Pants on Fire? Despite Media Outcry, Romney's 'Lie of the Year' Was Tr
January 18th, 2013 6:21 PM
It turns out that the Romney campaign was right to claim that Fiat, who owns Chrysler, would be making Jeeps in China instead of America, even though the media disparaged that case at the time with PolitiFact going so far as to declare the ad "Lie of the Year." According to PolitiFact, the campaign falsely implied the jobs would be outsourced, among other claims.
As Reuters reported yesterday…
Anderson Cooper's Only Guest on Gun Issue Is Gun Control Advocate Mayo
January 18th, 2013 2:57 PM
Anderson Cooper's lone guest to talk guns on Thursday night was the anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), echoing CNN's ridiculous disparity of pro-gun control guests and gun rights advocates on its newscasts.
Cooper pitched him a fairly easy interview, first asking, "your impressions of the President's proposals on gun control. Are you happy with them?" He later teed up Bloomberg…
Piers Morgan Bashes Critics Who Point Out His Ratings Desperation
January 18th, 2013 12:10 PM
In an interview with media reporter Dylan Byers, Piers Morgan has admitted what has become painfully obvious to observers of his program: the CNN host is desperate to save his job by ginning up any sort of controversy he can to attract attention to himself.
Even though he freely admits he’s seeking ratings, it appears that pointing out Morgan’s pathetic ploy is very irritating to him. In the…
CNN Paddles Whole Foods CEO for Calling ObamaCare 'Fascism
January 18th, 2013 12:00 PM
CNN's Carol Costello scolded Whole Foods CEO John Mackey for calling ObamaCare "fascism" on Friday. She also questioned why he was entering the ObamaCare debate at all and lectured him that many of his customers would disagree with his opposition to ObamaCare.
"And you realize when you say 'fascism' it brings up Nazi Germany and all sorts of things. And we really want that kind language out…
Poll Shows NRA More Popular Than President Obama; As Usual, Media Igno
January 18th, 2013 12:22 AM
Despite constant hammering by the national news media, the National Rifle Association has a favorability rating of 54 percent in the latest Gallup survey, slightly higher than President Obama's rating of 53 percent.
While those figures are within the poll's margin of error, they show that the NRA's popularity is in the same range as that of the Democratic president who issued 23 executive…
Despite CNN's Gun Control Advocacy, Polls Show Drop In Support
January 17th, 2013 3:48 PM
Despite CNN waging a crusade for gun control over the past month, and host Piers Morgan drawing attention with his incessant activism and bullying of his opponents on the gun issue, CNN’s own poll shows that support for some gun control measures has dropped over the past month.
CNN.com reported on its poll Wednesday: "According to the survey, 56% support a ban on semi-automatic guns, but that…
As Support for Gun Control Slips, Piers Morgan Picks On Women Gun Righ
January 17th, 2013 1:01 PM
Despite Piers Morgan's consistent advocacy, CNN's own polls show support for certain gun laws down from a month ago. That didn't stop Morgan from targeting two female gun rights advocates on his Wednesday night show, asking absurd questions, constantly interrupting them, and throwing a juvenile hissy fit.
"Where does it say you can have an assault weapon that can fire 100 bullets in a minute…
CNN Joins Obama In Using Child Activists to Spread Gun Control Agenda
January 16th, 2013 6:16 PM
Instead of holding the White House accountable, CNN's White House correspondent is helping the President make his case for gun control.
Jessica Yellin touted Obama's "persuasive advocates," young children who wrote letters to the White House pushing for stricter gun laws whom the President featured behind him as he pushed for more gun control on Wednesday. Yellin teed them up to explain why…
Piers Morgan Rips Texas GOP State Rep as 'Stupid, Dangerous Man
January 16th, 2013 3:18 PM
CNN host and gun control advocate Piers Morgan kept smearing gun rights advocates after President Obama announced his proposals on guns Wednesday. CNN's Wolf Blitzer was interviewing a GOP Texas state representative, who had proposed a bill that could make a felony any enforcement of a federal ban on semi-automatic guns or magazines within the state of Texas.
"Texas Republican congressman…
Soledad O'Brien Insults CNN Guest; 'Some People Make Your Head Hurt Wh
January 16th, 2013 12:15 PM
CNN continued its trend of marginalizing gun rights advocates on Wednesday. Anchor Soledad O'Brien derided a CNN guest who had cited her fear of tyrannical government as reason to own a semi-automatic rifle.
"Some people make your head hurt when they speak. Wow. And that was one of those moments," O'Brien sneered in front of Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (Ill.). [Video below the…
Advocacy, Not Journalism: 13 CNN Guests Want More Gun Control, Only
January 15th, 2013 5:13 PM
Commemorating the one month anniversary of the Newtown shooting, CNN stacked its Monday line-up with gun control advocates and Democratic politicians.
Over the course of the entire day, CNN interviewed guests about the gun issue. 13 guests were gun control advocates, including five Democratic politicians. Only two Republican guests went on to oppose further gun control measures or defend the…
Stephen Colbert Tells Piers Morgan 'Get the F--k Out of Dodge
January 15th, 2013 8:58 AM
On Monday, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert said something to CNN's Piers Morgan that many Americans have been thinking since the arrogant, British gun control advocate started shouting his anti-NRA opinions on a nightly basis after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
"Get the f--k out of Dodge" (video follows with commentary):
Rob Lowe: 'Last Thing' People 'Want Is Another Hollywood Actor Telling
January 14th, 2013 10:27 PM
Maybe the sanest words out of any media member's mouth in the weeks following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, came from actor Rob Lowe on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight Monday.
"I’m no social anthropologist, but I do think that the last thing viewers want is another Hollywood actor telling them anything about guns pro or con" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
'Centrist' News Network? CNN Loads Newscasts With Gun Control Advocate
January 14th, 2013 6:45 PM
One month after the Newtown shooting, CNN "commemorated" the atrocity by hosting a string of gun control activists and Democratic politicians pushing for stricter gun laws.
From the 5 a.m. through the 3 p.m. news hours, CNN hosted five guests who had participated in the "Demand a Plan" campaign put on by the anti-gun group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. In addition, two Democratic congressmen…