CNN's Zakaria: Obama's Afghan Speech 'Remarkable Speech for an America
June 24th, 2011 4:45 PM
Fareed Zakaria, CNN's world affairs analyst, hailed President Obama's Afghanistan speech as a "remarkable speech for an American president" Wednesday and defended the president's decision to ignore the advice of his generals on the target dates for pulling troops out of Afghanistan.
"It was a remarkable speech for an American president in the caution, the strategic emphasis, rather than the…
Piers Morgan Insists 'No Partisanship' at CNN; Reality Says Otherwise
June 24th, 2011 9:46 AM
According to cable host Piers Morgan, CNN is bias-free. On his June 22 program, the anchor declared of his network: "What it doesn't have is partisanship, which is a very different thing from having an opinion." See the video below for examples of just how partisan CNN can be. (MP3 audio here.)
Morgan is the same host who on June 07 asked of Ann Coulter, "Where is the similar mob to…
CNN Gushes Over Obama-Appointed Attorney, 'New Sheriff of Wall Street
June 23rd, 2011 7:02 PM
We all know how the story ended for the first "Sheriff of Wall Street," Eliot Spitzer. CNN hailed attorney Preet Bharara as the "New Sheriff of Wall Street" in a puff-piece Thursday afternoon, and one can only wonder if his career path will eventually take him to a prime-time slot at CNN as a Democrat mouthpiece.
Bharara was nominated by President Obama in 2009 to be U.S. Attorney for the…
During Journalistic Lovefest on CNN, 'Queen of England' Christiane Ama
June 23rd, 2011 12:52 PM
Former CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour appeared on Wednesday's Piers Morgan show and was praised as being like "the queen of England" and "Beyonce." The Piers Morgan Tonight host also allowed Amanpour to get away with declaring herself non-"ideological" and not "opinionated."
Amanpour, who once compared Christians who don't watch R-rated movies to "totalitarian regimes," bragged about her…
While CNN Anchor Questions Relevance of Social Issues, Anderson Cooper
June 22nd, 2011 7:13 PM
On Tuesday's In the Arena, fill-in host Christine Romans questioned Marjorie Dannenfelser of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List on the relevance of the abortion issue in the upcoming presidential election. She argued that the central issues, according to polls, are the economy and jobs and that focusing on politicians' stances on abortion might not be a viable strategy.
Ironically, Anderson…
After Giving Free Pass to Planned Parenthood Head, Spitzer Batters FRC
June 22nd, 2011 4:50 PM
It was an obvious contrast in demeanor last week, Eliot Spitzer's lapdog interview of the president of Planned Parenthood and his aggressive sparring with social conservative Tony Perkins. Spitzer simply let Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards air her spin on the organization, but went after the Family Research Council's (FRC) Perkins from the get-go on CNN Thursday night.
Consider…
CNN's Piers Morgan Tweets Back at Barbs from 'Reactionary' Ann Coulter
June 22nd, 2011 8:06 AM
The "Yeas & Nays" gossip column at the Washington Examiner captured the latest Ann Coulter fighting with the media "mainstream" on Tuesday:
When Ann Coulter stopped by the Heritage Foundation Friday, Yeas & Nays reported that she called CNN's Piers Morgan "stupid." "But I don't mind stupid people," she added. (Coulter was annoyed that Morgan asked her about her personal life during an…
Mark Levin Gives Fareed Zakaria a Much-Needed Lesson on the U.S. Const
June 20th, 2011 9:50 PM
Fareed Zakaria on the CNN show bearing his name Sunday actually recommended we use social media to create "a set of amendments to modernize the Constitution for the 21st Century."
On his radio program Monday, conservative talk show host Mark Levin gave Zakaria a much-needed lesson about this document the liberal commentator so badly wants to change (video follows with partial transcript and…
Don's 'Debate': Openly Gay CNN Anchor Hosts Dem Strategist and 'Pro-Ga
June 20th, 2011 5:22 PM
Is this CNN's idea of objectivity? To discuss a gay marriage bill in the New York state senate, openly-gay CNN anchor Don Lemon hosted a Democratic strategist and a pro-gay marriage conservative Sunday. Given the probability that all three would support the legislation, one can only wonder how an honest debate could have transpired during Sunday's 6 p.m. EDT edition of Newsroom.
National…
Fareed Zakaria: Today's Conservative Movement Like 'the Old Marxists
June 20th, 2011 2:57 PM
CNN's Fareed Zakaria regurgitated his conservative-bashing Time magazine piece on his Sunday show Fareed Zakaria GPS. He opened up his program with the same barrage against conservatives that he launched in Time on Thursday, namely that today's conservatism is woefully divorced from reality like the Marxists of the 19th century.
Zakaria writes that "conservatives now resemble the old…
Howard Kurtz Shocked Dick Morris Toes Republican Line
June 20th, 2011 12:01 AM
Howard Kurtz didn't have a good Father's Day.
After being shocked that Republicans would actually prefer Obama jokes over those about Republicans, the "Reliable Sources" host expressed dismay that Fox News analyst Dick Morris would actually toe the GOP's line (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Howard Kurtz Shocked Republicans Prefer Obama Jokes Over Those About R
June 19th, 2011 10:04 PM
As NewsBusters reported Sunday, some liberal media outlets were spreading the idea that a Barack Obama impersonator was pulled off the stage at a Republican event this weekend because he was telling racial and gay jokes.
Although CNN's Howard Kurtz at least figured out that the real reason Reggie Brown was yanked was because he was starting to insult Republicans, the "Reliable Sources" host…
Fareed Zakaria Rips Conservative Movement In Time Magazine Piece
June 17th, 2011 5:56 PM
CNN host Fareed Zakaria, also the editor-at-large for Time magazine, derides today's conservative movement as out-of-touch and too abstract in a scathing Time article "How Today's Conservatism Lost Touch With Reality." He argues, "Conservatives now espouse ideas drawn from abstract principles with little regard to the realities of America's present or past."
Of course, if Zakaria is to paint…
CNN Jumps on Mitt Romney's 'I'm Also Unemployed' Joke, But Barely Touc
June 17th, 2011 3:22 PM
Both President Obama and leading Republican candidate Mitt Romney got into hot water for supposedly making insensitive comments about the economy this week. But CNN's response offers a textbook case of media bias, as the supposedly-objective news network virtually ignored Obama's gaffe while trumpeting Romney's comment.
President Obama poked fun at the ineffectiveness of his own stimulus…