Facts First? CNN's Tapper Promotes Columnist Saying Trump's a 'Madman'
May 31st, 2018 3:32 PM
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is demonstrating an affinity for Washington Post columnists bashing the Trump-Pence ticket. On May 10, Tapper helped promote George Will ripping Vice President Pence as “horrifying.” The screen said “CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST: PENCE HAS CHOSEN TO BE ‘HORRIFYING.’”
On Wednesday, he wanted everyone to see Dana Milbank’s column insisting the president of the United States is a “…
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CNN's Lemon: President Trump Is 'Emboldening Racists and Racism'
May 31st, 2018 2:50 PM
During Tuesday’s edition of CNN Tonight, host Don Lemon echoed the left-wing talking point that President Trump somehow bears responsibility for Roseanne Barr’s tweet about former Obama official Valerie Jarrett: “We have to stop pretending that this President has nothing to do with it, that he’s not emboldening racists and racism and giving them a platform and making it okay.”
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CNN’s Powers Mocks Trump and Backers for Being ‘Aggrieved’: ‘Grow up'
May 31st, 2018 12:16 AM
CNN political commentator and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers wore her disdain for Trump supporters and middle America on her sleeve during Wednesday night’s Anderson Cooper 360, as she berated them and President Trump for playing the victim.
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CNN Guest: Everyone Who Voted for Donald Trump in 2016 Is a Racist
May 30th, 2018 5:37 PM
Most of the people who appear on CNN are, unsurprisingly, liberals. However, every so often, a guest veers so far to the left that even the hosts are surprised by what that person says. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when Michaela Angela Davis responded to a question posed during the New Day program by co-host John Berman.
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Time for the Acosta Commentary: We in the Media Deserve an Apology!
May 30th, 2018 5:33 PM
If one person on CNN personifies the idea that the cable network has become an opinion network and not a news outlet, it’s Jim Acosta. The CNN Chief White House correspondent regularly appears for what amounts to an on-air commentary. On Wednesday, he whined about Donald Trump calling out some of the nasty comments from ABC: “Sometimes there are not more important things than the President's…
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CNN, MSNBC Barely Touch Story of Baltimore Cop Murdered by Car Thief
May 29th, 2018 9:31 PM
For much of last week, the three broadcast networks and Fox News Channel covered the story of a Baltimore police officer, Amy Caprio, who was killed when a habitual car thief ran her over as he tried to escape when she came to investigate reports of a suspicious car. But CNN and MSNBC again displayed their double standard of showing greater interest in stories that depict police officers behaving…
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NBC Reporter Slams ‘Insane’ Media Hype of Teacher Grading Trump Letter
May 29th, 2018 3:22 PM
Appearing on Tuesday’s Megyn Kelly Today, NBC reporter Stephanie Gosk blasted her media colleagues for making far too much of a retired English teacher who “graded” a letter sent to her from President Trump, nitpicking the document over grammar mistakes and capitalization. The journalist warned that the press was so focused on criticizing Trump that they were “not seeing the forest through the…
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CNN Hosts Cheer on Cocky Teacher Who Graded Letter from Trump
May 29th, 2018 12:06 PM
On Tuesday's New Day on CNN, co-hosts Alisyn Camerota and John Berman lauded a retired school teacher who took the time to grade a letter she received from President Donald Trump's White House and posted a copy on social media after mailing it back. As the teacher in question, Yvonne Mason, appeared as a guest on the show, Berman hailed her "gumption" and declared that "I love what you do here,"…
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CNN Tosses Softballs to Dem Who Wants to Ban 'Assault Weapons'
May 28th, 2018 5:01 PM
On Memorial Day, CNN's New Day seemed to commemorate the occasion partly by bringing on a veteran who is running for Congress as a Democrat as co-host Alisyn Camerota gave New York's Pat Ryan a forum to promote banning what he calls "assault rifles." In contrast with Republican guests who are more likely to experience a back and forth debate, Camerota only mildly pushed back with one contrarian…
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CNN Gratuitously Highlights Trump Letter Graded by Teacher
May 27th, 2018 5:16 PM
On CNN's New Day Sunday, co-host Christi Paul essentially took a gratuitious swipe at the White House by highlighting the story of a retired school teacher who decided to get cocky by correcting and grading a letter sent to her by the White House which was signed by President Donald Trump.
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CNN, NBC Mostly Ignore Armed Citizens Who Stop Mass Shooter
May 25th, 2018 11:35 PM
After news broke that, on Thursday, a gunman trying to perpetrate a mass shooting in Oklahoma City was stopped by two armed citizens who used their own guns against him, FNC has given the story a substantial amount of attention while ABC and CBS have also run full stories on the event. But CNN barely touched the story, burying it between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m Eastern in a couple of 25-second…
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CNN Gives NFL's Baldwin a Forum to Explain Why Trump Is an 'Idiot'
May 25th, 2018 1:02 PM
On Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360, host Cooper picked up on the NFL's Doug Baldwin calling President Donald Trump an "idiot" over his comments in support of the NFL trying to deter kneeling during the National Anthem, as the CNN host gave Baldwin an unchallenged forum as a guest to explain his views.
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CNN Touts HBO Doc on McCain, Says Trump Calls Him 'Traitor' to GOP
May 25th, 2018 12:42 PM
CNN’s New Day on Friday promoted the gushy new HBO documentary on John McCain, with substitute host David Briggs lamenting that President Trump “perpetuated...that John McCain is in a sense almost a traitor to the Republican Party.” Peter Kunhardt, the HBO film’s creator, bizarrely claimed the hallmark of McCain’s career is “the consistency of his message.” But he also said the “culmination” of…
CNN Hypes Pro-Life Americans' 'Deceptive' Campaign in Ireland
May 24th, 2018 7:08 PM
A Wednesday article from CNN touted the involvement of young American volunteers during the final days of a pro-life campaign in Ireland. Correspondent Kara Fox zeroed in on how Irish pro-abortion activists blasted one pro-life couple for their supposedly "deceptive" ways. Fox later spotlighted that "some Irish are outraged by foreign groups...arguing that American campaigners are using their…