Cornish Jokes About Virginia Gerrymander and ‘Lobster Claw’ District
After the Virginia redistricting referendum passed narrowly, Wednesday’s CNN This Morning discussion on the new gerrymandered maps included jokes about the new “lobster claw” district as host Audie Cornish chuckled multiple times about the result for Republicans and the disenfranchisement of Republican voters across the state. However, Cornish did also mention some Democratic…
CNN, MS NOW Boast 340 Interviews of Trump Aide-Turned-Dem Candidate
On April 14, Resistance activist/grifter Olivia Troye — who has spent years cashing in on her role as a former aide to then-Vice President Mike Pence in the first Trump administration — revealed she would run for Congress in one of Virginia’s now-gerrymandered districts and has a chance of winning, thanks to at least 340 appearances on far-left, elite media cable channels CNN and MS NOW…
CNN's Cornish Pushes Sexism Angle on Trump Cabinet Departures
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish didn’t merely report the departure of three women in Trump’s cabinet—she raised the specter of sexism right out of the gate. Teasing the segment, Cornish asked: “Is there a different standard for women in the White House?”
Cornish Touts Former Military Analyst’s Iran Views, Omits Zeteo Ties
On Monday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish had on retired Army Major Harrison Mann for a panel discussion on the U.S. War in Iran, focused on attacks on infrastructure and purported war crimes. Cornish did not mention Mann’s role as a contributor to Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo, and did not mention his resignation in 2024 as he accused Israel of war crimes, and the subsequent media tour…
Haberman: Hegseth's Going 'Off the Rails' With Religious War Metaphors
On Friday's CNN This Morning, New York Times reporter—and CNN political analyst—Maggie Haberman claimed that the use of religion to justify war is something “unlike anything that we have seen…in the last 80 years.” And "it's where it starts to go off the rails."
Cornish Glazes Over Obama Spying on Trump, Now Warns of Trump Spying
On Friday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish warned of the FISA extension with fears over President Trump’s “political investigations,” as she acted as if no political investigation were done under the Biden Administration. After Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project and member of the Media Research Center's board of directors, mentioned the use of FISA to…
CNN Appreciates Warnock Calling Pope Criticism 'How Fascists Talk'
For CNN This Morning guest host Erica Hill, the Trump administration’s argument with Pope Leo over the Iran War provided her an opportunity to hype the idea that true religion is liberal and the “moral courage” the country needs. To help her make that point, Hill brought on Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde—best known for turning the Inaugural Prayer Service into Liberal Culture War Hour…
CNN Implies Trump’s Words are War Crimes, Even if Nothing Happened
After Tuesday night’s ceasefire announcement with Iran, Wednesday’s CNN This Morning shifted to suggest President Trump’s words, itself, were a war crime, since he did not bomb Iranian civilians into oblivion on “bridge and powerplant day,” as the media constantly warned in an over-prolonged 30-hour news cycle where news channels implied Trump would do just that.
Among the…
CNN Taps Lefty General to Warn Trump Iran Strikes Could Be War Crimes
On Monday’s CNN This Morning, CNN turned to retired Brigadier General Steven M. Anderson to assess President Trump’s potential expansion of military strikes on Iran. Anderson repeatedly warned that targeting infrastructure such as bridges, power plants, and water facilities could amount to “war crimes,” even suggesting U.S. troops could be put in the position of refusing “illegal” orders. Host…
CNN: US May Break Geneva Conventions; Say Pilot Rescue Was Too Costly
On Monday’s CNN This Morning, the panel on the Audie Cornish-hosted program started with more accusations of U.S. war crimes from panelist Sarah Fitzpatrick of The Atlantic and Kim Dozier, a CNN Global Affairs Analyst. Fitzpatrick said the US will be “turning off incubators for babies,” while Dozier claimed the US is about to violate the Geneva Conventions like Russia had in…
CNN Cheers Claim That Challenging Birthright Citizenship Is ‘Racist'
On CNN This Morning, substitute host Erica Hill teed up a one-sided discussion of the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship case—then openly endorsed a guest’s claim that legal challenges to the 14th Amendment are inherently racist. Hill introduced Shan Wu as a “defense attorney and former federal prosecutor”—leaving viewers unaware that he served under Clinton and Obama attorneys…
CNN Analyst: Trump's Peace Plan Is Telling Iran 'This Is a Stick-Up'
On Monday’s CNN This Morning, the network cast President Trump less as a Commander-in-Chief than as a common criminal. Global Affairs analyst Kim Dozier likened Trump’s negotiating posture toward Iran to an armed robbery, suggesting the U.S. was effectively telling Tehran: agree to Washington’s demands, “or else this is a stick-up.”
CNN Lets Plaintiff Claim Social Media Lawsuits ‘Not About the Money’
On CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish had as a guest a mother who is suing social media platforms, seeking to hold them responsible for the suicide death of her daughter. Cornish asked the mother about criticism from a Wall Street Journal editorial describing such cases as a “social media shakedown” benefiting trial lawyers more than families.
The mother rejected that…
On CNN, Democrat Finds $200 Billion Is Too Much—When Trump Spends It
On Friday’s CNN This Morning, a Democratic panelist treated $200 billion in Iran war spending as excessive—echoing the party’s familiar line about struggling American families—despite years of Democrats pushing far larger spending on their own priorities.
