Islamophobia-obsessed Media Silent on Anti-Semitic 'Hate Crimes' at In
Most Americans are probably unaware that Jews were the victims of more than eight times as many anti-religion hate crimes last year as were Muslims. And the reason is simple: anti-Muslim crimes receive far more media attention.
Case in point: the media has been all but silent on a slew of anti-Semitic acts of vandalism at Indiana University, coinciding with the beginning of the celebration of…
Jesse Jackson to CNN's Soledad O'Brien: 'You Don't Count' as Black
CNN personality Soledad O'Brien revealed in her new book that liberal activist Jesse Jackson put her down for her skin color during a private meeting in 2007. During the meeting, Jackson complained to O'Brien, whose mother is a black woman from Cuba, that there weren't any black anchors on CNN. When she pointed out that she was the anchor of American Morning, the activist replied, "You don't…
Obama’s Dance Moves: He Still Has That ‘Yes We Can’ Charisma
CNN has been airing a video clip today of the President and First Lady trying out some folk dance moves on their trip to India. The scene isn’t necessarily newsworthy, nor does it stand out. The President should be commended for at least trying to entertain the children and performers at a Mumbai high school. It was a fun moment. But McClatchy reporters went a little over the top with their…
CNN Highlights Assault on MoveOn Worker, Omits Assault on Paul Support
[Update, 12:15 pm Wednesday: See below on CNN's additional coverage of the assault.]
CNN devoted seven news briefs on Tuesday to an assault on a MoveOn.org employee by Rand Paul supporters caught on camera outside the Kentucky Senate debate on Monday evening, but failed to mention a second assault on Rand Paul supporter by a booster of Paul's opponent, Jack Conway. Most of the briefs also…
Bozell Article on CNN.com: Internet Gives Conservatives a Stronger Voi
The following is NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center (MRC) founder Brent Bozell's new editorial posted at CNN.com in association with their upcoming documentary Right On The Edge about what they call conservative "guerrilla journalists" this weekend: It was the fall of 1995, and there was open warfare in Washington over the Republicans' Contract with America. Liberals had declared…
Shock at CNN: Banks Doing More than Obama for Homeowners
To the surprise of CNNMoney.com’s Tami Luhby, the market is doing something more efficiently than a government program. While this isn’t news to many, at CNN, it’s a revelation.It seems “banks are doing nearly twice as many modifications under their own foreclosure prevention initiatives than under the Obama administration's signature Home Affordable Modification Program, known as HAMP,”…
CNN Advocates Watered-down Politically Correct Christianity
CNN on Friday disgustingly advocated for a watered-down, more politically correct version of Christianity. Highlighted at its website was research from a Princeton theology professor on the state of Christianity among teenagers. The study found that American churches have fallen for PC feel-good morality that's afraid of confrontation - and the result is a generation unable to distinguish…
CNN Rips 'Incoherent' Obama: Even George W. Bush Had Clearer Message
When the media outlet disaffectionately called the "Clinton News Network" starts ridiculing you to such an extent that you are depicted as a worse communicator than George W. Bush, you know your popularity as a Democrat President is in trouble.Yet that's what happened Tuesday when CNN published a piece prominently displayed on the front page of its website with the surprising headline:Critics Say…
CNN.com Plugs Same-Sex 'Marriage' Magazine 'Born of Frustration
CNN continued its promotion of homosexual "marriage" with an online article on Thursday highlighting a new magazine for same-sex couples planning their ceremonies. Writer Shaunte Dunston used glowing language to describe the experiences of "Equally Wed's" founders, as well as that of vendors who cater to the homosexual community.Dunston, a "media coordinator" for the cable network, began her CNN.…
CNN: 'Will Bush-bashing Help Democrats Win Over Weary Voters
On Friday, CNN prominently featured an article at the front page of its website with the headline,"Can Bush-bashing Help Sway Voters?" (pictured right).Click on that link, and the reader was treated to an even more inflammatory title: Will Bush-bashing Help Democrats Win Over Weary Voters?Not surprisingly, the article was just as defamatory to America's 43rd President:
More Unexpected Economic News, But Only If You’re an Economist in D
Bad economic news just keeps piling up. Today, the news about jobless claims from the AP:Initial requests for jobless benefits rose last week to their highest level since April, a sign that hiring remains weak and some companies are still cutting workers.The Labor Department said Thursday that new claims for unemployment insurance rose by 19,000 to a seasonally adjusted 479,000. Analysts had…
John Avlon on CNN.com: Tea Party Wouldn't Support 'Civil' Reagan Today
The Daily Beast's John Avlon tried to sever the Tea Party movement from the conservative legacy of Ronald Reagan in a Tuesday column on CNN.com. Avlon, a Tea Party hater, opined that a "key difference between Reagan's rhetoric and [the tea party] is the comparative civility," and suggested that "Reagan...would have a hard time getting the GOP nomination today" for apparently not being…
CNN Money Covers for Democrat Obstructionists After Bashing GOP
If a congressional Democrat blocks economic relief efforts, and no one bothers to report it, does it really happen? The editors at CNNMoney.com are apparently on a quest to find the answer. After weeks of pounding Republicans for stalling unemployment benefits in the Senate, the site is suddenly disinterested in doing the same to Democrats. The political battle du jour? Republicans and moderate…
CNN.com Extols Europeans' Nudism versus 'Prudish' Americans
Travel writer and public television personality Rick Steves lauded Europeans's "more relaxed" attitude about nudity in public and on television while labeling Americans "overly prudish" by comparison in a Tuesday column on CNN.com: "I like a continent where the human body is considered a divine work of art worth admiring openly."Steves's ode to European nudity began six paragraphs into the column…
