CNN's Gergen: Romney 'Very Dangerous' on Climate Change

January 15th, 2008 11:38 AM
CNN senior political analyst (and U.S. News & World Report editor-at-large) David Gergen scolded GOP candidate Mitt Romney on Monday’s Anderson Cooper 360 for daring to suggest that the health of the American economy is as important as fighting climate change. Gergen likened that to the "divisive" debate on race among Democratic candidates and called it a “very dangerous” argument for…

CNN’s Martin Takes Hillary, BET Founder To Task Over Obama Comments

January 14th, 2008 1:28 PM
Roland Martin, a CNN contributor and talk radio host out of Chicago, blasted Hillary Clinton and some of her supporters on Monday’s "American Morning" over recent comments they made about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama. Martin, responding to Clinton’s comment that MLK’s dream " began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964," countered by bringing…

ABC’s Kate Snow Shills for Bill and Hillary Clinton

January 13th, 2008 11:24 AM
As NewsBusters reported Monday, one of the media members that seemed to fall hook, line, and sinker for Hillary Clinton's crying game in New Hampshire was Kate Snow who covers the junior senator's campaign for ABC News, and posted a sycophantic blog about the weepy candidate's emotional performance virtually moments after it happened. Six days later, appearing on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Snow…

CNN Wonders If ‘Racial Undercurrents’ Will Stop Obama’s Success

January 11th, 2008 7:11 PM
Taking a page out of Chris Cuomo’s play book on covering Barack Obama and race, CNN’s Carol Costello on Friday’s "The Situation Room" speculated whether Obama can continue to get whites to vote for him, or whether his second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary points to "the undercurrent about race that exists in this country."Costello repeated a theory proposed by Andrew Kohut of the Pew…

CNN Plays Up Michelle Obama, Omits Her Past Words About America

January 11th, 2008 4:32 PM
CNN’s Alina Cho, in a report which ran twice on Friday’s "American Morning," described Michelle Obama in nothing but glowing terms. When she introduced the report during the 6 am Eastern hour, Cho described the wife of Barack Obama as a "fascinating woman," and went on to call her "funny, fiery, and blunt ."During the report, Cho used sound bites from Valerie Jarrett, a friend of the Obama family…

Veteran Journalist Likens U.S. Border Fence to Berlin Wall

January 11th, 2008 1:32 PM
Appearing on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, longtime CNN correspondent Charles Bierbauer, who’s now the senior contributing editor to SCHotline.com, a South Carolina political news site, equated a proposed fence to deter illegal immigration from Mexico with the Berlin Wall that prevented Germans from fleeing East Germany’s communist dictatorship during the Cold War.Oddly, Bierbauer…

'Just What Dems Need: A Ralph Nader, With Money

January 10th, 2008 5:27 PM
Would a Mike Bloomberg presidential candidacy be the Dems' worst nightmare? Yes, according to Bill Schneider. The CNN Senior Political Analyst described the NYC Mayor in terms that should make Hillary Clinton's blood run cold: "a Ralph Nader, with money."Schneider offered his analysis at 4:40 PM ET today on the Situation Room.View video here.

Clintons Put Crying in Politics, Press Eat it Up

January 10th, 2008 11:11 AM
In the 1992 blockbuster movie "A League of Their Own," coach Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks, marvelously shouted at one of his weeping female players, "There's no crying in baseball!" Sadly, on Monday morning, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY), followed by her husband and former President Bill Clinton Tuesday evening, put crying in politics. And the press ate it up. In…

Carville's Canine Comparison: Obama Like Hit 'Dog

January 9th, 2008 10:05 PM
Let's play a Wednesday night game of WIARHSI: What If a Republican Had Said It? What if a top GOP consultant compared Barack Obama to a "dog"?James Carville, who acknowledged he was serving as an unpaid consultant to the Clinton campaign, used the metaphor on tonight's Larry King. View video here.

Under Pressure from CNN, Obama Admits Wanting to Raise Taxes

January 9th, 2008 4:21 PM
It took a couple of tries, but CNN "American Morning" co-anchor John Roberts got Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to admit what people probably already knew - Obama wants to raise taxes. Obama appeared in an interview with Roberts on the January 9 "American Morning" fresh off his second place finish in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. He told Roberts high taxes were in the…

CNN’s Chetry Asks Hillary About Emotional ‘Double Standard’ For

January 9th, 2008 12:43 PM
During an interview on Wednesday morning with the Democratic victor in the New Hampshire primary, CNN’s Kiran Chetry asked Hillary Clinton if there was a hint of sexism in the response to the senator’s apparent show of emotion in the lead-up to the vote. "Do you think it's a double standard or a little harder because you're a woman to show you're a strong leader, but also be able to show some of…

CNN’s Cafferty Gushes Over Hillary’s ‘Unguarded Moment

January 9th, 2008 10:50 AM
CNN’s Jack Cafferty went out of his way to compliment Hillary Clinton for "becoming emotional at a diner in New Hampshire" on Tuesday’s "The Situation Room." " In a brief, unguarded moment yesterday, Hillary Clinton gave us a peek behind the curtain, and it was terrific." He went on to say that Hillary "became one of us, just for a minute."Cafferty’s lauds for Clinton came eight minutes into the…

CNN Pulls 'Crime Stories' Ad Featuring Sen. McConnell's Picture

January 8th, 2008 3:00 PM
As NewsBusters reported, CNN aired an advertisement on Monday for its "Nancy Grace" program on Headline News in which a picture of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) was highlighted in a promo about this fall's "incredible crime stories".Amazingly, the esteemed Senator from Kentucky was sandwiched between shots of convicted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, OJ Simpson, and…

CNN’s Roberts Questions Hillary on Iraq, Social Security, Principles

January 8th, 2008 12:40 PM
Instead of focusing on Hillary Clinton’s third-place finish in Iowa, her struggling poll numbers, or the typical horse-race questions, CNN’s John Roberts asked the former first lady about a number of issues, including the Iraq war, Social Security, and the principles that she would "stand on in good times and bad times." In his last question, Roberts asked Clinton, "What will be the underpinning…