, and was caught by an…
A Last Look at the Worst Notable Quotables of
December 31st, 2008 8:55 AM
It's the end of another year, but before 2008 is finally consigned to the ash heap of history, let's spend just a few more minutes reviewing some of the goofiest media moments of the past 12 months.
A great deal has already been written here at NewsBusters about the Media Research Center's Best Notable Quotables of 2008, with much mocking of "Quote of the Year" winner Chris Matthews for the…
CNN Lends Credence to Protestors Embellishment
December 30th, 2008 12:17 PM
Urgent: Update Below the Fold!CNN, as is their typical style, has ignored facts and reality when reporting an incident involving an encounter with a Gaza relief boat, and an Israeli patrol boat. Karl Penhaul, a CNN correspondent aboard the pleasure yacht known as Dignity, and frequently on the wrong side of an issue, was pretty much allowed carte blanche in recalling the incident -- an incident…
Bill Schneider: Country's Gone Through Failed Marriage With Bush
December 25th, 2008 4:26 PM
If you thought Chris Matthews gets a thrill up his leg when he thinks about Barack Obama, you ain't seen nuttin' yet, for on Christmas Eve, CNN's Bill Schneider practically aired a love letter for the president-elect.Even worse, after gushing ad nauseum about how Obama is "really sweeping people off their feet" -- with statistics to back up his sick-making adoration, of course! -- Schneider…
He's Thrilled: MSNBC's Chris Matthews Wins MRC’s 'Quote of the Year
December 22nd, 2008 1:56 PM
The Media Research Center today announced its Best Notable Quotables of 2008: The 21st Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting, and MSNBC's Chris Matthews "won" the dubious honor of Quote of the Year for gushing over a Barack Obama speech back in February: "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often….And that is an objective assessment."Top runner-up for Quote of…
Shoe Tossing Media Darling Also Improves Bleak Shoe Economy
December 22nd, 2008 12:16 PM
CNN, which long ago abandoned the concept of credible journalism, ran a story today regarding the attack by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi on our nation's President as a feel good story about the shoe industry.The title itself reveals that CNN reporters simply can't contain their giddiness when it comes to covering someone attacking the President:Bush assailant kick-starts sales for…
Will Media Report Baghdad's First Public Christmas Celebration
December 22nd, 2008 11:43 AM
An astonishing thing happened in Baghdad on Saturday: Christians, apparently for the first time in the city's history, publicly celebrated Christmas.CNN's Jill Dougherty published an article about this extraordinary event at the network's website Sunday which included a video of her interviewing Iraqis of varied religious beliefs at the scene.However, from what I can tell, this extremely charming…
Whoopi Still Clueless About the Constitution
December 21st, 2008 9:41 PM
“The View” moderator Whoopi Goldberg is apparently still unaware that the Constitution explicitly forbids slavery. Appearing on the December 21 edition of “Reliable Sources” (video here), host Howard Kurtz played a clip of Whoopi Goldberg questioning John McCain, that is he were to appoint strict constructionist judges, if she should fear a return to slavery. Unfazed, Whoopi replied “I thought…
CNN Lines Up Pro-Abortion Group, AMA Against Pro-Life Doctor's Conscie
December 19th, 2008 5:33 PM
Updated at bottom of post (Jan. 7, 2009)CNN sided against the expansion of health care workers’ right to not participate in controversial medical procedures like abortion and in-vitro fertilization during a report on Friday’s Newsroom program by including only one pro-life voice amongst several statements and clips from pro-abortion groups. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the chief medical correspondent for…
How Will Media Report Tenth Anniversary of Clinton Impeachment
December 19th, 2008 10:53 AM
Ten years ago, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President William Jefferson Clinton.Ten years later, how will the very media that helped sway public opinion in order to prevent a guilty verdict in the Senate report this anniversary?As a preview of what we should expect, here's how CNN's Frank Sesno recounted the tawdry details during Thursday's "American Morning" (video embedded…
