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Stephen A. Smith Says He's 'Live and Let Live,' Unborn Babies Excluded

May 4th, 2025 2:14 PM

On CNN's State of the Union, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, discussing his possible run for the presidency, describes himself as socially liberal "pretty much across the board," adding, "I believe in live and let live." But since abortion is at the top of the board of liberal social issues, Smith apparently doesn't believe "live and let live" extends to unborn children.

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CNN, MSNBC Freak Out, Claim PBS 'Puts The Us In The U.S.'

May 3rd, 2025 2:30 PM

The Friday primetime lineups of CNN and MSNBC did not handle the news that President Trump signed an executive order forbidding taxpayer money for PBS and NPR well, as they portrayed the news as an assault on everything from democracy, science, the military, farmers, and even the country itself.

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CNN's Cooper: Black Trump Voters Were Influenced by 'Misinformation'

May 3rd, 2025 1:43 PM

On Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN showed a pre-recorded report highlighting liberal contributor Van Jones speaking with three black voters who switched from voting Democrat to voting for Donald Trump, but hinted that they voted that way because of "misinformation."

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Ex-NPR Anchor Says Trump Hates PBS/NPR Because He Hates 'Independence'

May 3rd, 2025 6:36 AM

On Friday's episode of In The Arena with Kasie Hunt, they were discussing Trump's executive order to defund NPR and PBS alongside his questioning of federal funding for Harvard with its serious antisemitism problem. New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who spent 17 years at NPR, had a theory about Trump -- he just hates "independence," anything that threatens his…

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CNN’s Stelter Pulls His Hair Out Over Trump's EO Defunding PBS/NPR

May 2nd, 2025 4:01 PM

Despite repeatedly calling Fox News “state TV” during President Trump’s first term (when he still had his show, so-called Reliable Sources), CNN’s Brian Stelter decried Trump’s executive order defunding the actual state-media outlets of PBS and NPR. In his appearance on Friday’s Inside Politics, Stelter argued that Trump didn’t have the authority to strip funding but he…

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Former NPR CEO: Ceasing Taxpayer Support Is 'Attacking a Free Press'

May 2nd, 2025 2:37 PM

Former scandal-plagued NPR CEO Vivian Schiller joined CNN News Central guest host Erica Hill on Friday to freak out over President Donald Trump’s Thursday executive order that ceased taxpayer money from going to NPR and PBS. According to Schiller, the move is just another example of Trump “attacking a free press” for reporting on things he does not like.

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CNN's Weir RIPS Trump 'Assault on Science,' Earth Is 'Burning Theater'

May 1st, 2025 6:04 PM

On Tuesday afternoon, CNN climate correspondent Bill Weir declared that the Donald Trump administration is in an "all-out assault on science," and compared global warming to a burning theater that the administration is forcing people to stay inside.

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'PBS Really Helps Little Kids': Tapper Shames Rep. Who Wants To Defund

May 1st, 2025 2:17 PM

CNN’s host of The Lead, Jake Tapper, tried to shame GOP Rep. Brandon Gill on Wednesday for trying to defund PBS and NPR by claiming, “PBS really helps little kids,” citing himself learning how to read by watching Sesame Street as an example. However, Tapper’s days in school were not complete as Gill informed him that the real issue is PBS’s “left-wing propaganda,” whether…

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THUNDERDOME RECAP: Ana Navarro Crosses a Red Line

May 1st, 2025 2:57 AM

A wild episode of The Thunderdome, more commonly known as CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, featured multiple heated exchanges of ideas. Most importantly, it saw bitter The View panelist Ana Navarro cross a bright red line.

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CNN’s Scott Jennings Speaks at Trump Rally, Jokes About Owning Libs

April 30th, 2025 1:50 PM

After having flown to Michigan on Air Force One and weighed in prior to and during President Trump’s rally marking 100 days in office, CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings briefly took the stage with the President as he was thanked for “defending me all the time on CNN” and being a “really great” and “terrific” person. Jennings made it count, joking about needing to buy a farm in…

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Column: Blurring Trump's Posters Displaying Illegal Immigrant Mugshots

April 30th, 2025 5:55 AM

Team Trump put posters on the White House lawn – right behind the camera positions where the White House reporters chat with their anchors – with mugshots of illegal aliens who were arrested (and mostly convicted) of serious crimes, including fentanyl importation and child sexual assault. The Trump haters responded by blurring the images, out of great sensitivity to the unlikely potential…

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SAD! Even Lib Media Don’t Care About Bogus Attempt to Impeach Trump

April 29th, 2025 6:15 PM

Did you know Democrat Congressman Shri Thanedar (MI-13) filed articles of impeachment against President Trump yesterday? If not, don't worry — pretty much nobody in the media noticed either.

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LOL: CNN Claims Funding PBS, NPR is an 'Investment in the Free Press'

April 29th, 2025 1:30 PM

CNN might be funnier than the late night comedy shows, albeit unintentionally. During CNN Newsroom’s Saturday pregame show ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, media analyst Sara Fischer claimed that freedom of the press has become increasingly politicized. Her first example was to claim that funding PBS and NPR is an “investment in the free press,” but that has now become…

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Leavitt SLAMS Lefty Media’s Biden Coverup After Reporter’s WHCD Speech

April 28th, 2025 6:02 PM

Perhaps to mess with them after White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD) weekend (aka the most self-righteous weekend of the year), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and border czar Tom Homan dragged the press corps into the Brady Briefing Room Monday for an unusual morning press briefing emphasizing the administration’s rousing success of shutting down the border and deporting…