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CNN: Hillary Is a ‘Calm, Steadying Force’; Some Criticism ‘Not Fair'

August 25th, 2015 7:04 AM
Amid the growing rumors on Monday night surrounding a possible presidential run by Vice President Joe Biden, CNN’s AC360 couldn’t help but still mention Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton with chief national correspondent John King ruling that some criticism of Clinton “isn’t quite probably not fair” while David Gergen touted her as “a calm, steadying force.”
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Patrick Stewart Praises ‘Intellectually Clever’ Jon Stewart, Maddow

August 24th, 2015 11:26 AM
Veteran actor Patrick Stewart, who spoke with CNN’s Brian Stelter for Sunday's Reliable Sources to promote his new show Blunt Talk, described how he prepared for his role as a nightly cable news host by watching liberal anchors Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow. After he spent time with both hosts, Stewart explained, he “learned very quickly how clever people are who work on those shows. How…
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Carson Demands ‘Responsible Media’ Cover Illegal Immigration Correctly

August 23rd, 2015 9:35 AM
During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Ben Carson scolded members of the media for distorting his views on illegal immigration. Speaking to fill-in host Jim Acosta, the Republican presidential candidate argued that “[a]t some point I hope we have some responsible media which actually focuses on the problem.” 

MSNBC's Joy Reid: Right-Wing Media Are 'Stoking Racial Resentment'

August 20th, 2015 4:22 PM
MSNBC attempted to discredit conservative media on Thursday when Richard Lui brought on Joy Reid, a national correspondent for the network, to eviscerate right-wing news outlets for allegedly exposing Black Lives Matter organizer Shaun King as white. The Daily Caller, Breitbart News,The Blaze, blogger Vickie Pate, and CNN’s Don Lemon have all contributed evidence which strongly suggests the…
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Activist to Blitzer: 'All Lives Matter' Is a 'Violent Statement'

August 20th, 2015 3:11 PM
CNN host Wolf Blitzer interviewed #BlackLivesMatter founder Daunasia Yancey and activist Julius Jones on Tuesday about the recent backlash the movement has been receiving with the tactics used to protest, that it's not polite. Blitzer went easy on them – especially when it came to some of the ridiculous comments made taking offense to the concept that "all lives matter." Jones called that a "…
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CNN's Costello Laugh Off Hillary's 'Cloth' Comment as 'Fun' Dodge

August 19th, 2015 5:27 PM
During a segment on her CNN show Wednesday morning, Carol Costello and Mashable’s Christina Warren had a good laugh over Hillary Clinton’s response to a question concerning whether or not she wiped the content on her digital e-mail servers. When asked “Did you wipe the servers?” the Democratic hopeful responded with “What? Like with a cloth or something?” The CNN host and Mashable senior tech…
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Cuomo: 'We' in the Media Encourage Sanders to Fight 'Centrist' Clinton

August 19th, 2015 4:30 PM
Reacting to a new CNN poll finding Hillary Clinton's poll numbers slipping, New Day's Chris Cuomo admitted to journalistic boosting of Bernie Sanders. The anchor insisted, "We, and a lot in the media, were encouraging of Bernie Sanders getting in the race because the senator from Vermont does provoke a lot of passion from the left part of that party." Cuomo proclaimed: "We thought that that would…
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'Totally Biased' Comedian, Don Lemon Mock 'Whitest' State Fair on CNN

August 19th, 2015 1:27 PM
W. Kamau Bell, a new CNN host, joined Don Lemon on his program on Tuesday to poke fun of the Iowa State Fair. Lemon touted Bell's "visit to one of the whitest places in America." The former Current TV correspondent, who hosted a show on the FX network named Totally Biased, cracked that people at the fair were "taking pictures of me. I don't think it's because I'm famous. It's because I'm a black…
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CNN's Costello Minimizes 'Little Spike' In Crime In NYC, Other Cities

August 18th, 2015 4:44 PM
On Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello did her best to downplay the significant rise in violent crime in major cities around the country during a segment with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. Costello wondered if "the crime statistics were so unbelievably low over the last decade or so, and there's been this little spike – right? And so, because the crime statistics were so low, does it…

CNN Presses Rick Perry: 'Don't Women Deserve Equal Pay?'

August 18th, 2015 12:28 PM
As GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry appeared as a guest on Tuesday's New Day, co-anchor Alisyn Camerota challenged the former Texas governor for vetoing a Texas bill on equal pay, as she demanded, "Don't women deserve equal pay?"

Former CIA Agent: Hillary Should Be Disqualified from the Presidency

August 18th, 2015 6:38 AM
Robert Baer, a former CIA agent turned intelligence and security analyst critical of the War on Terror, was interviewed on CNN International this past Saturday and when asked his thoughts on Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, he told CNN he thought she should be disqualified from becoming president. Baer argued that if Clinton had top secret information on her private server or personal phone that…
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CNN's Avlon: Obama's 'Nuanced Negotiating Style' Is 'Inspirational'

August 17th, 2015 5:19 PM
On Monday's New Day, during a discussion of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's recent criticism of President Barack Obama's deal with Iran on the Islamic state's nuclear program, Daily Beast editor and liberal CNN political commentator Jon Avlon oddly claimed that Obama has a "nuanced negotiating style" that is "inspirational" as he responded to the GOP presidential candidate's comments.

CNN's Murray: 'Hardline' Immigration Plan 'Red Meat' for 'Far Right'

August 17th, 2015 3:51 PM
On Monday's New Day, CNN political reporter Sara Murray tagged Donald Trump's recently revealed plan for dealing with illegal immigration as a "hardline immigration plan," asserting that the plan "only offers red meat that will appeal to the far right conservative wing of the party." And, even though there is debate about whether the U.S. Constitution's provision for birthright citizenship…
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Notable Quotables: CNN Lobbies on Behalf of Planned Parenthood

August 17th, 2015 9:06 AM
This week, with the nation’s largest abortion provider under fire for allegedly selling baby body parts for profit, CNN’s on-air hosts lecture Republicans on the need to maintain the flow of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood. “You shouldn’t rush to defund,” CNN’s Chris Cuomo told one GOP congesswoman. And, Bloomberg’s John Heilemann and Mark Halperin declare Hillary Clinton’s “fiery” and “…