Feinstein Calls For San Diego Mayor Filner To Resign
July 28th, 2013 9:51 AM
California Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) on Sunday called for San Diego mayor Bob Filner (D) to resign as a result of sexual harassment allegations made against him by several women.
CNN's Don Lemon: Bill O'Reilly 'Right About' Problems in Black Communi
July 27th, 2013 7:20 PM
Fox News's Bill O'Reilly has taken a lot of heat from the liberal media for comments he made this week about problems in the African-American community.
On CNN Saturday, O'Reilly received support from an unlikely source when Don Lemon actually said of the Fox News host's comments, "He is right...But in my estimation, he doesn't go far enough" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CNN Reporter Snubs Zimmerman: 'I'm Sure' Rescued Family Wishes 'Someon
July 27th, 2013 4:13 PM
On Tuesday, July 23, as CNN Newsroom gave attention to the story that George Zimmerman helped rescue a family after a vehicle crash in Florida, CNN reporter Victor Blackstone inserted some uncalled for commentary as he theorized that the rescued family members "would also hope" that "someone else" other than Zimmerman had rescued them.
After Blackstone recounted that the family members "don't…
CNN Implies Bigotry Is Behind Some Opposition to Immigration Bill
July 25th, 2013 4:59 PM
[UPDATED BELOW] CNN's New Day used Rep. Steve King's controversial remarks on illegal immigrants to paddle the GOP and hint that bigotry is partly behind opposition to the immigration bill. King had said that for every "valedictorian" illegal immigrant, 100 more are drug smugglers.
"But it's important that he [King] said it, because this is what it's about on some level," said New Day co-…
CNN Guest Claims Zimmerman Used Racial Slur, CNN Host Doesn't Correct
July 25th, 2013 1:46 PM
When a CNN guest made an unsubstantiated claim that George Zimmerman called Trayvon Martin a racial slur, CNN's Erin Burnett wouldn't call her on it.
On the July 16 Erin Burnett OutFront, the 2008 Miss Black Massachusetts Safiya Songhai said, "So, I mean the idea that race played a role in the case – yes, it played a role in the case. He [Zimmerman] is on the tape saying "F-ing coons."…
CNN Touts 'Incredibly Politically Sophisticated' Huma Abedin Learning
July 24th, 2013 11:31 PM
On Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN followed NBC's narrative of connecting Huma Abedin to her "mentor" Hillary Clinton in dealing with husbands' sex scandals.
CNN repeatedly made the connection in a positive light, touting Abedin as "incredibly politically sophisticated," "intelligent," and "discerning" from her years working for Clinton. CNN insisted that Abedin would use the Clinton "playbook"…
At CNN, Democratic Scandals Are ‘So-Called
July 24th, 2013 8:05 PM
Today President Barack Obama criticized Republicans for, among other transgressions, “phony scandals.” Press secretary Jay Carney’s used the term multiple times this week. It seems Obama’s pals in the media like that theme.
On CNN Newsroom’s 2:30 ET segment, anchor Brooke Baldwin:
CNN Scrolls 'Child Pronounced Dead On The Scene' During Royal Birth Co
July 24th, 2013 11:17 AM
Whoever was manning CNN's news ticker Monday clearly wasn't using his or her head.
Moments after the Royal birth, as CNN International anchor Becky Anderson reported the news live from outside of Buckingham Palace above a chyron reading "Duchess Catherine Gives Birth To A Son," a story about a three-year-old fatally shooting himself in Arkansas scrolled at the bottom of the screen concluding…
Flashback: The Worst of the Media During Weiner's First Scandal
July 23rd, 2013 7:50 PM
Former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner, now a New York mayoral candidate, admitted Tuesday to sending out lewd photos of himself even after he resigned from Congress for doing so back in June of 2011.
During the previous scandal, up until Weiner's resignation, members of the media moved from casting the evidence against him as a smear job to acknowledging his mistake while imploring…
Whitewash: CNN Moves On From IRS Scandal, Deflects Scrutiny From White
July 23rd, 2013 4:32 PM
Since new developments broke last week in the IRS scandal, CNN barely reported on it before dropping the story entirely. The network also deflected scrutiny away from the White House's possible role in the scandal.
After Thursday's congressional hearing on the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, CNN issued just one report on it on Thursday afternoon. Correspondent Dana Bash reported "no proof"…
CNN Anchor Lectures Guest That He Has Racial Blind Spot Because of Whi
July 22nd, 2013 6:13 PM
CNN anchor Don Lemon lectured conservative radio host Ben Ferguson for being quick to pan President Obama's Friday address on race, during Saturday's 4 p.m. ET hour of Newsroom.
Lemon -- who has played the race card by twice comparing traditional marriage supporters to segregationists -- told Ferguson that since he's white, he has a "place of privilege" that minorities don't have and…
CNN Anchor Tries (and Fails) to Spin for Obamacare
July 18th, 2013 6:20 PM
On Friday, CNN's Carol Costello had this snarky tweet for Republicans: "House votes to delay Obamacare. Just as it has unsuccessfully done 35 times." Then she linked to a CNN Money article claiming that Obamacare will cut health care costs for New Yorkers in half.
President Obama used this exact same talking point on Friday to bolster his law. Costello claimed it was "buried in all the…
CNN Tries to Rehabilitate Scandal-Tainted Eliot Spitzer (Again
July 18th, 2013 12:07 PM
Would Eliot Spitzer be getting such a boost from CNN if he were a Republican? The former Democratic New York governor resigned in 2008 over a prostitution scandal, but less than three years later he snagged a prime-time show on CNN. On Wednesday night he enjoyed a nice promotion from CNN's Piers Morgan as he runs for New York City comptroller.
Morgan largely avoided Spitzer's 2008 scandal –…
Larry Elder to Piers Morgan: 'If Rachel Jeantel's One Smart Cookie, Wh
July 18th, 2013 10:13 AM
CNN's Piers Morgan and conservative talk radio host Larry Elder had a heated debate Wednesday about the George Zimmerman trial and the prosecution's star witness Rachel Jeantel.
At one point during the exchange, Elder said to Morgan, "If she's one smart cookie, why don't you hire her as a co-host? (video follows with transcribed highlights via CNN.com and commentary):