Anderson Cooper and CNN Strike Back at Fox News
February 2nd, 2007 2:09 PM
Well that certainly didn’t take long, did it? I hope everyone is safely tucked in their bomb shelters, for the war of the cable networks is in full swing, and shrapnel is now dangerously flying in all directions.In response to Fox News’s ad attacking Anderson Cooper while promoting Greta Van Susteren as reported by NewsBusters here, CNN has now released its own ad. In it is are couple of strikes…
Fox News’s ‘Anderson Cooper is Paris Hilton’ Ad Angers CNN
February 2nd, 2007 9:55 AM
As the Beatles sang years ago, It’s getting better all the time.Forget about this Sunday's Super Bowl, sports fans. World War III in the arena of cable news is raging on, and the players have started taking prisoners. As NewsBusters reported here and here, the most recent escalation between heavyweight Fox News and steadily becoming also-ran CNN started when the former took out an ad in…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: January 27 to February
February 2nd, 2007 9:45 AM
When it comes to the subject of global warming, members of the media have lost all restraint. CNN’s Larry King nervously wondered if climate change might "really kill us all?" Could it "submerge cities like New York and Washington and San Francisco under floods from melting Arctic ice caps?" Not to be outdone, "Good Morning America’s" weatherman warned of the dire threat of global warming. The…
Larry King on Global Warming: ‘Could it Really Kill Us All
February 1st, 2007 11:41 AM
There was an extraordinary debate about global warming on CNN’s “Larry King Live” Wednesday night that perfectly demonstrated the battle that is waging on this issue. In particular, it marvelously depicted the hysteria being exhibited by the media versus the reason of those who actually make a living analyzing the problem.For instance, King began the discussion: Tonight, what is global warming?…
‘Fox and Friends’ Anchors Mock CNN's Anderson Cooper
January 30th, 2007 6:54 PM
The cable news war is certainly getting hotter. After a Fox News spokesperson was quoted last week by the New York Times as calling CNN’s Anderson Cooper “the Paris Hilton of television news,” the “Fox & Friends” morning crew took the baton and really ran with it.The following video posted Monday at YouTube shows “F&F” personalities having fun with a new Fox News print ad depicting Cooper…
CNN's Idea of a Money Show: More Global Warming Hype, Less Global Bus
January 29th, 2007 6:49 PM
[UPDATE, 11:07 EST, 1/30/2007: Audio (MP3) and Video (Real Player) (Windows Media) clips now available.]If you wake up on Saturday mornings and flip on the telly hoping to catch solid Wall Street analysis or perhaps a roundup of foreign and domestic business headlines that affect your investment portfolio, don't waste your time with CNN's "In the Money." Rather than looking to help average joes…
CNN Suggests Tancredo's Call for End to Race-Based Caucuses Makes Him
January 26th, 2007 8:32 PM
In the topsy-turvy world of CNN, Tom Tancredo's call to end racially-exclusive congressional caucuses might make him a racist. His call for an end to segregated caucuses might make him a segregationist.As reported here, in the wake of a Dem congressman who represents a 60% black district being excluded from the congressional Black Caucus because he's white, Tancredo today said:"It is utterly…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: January 20 to
January 26th, 2007 10:15 AM
As the 2008 campaign heats up, members of the mainstream media are having trouble deciding between their old favorite (Hillary) and the new flame (Obama). Both CNN and ABC leapt to the defense of Senator Barack Obama after he was accused of attending an Islamic madrassah as a child. (Of course, ABC once devoted an entire episode of "Nightline" to murky allegations that George W. Bush did coke as…
