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 spy on…
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—and…
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 hour-long…
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 Ukraine.
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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 general.…
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.
CNN Admits Dems Refuse to Fund DHS, Frames as Good for ICE Reforms
On Wednesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish and her guest panel shifted the pervious day's narrative with an actual allusion to the idea of the DHS shutdown being caused by Democrats. After, Cornish and panelist Antjuan Seawright framed the shutdown as a simple attempt to reform ICE while Republicans refused to fund other aspects of DHS.
CNN and MS NOW Ignore Reality, Blame Republicans for DHS Shutdown
During Tuesday morning’s cable news morning shows on MS NOW and CNN, blame was placed on Republicans for the lasting DHS shutdown caused by Democrat protests of immigration enforcement and ICE funding. The hosts of CNN This Morning, CNN News Central, and, of course, MS NOW’s Morning Joe ignored the Democrats' impact on the shutdown, a growing media trend.
CNN: Hegseth Words Violate International Law, Warn of Endless Holy War
During Monday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish and a group of CNN panelists warned how the comments from Secretary Pete Hegseth of “no quarter, no mercy” violate illusory international law as they showed an odd desire for soldiers to be marshalled to an international court to face the wrath of the world against Trump administration actions.
CNN Analyst—‘Hard to Say’ That Recent Terror Is an Immigration Problem
On Friday’s CNN This Morning, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen dismissed the idea that recent terror attacks might have any immigration component, insisting the perpetrators were overwhelmingly Americans. "It's going to be hard to say if this is a sort of immigration problem.” But the suspects’ backgrounds in all four cases demolish Bergen’s claim.
