CNN’s Zakaria Recommends Bush’s ‘Surprisingly Well Written’ Me
February 13th, 2011 8:08 PM
As CNN’s Fareed Zakaria concluded his Fareed Zakaria GPS show on Sunday, he recommended to his audience that they read former President George W. Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, but, even while recommending the book, he still took a dig at the former President as he described the book as "surprisingly well written." He also acknowledged that "you might not think he’s super-smart" before…
She's Back! Kathy Griffin Returns for More New Years Eve Fun on CNN
December 14th, 2010 5:24 PM
Kathy Griffin is back for another round on CNN's New Years Eve coverage. As Mediaite reported today, CNN is bringing back anchor Anderson Cooper and the left-wing comedienne as the network's New Years Eve team.
Liberal CNN's New Ad Spotlights Rivals' Slant, Claims Lack of 'Favorit
November 10th, 2010 7:54 PM
CNN, a network known for its regular liberal bias, touted its supposed objectivity versus its competitors in a new ad which premiered on Tuesday evening. The ad graphically associated Fox News with the Republican elephant and MSNBC with the Democratic donkey, and claimed, "If you want to keep them all honest, without playing favorites, the choice is clear: CNN, the worldwide leader in news…
Colbert Makes Fun of CNN: Velshi a 'Bond Villain,' Parker a 'Left-Hand
November 4th, 2010 6:01 PM
On Wednesday's Colbert Report, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert made light of CNN's crowded Election Night "Best Political Team on Television," labeling anchor
CNN Leads Tea Party Special With Racism Charge; Castle a 'Conservative
November 1st, 2010 3:51 PM
CNN led their hour-long documentary "Boiling Point: Inside the Tea Party," which aired on Saturday and Sunday, with the regular accusation from liberals that racism is "running rampant" in the Tea Party movement. Host Shannon Travis highlighted the NAACP's resolution, disgraced former Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams's self-described "foolish satire," and played up two racially-charged…
Zakaria: Sales Tax, More Government Spending Needed to 'Restore Americ
October 28th, 2010 7:08 PM
On Thursday's Newsroom, CNN's Fareed Zakaria endorsed a predictably liberal solution to get the American economy moving again: enact more taxes and implement new government programs. Zakaria called for a national sales tax and advocated new government spending on "research and technology" and "upgrading the infrastructure." The CNN host also labeled tax cuts "bad stuff."
Anchor Ali Velshi…
Blitzer, Karibjanian Tougher on O'Donnell Than Coons in Senate Debate
October 14th, 2010 3:35 PM
CNN's Wolf Blitzer and former public television anchor Nancy Karibjanian pressed Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell during Wednesday's Delaware Senate debate. While the two pressed O'Donnell on her personal finances, her past comments on evolution, and SNL poking fun of her, Karibjanian went out of her way to note Democratic candidate Chris Coons's past as a "student pastor at Yale."…
CNN's 'Right on the Edge' Omits ACORN's Leftist Ideology; Sorba 'Anti
October 4th, 2010 4:56 PM
CNN's Abbie Boudreau omitted the left-wing ideology of discredited organization ACORN in her hour-long documentary on young conservative activists, "Right on the Edge," which aired Saturday evening. Boudreau also labeled Ryan Sorba, one of the subjects of her documentary, "anti-gay," and gave an overgeneralized account of an incident which Sorba took part in.The correspondent profiled Christian…
CNN’s Zakaria Paints Hezbollah as Tolerant of Jews as Lesson for Gro
September 26th, 2010 11:14 PM
Update (September 28): Last night, FNC's Bret Baier made mention of this blog post. You can see that video in the embed at right or by downloading the WMV video here. MP3 audio available here. Catching up on an item from the August 22, Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, host Zakaria -- formerly of Newsweek -- ended his show with commentary in which he ridiculously suggested that Americans who oppose…
CNN's Gergen: Obama is 'Impressive,' But Press Conference Was 'Boring
September 10th, 2010 3:44 PM
CNN's David Gergen gushed over Barack Obama during CNN's coverage of the President's press conference on Friday, but was unimpressed by his performance: "He impresses everyone with his competence....The subtlety of his mind I think is very impressive. At the same time, I thought it was...boring." Minutes later, Roland Martin replied to Gergen by rushing to Obama's defense: "He's not an…
CNN's Fareed Zakaria Returns ADL Award in Protest to Position on Groun
August 9th, 2010 4:51 PM
At the top of his eponymous program yesterday, CNN's Fareed Zakaria took drastic action to protest the Anti-Defamation League's opposition to the proposed Ground Zero mosque. Zakaria, who was honored by the ADL in 2005 with the Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize, gave back his award because he was "deeply saddened" by the group's respect for the families of 9/11 victims who oppose…
SEC Claims Information Opacity, But Media No Longer So Concerned With
August 3rd, 2010 6:30 PM
It seems that not even the truth can possibly overturn the narrative that President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have brought transparency to Washington.Last Wednesday I wrote about how the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory bill Obama signed into law last month contains a provision exempting the Securities and Exchange Commission from Freedom of Information Act requests. Such an exemption…
Bloomberg's Carlson Once Again Spins Against Arizona on Illegal Immigr
August 2nd, 2010 5:38 PM
On the July 30th edition of Bloomberg's "Political Capital," former Time magazine reporter Margaret Carlson made every rationalization for the federal government to continue to not enforce federal immigration law.First, Carlson spouted off the notion that Americans are only upset with illegal immigration because, "there is an economic downturn and during that period you find somebody to blame,…