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CNN Carrying Water for Dems in Tax Return Fight

Bill D'Agostino
April 9th, 2019 2:03 PM

If House Democrats are sinking to a new low by using their subpoena power to rummage through the President's personal tax returns, you wouldn't know it by the way they have been treated on CNN over the past few days. Hosts on the liberal cable network have routinely lobbed softballs at Democratic interviewees, while challenges to the legitimacy of their quest see the President’s taxes were few…

 

Erick Erickson: ‘Truth About Fox News’ in Ratings, Not Pro-Trump Bias

Randy Hall
March 8th, 2019 9:05 AM
Hardly a day goes by without liberals in the “mainstream media” accusing the popular Fox News Channel of having a “unique relationship” with Donald Trump, the Republican occupant of the White House. Of course, those same people avoid or deny that a similar connection existed between former Democrat President Barack Obama and the CNN and MSNBC networks. As a result, Erick Erickson -- a reporter…
 
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Ouch: Sciutto Speechless After Republican Schools Him on Border

Kristine Marsh
March 5th, 2019 11:42 AM
CNN Newsroom co-anchor Jim Sciutto tried to trap a Republican congressman with a gotcha question on Tuesday’s morning show, but failed miserably when the congressman revealed he had done his homework. Sciutto, who also worked under former President Obama, grilled Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger on why he supported President Trump declaring the U.S./Mexico border security a national emergency.
 
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Oops: CNN Fretted That Trump Would ‘Soften’ Demands to North Korea

Ryan Foley
February 28th, 2019 3:08 PM
Less than an hour before Michael Cohen was set to begin his testimony on Capitol Hill, the panel on CNN Newsroom appeared extremely worried that President Trump would make a bad deal with North Korea just to distract from the Cohen testimony. Leading the charge was “objective” CNN National Security Analyst and CNN Newsroom co-host Jim Sciutto, who worked in the Obama administration as a senior…
 
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UGH: CNN Gloats About Hanoi Summit Ending Thanks to Cohen Hearing

Curtis Houck
February 28th, 2019 2:57 AM
Early Thursday morning in the United States, CNN gloated about the abrupt end of the Hanoi, Vietnam summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un with a potpourri of liberal bloviating. Such hot takes ranged from taunting Trump as a failure on North Korea, not understanding that the presidency isn’t like The Apprentice, suggested the Michael Cohen hearing hurt talks, and…
 
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Double Standard on CNN Hiring Political Operatives: Flores vs. Jarrett

Ryan Foley
February 21st, 2019 7:42 PM
As NewsBusters has previously reported, the national media, including CNN itself, have gone into an uproar over CNN’s decision to hire former Justice Department Spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores as Deputy Political Editor. The topic came up on Wednesday’s edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight, where the eponymous host discussed the Isgur Flores hysteria with media reporter for The Hill Joe Concha. …
 
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CNN: Democrat Apologizes for ‘Tweets Called Anti-Semitic’

Scott Whitlock
February 12th, 2019 12:58 PM
The headlines from CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post on Tuesday had trouble explaining the honest truth: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar made anti-Semitic comments over the weekend and was slammed by fellow Democrats. A CNN on-screen graphic spun, “Rep. Omar Apologizes 'Unequivocally' for Tweets Called Anti-Semitic.” 
 
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CNN Again Smears Republicans as Wanting to 'Restrict Voting Rights'

Kristine Marsh
January 31st, 2019 11:05 AM
During CNN Newsroom Thursday morning, the panel blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for wanting to “restrict voting rights” because he opposed a Democrat House bill which would demand Election Day be made a paid federal holiday.
 
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Nets Skip Politico Report on Dems ‘Freaking Out’ Over Shutdown

Kyle Drennen
January 11th, 2019 11:48 AM
After the media spent weeks hammering Republicans and the White House over the ongoing government shutdown – while claiming Democrats have “no incentive” to compromise – Politico reported on Wednesday that many freshman House Democrats were increasingly “concerned with the party’s strategy” and even “freaking out” over the possibility of a political backlash.
 
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NB Year in Review: The Most Idiotic Analysis of 2018

Geoffrey Dickens
December 27th, 2018 8:00 AM

This week, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of 2018. Today, we're reviewing the most idiotic quotes of the year. Journalists making the cut this year include Chris Matthews wanting “thought and prayers” to be “outlawed,” The New York Times telling readers that communist theorist Karl Marx was “right,” and CNN’s Jim Sciutto scaring his audience about climate change, as…

 

Brutal: CNN's Sciutto Gets Destroyed by DHS for 'Fact-Check' on Terror

Kristine Marsh
December 13th, 2018 11:14 AM
CNN’s Jim Sciutto was one of the many journalists this week who attacked President Trump’s comments about border security during his meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer Tuesday. Sciutto even did a whole segment “fact-checking” the president on Wednesday’s CNN Newsroom. Unfortunately for him, actual experts from DHS called out his reporting on Twitter with a brutal comeback.
 
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CNN Links Wildfires to Global Warming, Frets U.S. Rejecting Report

Brad Wilmouth
December 10th, 2018 11:50 PM
On Monday morning, CNN anchors bemoaned the Trump administration's decision to reject the findings of an international report on global warming, as the news network also devoted time to blaming manmade global warming for recent drought and wildfires in California.
 
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CNN’s Sciutto Worries We Will All Be Burned to Death by Climate Change

Kristine Marsh
November 29th, 2018 11:25 AM
Former Obama administration official and host Jim Sciutto fretted we could all face a slow torturous death because the Trump administration’s dismissal of a recent apocalyptic climate change report. Sciutto shared his worries with his guest, a geology professor on Wednesday’s CNN Newsroom.
 
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Self Important CNN: Acosta Win Will Keep U.S. From Becoming China

Scott Whitlock
November 16th, 2018 11:29 AM
CNN’s excited reaction on Friday to a judge’s ruling giving Jim Acosta back his press pass continued as Newsroom host Jim Sciutto compared the U.S. to the oppressive China (where he served under the Obama administration). Also, co-host Poppy Harlow treated Acosta like a conquering hero: “I have always been proud to call Jim Acosta a colleague and a friend...  This is not about him. This is about…