Stranger to Erin Burnett: You Work for CNN? Yeah, You're 'In the Can f

October 24th, 2012 11:51 AM
If you work for CNN apparently your reputation as a liberal journalist precedes you, at least that's what CNN's Erin Burnett revealed to Conan O'Brien on Tuesday night. The OutFront host, appearing as a guest on TBS's Conan, relayed that when she told a passenger, on a recent flight, that she worked for CNN the passenger replied: "Oh yeah. In the can for Obama." Burnett's anecdote came…

Soledad O'Brien Tells Mourdock to 'Get Real,' Brings Up Todd Akin

October 24th, 2012 11:43 AM
Is Soledad O'Brien working for the DSCC? She distorted a pro-life statement from Senate candidate Richard Mourdock by including it with the Todd Akin controversy in a critical "Get Real" segment on Wednesday's Starting Point. She also tied Romney to Mourdock by noting he previously backed the candidate. "Our 'Get Real' this morning, I think it's a really interesting question about a lack of…

CNN's Morgan Declares Obama Wrong on Number of Bayonets

October 24th, 2012 8:29 AM
On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Tonight, host Morgan proclaimed that President Barack Obama was wrong during Monday's debate when he claimed that the U.S. military has fewer bayonets than in the past as the CNN host recounted that hand-to-hand combat still occurs in places like Afghanistan. As he brought aboard Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times as a guest, Morgan played a clip of Obama from…

New Gallup Poll Shreds CNN's Speculation on Women, Abortion, and the G

October 23rd, 2012 6:23 PM
After a USA Today/Gallup poll showed women in swing states thought abortion the top election issue, CNN hyped the news and cast a wary eye toward "controversial" Republican positions as the possible catalysts. Five days later, however, Gallup reported that, nationally, abortion is near the bottom of importance among voters. CNN hosts Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper led their October 18…

The Daily Kos Loves Soledad O'Brien: 'The Best Thing to Happen to Jour

October 23rd, 2012 5:01 PM
Guess who loves CNN's Soledad O'Brien? The liberals at the Daily Kos! They think she's "the best thing to happen to journalism" and have suggested starting a petition for her to supplant David Gregory as host of NBC's Meet the Press. "Sure, O'Brien does criticize the Tea Party and others in the GOP heavily but that doesn't necessarily make her a partisan. I mean, she's a frickin' journalist…

CNN's Jessica Yellin: 'Not Anything Significantly New' In Obama's Just

October 23rd, 2012 11:40 AM
Appearing at a campaign event in Delray, Florida, Tuesday, President Obama revealed a 20-page booklet called “The New Economic Patriotism: A Plan For Jobs & Middle-Class Security.” CNN's Jessica Yellin reporting from the scene amazingly said, "There’s not anything significantly new in here" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Media Debate Fail: Obama, the Auto Bailout and China

October 23rd, 2012 9:52 AM
In their third Presidential debate analysis, the Jurassic Press Media last night and thus far this morning have failed utterly in their role as fact checker and record-corrector - at least when it comes to what President Barack Obama had to say.  As but one glaring example, there were the President’s absurd assertions regarding the auto bailout and China.

ABC and CNN Declare ‘False’ What Krauthammer Touted as Romney’s

October 23rd, 2012 8:56 AM
“The high point of that debate for Romney is when he devastatingly leveled the charge of Obama going around the world on ‘an apology tour,’” Charles Krauthammer asserted on the Fox News Channel following Monday night’s third presidential debate. But what Krauthammer saw as so powerful for Mitt Romney, ABC and CNN tried to discredit based on the flimsy reasoning that Obama didn’t use the word “…

CNN's Soledad O'Brien Thought Obama 'Bayonets' Line Was Huge 'Moment

October 23rd, 2012 12:52 AM
"We got some big laughs out of the crowd" on President Obama's "horses and bayonets" line, CNN's Soledad O'Brien gushed during a focus-group segment on CNN following shortly after the conclusion of Monday's presidential debate. Yet when she turned to see if a member of the focus group found it influential towards his vote, she was rebuffed. "Often we in the media talk about moments. Did you…

Bizarre: CNN's Costello Says She's 'Proud' to Be 'Card-Carrying Member

October 22nd, 2012 6:55 PM
CNN's Carol Costello agreed with a guest whom she cut off last week in mid-interview after he addressed health risks of homosexual behavior. He claimed her tactic was the "gay Gestapo" "in action." "Well, Mr. Fischer if that's the definition of the 'gay Gestapo,' then I'm a proud card-carrying member," Costello professed on Monday morning. She had defended "Mix It Up at Lunch Day" against…

On CNN, Dan Rather Barely Talks Libya But Questions Romney's Tough Tal

October 22nd, 2012 4:23 PM
When asked by CNN what "one foreign policy question" he would ask the President, Dan Rather didn't mention Libya and instead asked a generic question about a threat to world peace. Is he a journalist or a Miss America contestant? CNN's Brooke Baldwin inquired of Rather on Monday, "what is the one foreign policy question that you are absolutely dying to ask of the President?" His answer: "…

Giuliani Rips Soledad O'Brien's 'Incredibly Generous Interpretation' f

October 22nd, 2012 1:09 PM
Once again, a Republican guest ripped CNN's Soledad O'Brien for her Democratic-friendly bias. Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani lit into her on Monday for giving President Obama "an incredibly generous interpretation" of his reaction to the Libya attacks. "My goodness. That's an incredibly generous interpretation for the President," Giuliani told O'Brien after she tried to refute GOP…

Kofi Annan Says Paul Ryan Is 'Dead Wrong' About Syria

October 21st, 2012 9:37 AM
During the recent vice presidential debate, Paul Ryan blamed former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan for not being able to resolve the escalating conflict in Syria. On a CNN interview to be aired Sunday, Annan struck back saying, "He was dead wrong. He was dead wrong."

CNN Blames GOP Reps for Women Saying Abortion Most Important Issue

October 19th, 2012 3:45 PM
After a Gallup poll showed abortion as the top issue among likely women voters, CNN's Carol Costello suggested Republicans are responsible – and not in a good way. "Why now? Maybe it's because there's been so much controversial language surrounding the issue lately, like Congressman Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape' comments," said Costello, bringing in the Democratic talking points. [Video below…