Media Sound Recession Alarm Again, Despite High GDP Growth

December 20th, 2007 5:39 PM

CNN Features College-Age Supporters of Obama, Clinton; None From GOP

December 20th, 2007 5:38 PM
CNN’s senior political correspondent Candy Crowley, in a report on Thursday’s "Newsroom" program about college student participation in the Iowa caucuses, featured two supporters of Democratic presidential candidates, one for Barack Obama, and the other a supporter of Hillary Clinton. While host Kyra Philips, in her introduction to the report, highlighted how "all presidential supporters want all…

CNN President Bashes Fox News and Successful Competitors

December 20th, 2007 10:27 AM
Isn't it often the case that over-confident braggarts are typically insecure types masking their own short-comings with undeservingly cocky bravado? After all, one would think the president of the cable news network whose ratings in virtually every time slot have plummeted for years would be a little humble when referring to his competition in the industry. Quite the contrary, in an interview…

CNN’s Gupta: SanFran ‘Sugary Drink Tax’ Needed to Offset Corn Su

December 18th, 2007 2:20 PM
The market is good for corn farmers right now. Corn prices are reaching highs because of the increased demand for food and as of late, the increased demand for corn-based ethanol. The price of corn is at an 11-year high. Its $4.38-a-bushel price tag is fueling food inflation, according to the December 17 "CBS Evening News." However, that's contrary to what CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr…

CNN Touts Hillary-Pal Website, Ignores Cattle Futures Fixer There

December 18th, 2007 10:57 AM
On CNN’s The Situation Room on Monday, CNN political reporter Candy Crowley publicized a new website started by the Hillary Clinton campaign at the address www.thehillaryIknow.com, designed to warm up Hillary’s cold, calculating image. Crowley touted how a combination of personal friends and New York constituents and "some names you would recognize" like Wesley Clark would spin for the candidate’…

CNN’s Chetry Questions Hillary on Boston Globe’s Endorsement of Ob

December 17th, 2007 4:39 PM
Prior to her "tear" question, which Mika Brzezinski asked only minutes before on MSNBC, CNN’s Kiran Chetry did direct one tough question to Hillary Clinton on Monday's "American Morning," concerning the Boston Globe’s endorsement of Barack Obama and the paper’s criticism of her campaign. "'The Boston Globe' endorsed Senator Obama, saying about you, in fact, 'her approach is needlessly defensive,…

Weekend Captionfest

December 14th, 2007 4:00 PM
Appearing on CNN's "Situation Room" on December 10, 2007, former Bill Clinton advisor Paul Begala says President Bush "would poll behind several different forms of venereal disease."

CNN Surprised Oprah Facing ‘Backlash’ Over Obama Endorsement

December 14th, 2007 12:23 PM
CNN’s Carol Costello, in a segment on Thursday’s "The Situation Room," highlighted the reaction of some fans of Oprah Winfrey who expressed anger at the TV host’s endorsement of Democrat Barak Obama. At the beginning of the segment, Costello voiced her surprise to this development, and all but deified the daytime TV star. "Who knew that Oprah Winfrey, super celeb, might suffer the same fate as…

Barone of U.S. News: Lou Dobbs Candidacy a Possibility

December 14th, 2007 12:12 PM

Headline: 'Pope Condemns the Climate Change Prophets of Doom

December 12th, 2007 8:04 PM
As a global warming skeptic, when I saw the headline "The Pope Condemns the Climate Change Prophets of Doom," it goes without saying I was as pleased as a child on Christmas Day that had gotten everything he asked Santa for and then some. My glee accelerated after reading the marvelous beginning of this Daily Mail article (paragraph break removed for space considerations): Pope Benedict XVI has…

Iowa GOP Debate: No to Questions on Immigration, Yes to Global Warming

December 12th, 2007 6:39 PM
Following up on Al Gore’s reception of the Nobel Peace Prize, Carolyn Washburn of the Des Moines Register asked the Republican candidates several questions on the issue of "global climate change" and related topics. At the beginning of the debate, Washburn stated "we won't talk a lot about issues like Iraq or immigration. They're important issues, no doubt, but Iowans say they know where the…

CNN's Velshi Says Fed is 'Late to the Party' on Economy

December 12th, 2007 5:39 PM

Hillary's Babbling with Bartiromo Ignored by All Except Rush

December 12th, 2007 12:48 PM
Hillary Clinton's performance in her interview with Maria "Money Honey" Bartiromo of CNBC last week was so bad that she must have sent a double (stop shivering at the thought, will ya?). After all, the genuine Smartest Woman in the World couldn't possibly have said the things she said, as noted at Rush Limbaugh's site last Thursday. It got so bad that Bartiromo, who seemingly has barely cracked a…

Iraq Troop Deaths Down for Several Months; So Where Are the Stories

December 11th, 2007 1:56 PM