CNN Revisits Propaganda Visit to North Korea in Reporting on Kim Jong
December 19th, 2011 6:32 PM
Reporting on the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il on Monday, CNN's American Morning re-visited a soft report from then-correspondent Alina Cho's heavily-guarded visit to the country in 2010.
Cho admitted that the state controlled where she went – but her reporting was fawning at times in what clearly was the state's effort to produce propaganda for outside nations. [Video below the…
NewsBusters Mentioned on CNN; Time's Stengel Gives Lame Response to Cr
December 19th, 2011 2:15 PM
Time magazine's editor-in-chief Richard Stengel was asked on Sunday's Reliable Sources to respond to NewsBusters criticizing the inclusion of the Occupy Wall Street movement into Time magazine's "Person of the Year" award, given to "The Protester." In contrast, the Tea Party which helped the Republicans win a landslide election victory in 2010 earned only runner-up status in Time that year.…
Kathy Griffin to Co-host CNN's New Year's Eve Show
December 19th, 2011 9:10 AM
Vulgarian comedienne Kathy Griffin will once again co-host CNN's New Year's Eve show.
TVNewser reported Sunday:
Tom Brokaw Warns 'Income Inequality' Could Lead to 'Class War
December 18th, 2011 9:34 PM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN ,as he discussed the Occupy Wall Street protests, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw warned that a "class war" could develop unless "income inequality" is addressed. Brokaw:
David Zurawik: NBC Hiring Chelsea Clinton a 'Journalistically Bankrupt
December 18th, 2011 4:19 PM
Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik on Sunday called NBC hiring Chelsea Clinton a "journalistically-bankrupt decision."
Talking to CNN's Howard Kurtz about Clinton's debut, Zurawik said if she's been preparing for this all her life "it's been a largely wasted life" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
One Boy USO: Amazing Eight-Year-Old Welcomes Home Troops at Airport Tw
December 17th, 2011 5:47 PM
Cody Jackson is one amazing eight-year-old.
Nicknamed the "One Boy USO," this wonderful Georgian goes to the Atlanta airport twice a month to personally welcome home our returning troops (video follows with transcript):
Tom Brokaw: President Clinton Thought Saddam Hussein Had WMD
December 15th, 2011 6:53 AM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw recounted some of the rationale behind why the Bush administration believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq, even noting that President Clinton had also believed in the presence of WMD. (Video below)
Anderson Cooper Smacks Gingrich, Romney for Attacking Each Other
December 14th, 2011 2:54 PM
Anderson Cooper found yet another way to scrutinize Republicans, as on Tuesday he spotlighted GOP candidates attacking each other's record after each promised to run positive campaigns – even though verbal spars happen during every single election.
The segment's title of "Keeping Them Honest" insinuated that the subject is being deceitful or dishonest, and Cooper decided to call the…
CNN Promotes Liberal Analysis of Gingrich Tax Plan as 'Non-Partisan
December 13th, 2011 6:22 PM
CNN touted a study from the liberal Tax Policy Center claiming that Newt Gingrich's tax plan would increase the deficit. On Tuesday afternoon's The Situation Room, business correspondent Poppy Harlow simply labeled the Tax Policy Center "non-partisan" even though it is a joint venture of two liberal think tanks, the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institute.
CNN even reported the Gingrich…
The War on the War on Christmas
December 13th, 2011 1:48 PM
Every year, millions of Christians that celebrate the birth of their Savior are faced with the attacks on Christmas - "holiday trees," atheist ad campaigns and even outright blasphemy in mocking nativity scenes. To Christians and conservatives, the evidence is overwhelming. But in recent years, the left and the mainstream media have actively denied that the war even exists.
From the hard left…
Rudy Giuliani and Piers Morgan Want Campaign to Get Drunken Alec Baldw
December 13th, 2011 1:09 PM
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and CNN's Piers Morgan want a campaign to get actor Alec Baldwin back on Twitter.
As they discussed Baldwin's now infamous plane incident on Piers Morgan Tonight Monday, the host noted, "When he's had a couple of glasses of wine at midnight, he's absolutely hysterical" on the social networking website. Even more comically, Giuliani agreed (video follows…
Piers Morgan Shills for Obama; President Has His 'Gander' Back
December 13th, 2011 12:59 PM
CNN's Piers Morgan easily could have been mistaken for Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on his Monday night show. In two separate interviews -- with RNC chairman Reince Priebus and Hollywood Obama supporter Harvey Weinstein -- Morgan kept chipping in on behalf of the President's re-election in 2012.
When RNC chairman Reince Priebus attacked Obama's low poll numbers, Morgan countered…
CNN Guest Accuses Network of Waging 'War on Republicans
December 13th, 2011 9:54 AM
Conservative columnist Rich Galen lampooned CNN for its liberal bias during his appearance on Monday's The Situation Room. During the bottom of the 4 p.m. hour, anchor Wolf Blitzer threw water on right-wing claims that President Obama is waging a "war on religion," and Galen called him out for one-sided coverage of the matter.
GOP candidate Rick Perry had recently produced a campaign ad…
David Frum Bashes Fox News Viewers: End Up 'Knowing A Lot Less About I
December 12th, 2011 11:36 AM
Faux-Republican David Frum took a shot at Fox News viewers on Sunday when he told CNN's Howard Kurtz that "people who watch a lot of Fox come away knowing a lot less about important world events." Frum's interview aired during the bottom half of the 11 a.m. hour of Reliable Sources.
Even Kurtz, who has worked for the liberal media for three decades, challenged Frum's hard-line criticism of…