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Carter-Trump Cable Double Standard On Allowing Wives In Meetings
CNN's Poppy Harlow gushes "I love that" over a report that Jimmy Carter invited Rosalynn to attend cabinet meetings. But the liberal media was aghast over news Donald Trump permitted Melania into the Situation Room on one occasion.

Squeezed Lemon: Puck Hints Embattled ‘Gifted’ CNN Host Is on Thin Ice
Puck’s Dylan Byers had a new dispatch Wednesday night on the drama inside Chris Licht’s CNN and his failing project, CNN This Morning, triggered by co-host Don Lemon’s squabbles with co-hosts and controversial comments. At the end of his nearly-2,300-word article, Byers dropped ominous news for the longtime CNN personality: one more screw-up like last week’s sexist smear of 2024 GOP…

Defense Will Have 'Field Day' With GA Grand Jury Forewoman's Comments
On CNN This Morning, chief legal correspondent Paula Reid, commenting on the interview of Emily Kohrs, the forewoman of the special grand jury created by Fulton County, Georgia DA to look into possible crimes related to attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, called the interview "very unusual, and said that defense attorneys would have a "field…

CNN Hosts Still Coddling Democrat Guests, Fighting with Republicans
In the past week, CNN has again showed that CEO Chris Licht has changed nothing. CNN interviewers coddles Democrat guests and fight with Republicans.

Don Lemon Cues Up Sharpton Ally to Accuse DeSantis of 'Indoctrination'
On Wednesday's CNN This Morning, the show continued its campaign against Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's education policies in Florida as the group devoted a segment to liberal activists protesting in the state. The activist they spoke with, Bishop Rudolph McKissisk, admitted that he wants Florida schools to teach Black history in such a way that it makes students want to become…

MSNBC's Elise Jordan Claims Trump Could Get 'Really Bad Dementia'
In a discussion of presidential health, on the day after Joe Biden got a "clean bill of health" from his doctor, Joe Scarborough mocks Ronny Jackson, Donald Trump's White House doctor during his presidency, for saying that genetics explain Trump's good health despite his poor diet and lack of exercise. John Heilemann, a confirmed liberal and Trump antagonist, surprisingly sticks up for Jackson…

New CNN Drama: Harlow Flees Set, Lemon Takes Day Off After Haley Smear
CNN This Morning, the supposed crown jewel of new CNN boss Chris Licht’s early moves as head of the network, was rocked this week by another case of idiocy with drama queen co-host Don Lemon under fire and taking Friday off following Thursday’s sexist smear of 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley as past “her prime.” After said remark, the New York Post said co-host…

UPDATE: Don Lemon: Nikki Haley 'Isn't in Her Prime' - Well Past It!
In a pathetic attempt to push back on Nikki Haley's call for candidates over 75 to be tested for mental competency, Don Lemon says that Nikki Haley, who is 51, isn't in her prime, since according to Google, women are in their prime in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

CNN: DeSantis Could Target Companies For Showing Interracial Couples
Suddenly and without any evidence, the Saturday edition of CNN This Morning Weekend suggested that if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were to become president, he might target companies who produce ads with interracial couples in the same way he went after Disney.

NewsBusters Podcast: Racial Hustlers Get Worse & Lemon Feels Squeezed
With Executive Editor Tim Graham off celebrating his birthday, Deputy Managing Editor Nick Fondacaro and I returned to hold down the fort and, even leaving aside the State of the Union, the world was our oyster with content. Of course, The View was a major topic with their cockamamie and erroneous claims that conservatives such as Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) want to ban the teaching…

CNN in Disarray: Lemon’s Sour Ratings, Licht Wants Barkley to Save CNN
Chris Licht’s CNN tenure has been nothing short of a disappointment. Having promised to tone down the laser focus on only a few stories a day, partisan sensationalism, and snark that dominated Jeffrey Zucker’s reign of terror, Licht implied wholesale changes were in order. Not only has he failed thus far, but the inmates remain in charge of the asylum (despite layoffs and the ushering out of…

Don Lemon Exploits Racist Video to Lecture DeSantis on Black History
On Thursday's CNN This Morning, co-host Don Lemon picked up on the story of a group of high school girls in Philadelphia circulating a racist video mocking Black History Month, and exploited it to pontificate against Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's education policies.

'On the Brink': Tucker Mocks 'Diva' Don Lemon's On-Air Meltdowns
As NewsBusters previously reported, CNN’s low-rated morning host Don Lemon has a history of on-air outbursts and privately berating his co-hosts for interrupting him. On Thursday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson got in on the fun by mocking “diva Don Lemon” for his apparent fragile mental state.

CNN: Twitter Probe 'A Conspiracy of Dunces,' Twitter Favored GOP
Podcaster and NYU marketing Professor Scott Galloway joined Thursday’s CNN This Morning where he launched into a wild denunciation of the GOP-led hearing on Twitter, the FBI, and the Hunter Biden laptop story. Galloway labeled Republicans as “a conspiracy of dunces” and “idiots” while laughably claiming the fact that Twitter’s previous leadership was full of progressives is evidence…