New CNN Boss Wants 'Hard News,' Not 'Red-Hot Liberal Opining'

February 26th, 2022 9:14 PM

In an interesting “scoop” published Saturday, Axios reported that CBS’s EVP of Special Programming Chris Licht, who was tapped to replace ousted CNN boss Jeff Zucker to lead the third-place cable network, wants to get back to CNN being a straight news outlet and cut back on the liberal screeds that dominate prime time and their newscasts in general.

When the Media Gave Russia a Pass

February 26th, 2022 3:20 PM

Over there in The Washington Free Beacon was an astute analysis by Drew Holden that reminds just how in the tank the liberal media is for all things Left. was an astute analysis by Drew Holden that reminds just how in the tank the liberal media is for all things Left.

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Coates on Jackson: 'Almost A Legal Deity,' Hope She Gets Due Process

February 26th, 2022 1:48 AM

CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates joined CNN Newsroom on Friday to react to the official announcement of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. According to Coates, Jackson is almost a goddess-type figure who has descended from Mount Olympus and that she only hopes she will be afforded due process before the Senate.

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Harwood Declares Criticism of Jackson As Liberal to Be Not Substantive

February 25th, 2022 10:24 PM

On Friday’s CNN Newsroom, White House correspondent John Harwood said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown to the Supreme Court Jackson on the grounds she is going to be a reliable liberal is not a substantive criticism.

Editor’s Pick: Twitchy on Stelter Touting Ukraine CNN Ratings Boost

February 25th, 2022 11:20 AM

On Friday, Twitchy’s Sam Janney reported on CNN’s Brian Stelter taking to Twitter on Thursday to express his excitement that “a bunch of people watched the horrors of war on CNN.” Stelter touted: “The past 24 hours are a reminder that consumers in an era of YouTube and TikTok still gravitate to trusted, established news outlets during emergencies. They ‘know where to go,’ so to speak.”

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Phillip Hypes Brown Jackson: She'll Battle 'Unfairness in the System'

February 25th, 2022 10:30 AM

CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip could hardly contain her excitement on Friday's New Day, when the news broke that President Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Phillip hailed the nomination as one that could help address “the unfairness in the system” that exists for minority defendants.

Column: Allergic to the 'So-Called Freedom Convoy'

February 25th, 2022 5:57 AM

Something caught my ear in the car, listening to a radio simulcast of the February 21 PBS NewsHour. Anchor Judy Woodruff drily reported that “Canadian police have arrested more than 190 protesters and issued 389 charges in connection with the so-called Freedom Convoy.”

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CNN Analyst Admits Biden's Russian Sanctions Are Pointless

February 25th, 2022 1:25 AM

If you were one of the five people watching Don Lemon Tonight on Thursday evening you would have seen something that rarely happens: there was actually criticism of the Biden administration's policies. 

Applebee's 'Disappointed' With CNN After Ad Shown With Invasion Report

February 24th, 2022 9:24 PM

In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, CNN made headlines; not just for being live when cruise missiles began striking Kyiv, but also for playing an obnoxious Applebee’s ad side-by-side with footage of air-raid sirens blaring out through Kyiv.

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You Awake Now, Joe? WH Press Hammer Biden as Russia Invades Ukraine

February 24th, 2022 5:34 PM

Addressing the world some 15 hours after Russian began a full invasion of Ukraine, President Biden faced a White House press corps on Thursday afternoon that, after he ducked their questions on Tuesday, chose to do its job and call out the likelihood the latest round of economic sanctions would do all but nothing to deter Putin, the likely economic pain Americans will feel, and what has he…

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INSANITY: CNN Journos, Vindman Blame January 6 for Russian Invasion

February 24th, 2022 12:59 PM

With Russia having commenced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday morning, pure liberal partisans clamored for a response with the war going down on President Biden’s watch. Not surprisingly, many decided to blame Donald Trump, but others took the farcical route by suggesting the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was to blame. Among the latter group was CNN White House correspondent…

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CNN: Chaos in Ukraine Sponsored By Applebee’s!

February 24th, 2022 12:05 PM

As Europe descends into war, chaos and death, CNN and MSNBC thought the appropriate, reserved way to handle the situation would be to blend live coverage with beer and chicken commercials. It went about as badly as you might imagine.

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CNN Declares GOP Is The One Playing Identity Politics on SCOTUS Pick

February 24th, 2022 11:05 AM

In an attempt to help himself get elected, President Biden engaged in identity politics by promising to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. Despite that fact, for CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip and New Day host Brianna Keilar on Wednesday, it was actually Republicans engaging in identity politics for pointing it out.

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CNN Live Shot in Kyiv Interrupted By Multiple Explosions from Invasion

February 23rd, 2022 11:16 PM

It has begun. The Russian invasion of Ukraine started Wednesday night (U.S. time) with evidence that dictator Vladimir Putin intends to take more of the country than just the Donbas territory in the eastern part of the country. That evidence came in the form of explosions in the capital Kyiv during a CNN live shot of correspondent Matthew Chance on the roof of his hotel, forcing him to don a…