CNN Lets NOW Say Why They Want Limbaugh Fired -- But Never Held Ed Sch
March 5th, 2012 4:54 PM
In the wake of Rush Limbaugh calling a Georgetown law student a "slut," CNN hosted the president of the liberal National Organization for Women who called for Limbaugh to be fired, on Monday morning's 10 a.m. hour of Newsroom. They did not give such a voice to supporters of conservative women last year when those women were under attack from liberals.
When liberal radio host Ed Schultz…
CNN Host Castigates 'Another Conservative' Ed Schultz for Sexism
March 5th, 2012 1:10 PM
Railing against radio hosts demeaning women, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield called liberal radio host Ed Schultz a "conservative," implying that conservative talking heads are the ones acting sexist and degrading women. Banfield, on CNN Monday morning, directed her ire at conservatives while not once hitting liberals for vile verbiage.
"I was called a slut by Michael Savage, a conservative radio…
Joe Klein Shocker: Requiring Insurers to Cover Birth Control 'Major Ov
March 4th, 2012 9:45 PM
Time's Joe Klein on Sunday took a position that is likely to shock people on both sides of the aisle.
In a discussion about birth control on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Klein surprisingly said, "Why, in a country where we don't require employers to provide health insurance should we require them to - those who do provide health insurance - to provide contraception? Now, I'm all in favor of…
National Review's Salam Schools Klein, Vanden Heuvel and Zakaria on Te
March 4th, 2012 8:57 PM
National Review's Reihan Salam on Sunday proved once again that liberal media members no matter what their number are no match for one well-informed conservative.
On CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Salam took on the host, Time magazine's Joe Klein, and the Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel on a far-ranging discussion about how both sides of the aisle view taxes, the Tea Party, and social change with…
'Conservative' CNN Analyst Frum Calls for Limbaugh to Send Fluke One o
March 4th, 2012 4:25 PM
UPDATE AT END OF POST: Frum was on vulgarian Bill Maher's show less than two months ago.
The folks at CNN sure are interested in Rush Limbaugh's sex life.
Two days after the host of Piers Morgan Tonight chatted with magician Penn Jillette about watching the talk radio host have sex, David Frum - billed as one of the network's "conservative" analysts - said on Sunday's Reliable Sources, "I…
Piers Morgan and Penn Jillette Discuss Watching Rush Limbaugh Have Sex
March 3rd, 2012 5:48 PM
The Rush Limbaugh-Sandra Fluke birth control controversy took a disgraceful turn Friday when CNN's Piers Morgan and magician Penn Jillette discussed watching the conservative talker have sex.
The host of Piers Morgan Tonight also said, "I would love to know who Rush Limbaugh has had sex with over the years, how many times he has sex (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Mark Levin Tells Media 'Go to Hell' - 'You’re Not Going to Succeed i
March 2nd, 2012 7:39 PM
Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin took to the airwaves Friday to defend Rush Limbaugh from all the media attacks he's receiving over his comments regarding Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke.
"You’re not going to succeed in driving Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves...In fact, I think I speak for tens of millions of Americans when I say you can go to hell" (video available here…
CNN Evokes Tragic School Shootings and Hypes Gun Control Activists In
March 2nd, 2012 5:07 PM
In light of Monday's school shooting in Ohio, CNN hyped the alarm of gun control activists over the repeal of a Virginia handgun regulation, and also evoked the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre where 33 students lost their lives.
CNN's Kate Bolduan interviewed the father of a victim of the Tech shooting and asked him about his opposition to the handgun limit's repeal. She gave him a sympathetic…
CNN Guest Says It's Devilish to Use the Term 'Illegal Immigrant
March 2nd, 2012 2:55 PM
A CEO of a company dealing with Latinos went on CNN Friday morning and lambasted what he saw as the devilish way of dealing with illegal immigrants – calling them "illegal." The guest, Charles P. Garcia, had also written an op-ed for CNN.com titled "Imagine a Day Without a Mexican."
"I think on our shoulder we have the proverbial angel, and we have the devil over here who's dressed up as…
Report: Breitbart, CNN Discussed Possible Show With Disgraced Anthony
March 2nd, 2012 1:57 PM
Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger and publisher who died suddenly yesterday was going to really shake up the self-described mainstream media according to a report that he was in talks with CNN to co-host a television show with Anthony Weiner, the disgraced liberal Democratic congressman who famously sent pictures of his underwear-clad genitals to women on the internet.
The idea…
Breitbart.com Editor Slams CNN for Mistreatment of Andrew Breitbart
March 1st, 2012 7:40 PM
Correction appended below page break | Breitbart.com's editor-in-chief went right after CNN for its treatment of the late Andrew Breitbart, when asked about the "controversial" journalist's "tactics" in the Shirley Sherrod incident. The interview took place Thursday afternoon during the 1 p.m. hour of CNN's Newsroom.
Joel Pollock, a friend of Breitbart's, accused CNN of telling a story "…
Soledad O'Brien Implies That Santorum Lost Catholic Voters by Attackin
February 29th, 2012 6:03 PM
John F. Kennedy may be a hallowed name within Democrat circles, but CNN's Soledad O'Brien seemed to argue Wednesday that he is revered among Catholics too, so much so that they won't vote for a candidate who attacks him.
After Tuesday night's Michigan GOP primary, O'Brien tried to get Rick Santorum's press secretary to admit that the candidate lost Catholic voters in the state because he…
Jan Brewer Smacks Down Piers Morgan: 'You Don't Know What I Was Saying
February 29th, 2012 1:47 PM
After Tuesday's Arizona GOP primary, CNN's Piers Morgan accused Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) of "jabbing him [Obama] in the chest and threatening all sorts of things," in reference to Brewer's tarmac meeting with President Obama where she was photographed pointing her finger at him. Brewer immediately called Morgan out for embellishing the story, during the interview early Wednesday morning.
"…
CNN Hastily Dismisses Veracity of Santorum's Attacks on Obama
February 28th, 2012 7:39 PM
Once again, CNN took offense at a Republican attack against President Obama and rushed to the President's defense, even without complete confirmation of the details. Fill-in host Soledad O'Brien dismissed GOP candidate Rick Santorum's attack on Obama as untrue, even though she couldn't even verify his true source of information.
O'Brien aired Santorum's two swipes at Obama on his wanting…