Here We Go Again: CNN Raises the Specter of Bush Impeachment
Once again, CNN has highlighted calls for the impeachment of President Bush. During the 4PM EDT hour of Thursday’s The Situation Room, senior political analyst Bill Schneider reported on the liberal city council of Berkeley, California’s decision to place a measure on the November ballot calling for the impeachment of the President and Vice President Cheney. Schneider highlighted the reasons for…
Media TKO's Kos to Protect Dean and Warner
Over the course of the past few weeks – and much to the delight of many conservative new media journalists – no less than seven major news outlets have published rather derogatory articles about Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, the highly-successful proprietor of the überleft-leaning blog Daily Kos.Conspicuously at the same time, most media avoided or downplayed the recently revealed stock fraud…
Bill Frist on CNN: Media Concentrates on Democratic Spin
At 7:30AM EDT on Wednesday’s American Morning, CNN’s Miles O’Brien was particularly antagonistic toward Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. O’Brien began the segment by highlighting video of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid accusing Republicans of concentrating on issues such as the flag burning amendment, while ignoring more pressing matters. O’Brien jumped at the charge: Miles O’Brien: "I–the…
CNN's Cafferty: 'The Dumb Ones Watch Fox
What do you do when you’re a cable news network struggling to keep up in the ratings? Do you lure viewers away from your competitor with programming that they would want to watch, or alienate those same viewers by insulting their intelligence?The latter seems to be the strategy for CNN’s Jack Cafferty. Shortly before 5pm EDT on the June 22 The Situation Room, Cafferty made this remark to…
"Nonpartisan" Angelina Jolie: Republicans Can Care About Children Too
During her much hyped June 20 interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, actress Angelina Jolie expressed a view that may shock many of her liberal Hollywood friends:Just because someone’s Republican doesn’t mean that they don’t also, you know, have the capacity to understand or care about children...This backhanded compliment was in response to Cooper’s adoring praise of activist Jolie’s "non-…
CNN Practicing Checkbook Journalism
According to Drudge, the checkbook journalism practiced by People Magazine extended to another Time Warner property; Anderson Cooper. There's loud chatter among industry insiders that the $4 million deal PEOPLE Mag's editor Larry Hackett cut with Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt for their baby pictures extended to CNN, also part of the TIME WARNER family. A rep for CNN denies any TIMEWARNER deal…
