Piers Morgan Asks Santorum's Wife 'Is He Anti-Women
March 19th, 2012 11:10 PM
CNN's Piers Morgan on Monday actually asked Karen Santorum if her husband Rick is "anti-women?"
Without batting an eye, Mrs. Santorum gave an answer that would put this entire issue to rest if her husband were a Democrat (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Surprise! CNN Legal Analyst Whacks Conservative Case Against ObamaCare
March 19th, 2012 5:20 PM
One week before the Supreme Court hears arguments on Obamacare, CNN's legal analyst has already come down against the conservative side as "really weak." Jeffrey Toobin gave the legal precedents for an individual health insurance mandate and insinuated that it was constitutional on Monday's Starting Point.
Toobin said, regarding those who believe Congress does not have the power to force…
Fareed Zakaria to Grover Norquist: 'Aren't You to Blame' for Rising De
March 19th, 2012 1:00 PM
Apparently, Grover Norquist and the Republican Party are to blame for the rising debt, according to CNN's Fareed Zakaria. In his Sunday interview with Norquist, Zakaria argued that the GOP tax-cutting agenda failed to also cut spending, which led to the country's increase in borrowing.
Zakaria's sloppy logic also revealed itself later when he posed to Norquist that tax cuts didn't…
Rosie O'Donnell: 'Maybe I'll Record a Country Album With Rush Limbaugh
March 17th, 2012 4:39 PM
Okay, she didn't mean it seriously, but at the end of CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight Thursday, substitute host Rosie O'Donnell pondered recording a country album with Rush Limbaugh.
"Then we'll hit the road to promote it, the Rush and Rosie Show. Giddy up" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CNN Hypes Santorum's 'War on Pornography,' Questions Why He's Making I
March 16th, 2012 6:11 PM
In light of Rick Santorum's promise to "vigorously enforce" federal obscenity laws, CNN questioned whether any candidate should even be talking about pornography right now. Host Fredricka Whitfield expressed her disbelief that the subject was even in the news conversation, during Friday's 11 a.m. hour of Newsroom.
Santorum has not made the issue the centerpiece of his campaign, as GOP…
Professor to Soledad: GOP Uses English as a 'Language of Imperialism
March 16th, 2012 1:49 PM
Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have a "disposition of anti-immigrant," sounded CNN guest and liberal Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill on Friday's Starting Point.
"[W]hen I hear Rick Santorum talking, when I hear Mitt Romney talk, I hear a disposition of anti-immigrant. I hear a language of English as the language of imperialism and global dominance," Lamont Hill said. [Video…
CNN's Burnett Lets Axelrod Dodge Question of Giving Back Maher's Milli
March 16th, 2012 12:47 AM
From David Axelrod's Magic Land of the Double Standard: "Cleanup attempt at CNN. Bring the hazmat suits."
Tonight on CNN, as reported by several outlets (Mediaite, Politico, LA Times, but not the Associated Press, which as of 11:45 p.m. on Thursday hadn't done a national story about Maher in 10 days), David Axelrod told Erin Burnett, in the process of dodging a question about whether an Obama…
Smug Liberal Journalists Appear on CNN to Trash 'Taliban' Christians
March 15th, 2012 11:26 AM
A liberal, NBC smugfest invaded CNN on Wednesday. Former Today co-host Meredith Vieira appeared with her husband, journalist Richard M. Cohen, on Piers Morgan. Cohen railed against Christian conservatives as the "American equivalent of the Taliban." In another segment, CNBC regular Donny Deutsch, who guest hosted for Morgan, bashed "vicious bully" Rush Limbaugh.
Deutsch began a discussion on…
CNN Questions Santorum's Appeal to Women Voters Given His 'Ultra-Conse
March 14th, 2012 7:14 PM
CNN's Zoraida Sambolin questioned Rick Santorum's appeal with women voters nationwide as she targeted his "ultra-conservative" positions that "some women don't relate to," on Wednesday's Early Start.
Sambolin challenged Santorum's success among women voters in the deep south by noting that nationwide he lags behind President Obama in a recent poll of women voters. [Video below the break.]
Soledad's Prism: O'Brien Called Jeremiah Wright's Oddball April 2008 N
March 14th, 2012 7:06 PM
In her syndicated column today (at NewsBusters; at her home blog), Michelle Malkin runs down how CNN news anchor Soledad O'Brien has an affinity for the work of the late Harvard Professor Derrick Bell, particularly his "critical race theory" (CRT) that she has to this point not disclosed to her CNN viewers.
O'Brien also had a guest professor on her program who told the audience that CRT has…
CNN's Soledad O'Brien Can't Take Having Liberal Preconceptions Questio
March 14th, 2012 9:04 AM
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien isn’t used to criticism. In the world of media elites, she’s a beloved figure and an award-winning news anchor. But last week, she revealed her true, decidedly non-neutral colors. And she’s not happy about the hoi polloi questioning her hallowed journalistic objectivity.
Last Thursday, O’Brien interviewed Joel Pollak, editor-in-chief of the late Andrew Breitbart’s online…
CNN Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Sandra Fluke
March 13th, 2012 12:22 PM
CNN's Soledad O'Brien told her critics on Monday to "stop tweeting" her and that the particular debate over Obama's past was over. Then on Tuesday she hosted birth control activist Sandra Fluke and simply rolled out the red carpet for her guest to knock her own conservative critics.
Fluke slammed her critics for spewing "misinformation" and silencing women "regarding their own health care."…
With Pictures of House GOPers On Screen CNN Rips Congress for Not Pass
March 12th, 2012 11:54 PM
CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday did a segment correctly castigating Congress for not passing a budget in over 1000 days.
The only problem was that while she did this, pictures of House Republicans were shown on the screen despite the blame resting solely with Senate Democrats (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CNN Again Features Obama Campaign Propaganda, Hypes Clinton's Support
March 12th, 2012 6:47 PM
CNN's Wolf Blitzer once again aired Obama campaign propaganda by playing a clip of Bill Clinton praising the President, from an Obama campaign film to be released soon. Last Thursday Blitzer had aired two whole minutes of footage from the film's trailer, and he referred back to the film on Monday afternoon's The Situation Room.
Blitzer asked if Clinton stumping for Obama in swing states…