Roland Martin on CNN: Sarah Palin is the 'Kim Kardashian of Politics

November 13th, 2010 5:13 PM
Roland Martin brought his full-blown Palin Derangement Syndrome to Friday's Anderson Cooper 360, labeling the former Alaska governor "the Kim Kardashian of politics." Martin continued that Palin is "making a ton of money. We're trying to figure out why. It's the same as Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton....She quit her job because she wanted to go out and be a celebrity." The CNN contributor…

Michael Moore Schooled On 'Real Time': Anti-Obama Sentiment Isn't Raci

November 13th, 2010 3:05 PM
Schlockumentary filmmaker Michael Moore on Friday's "Real Time" got a much-needed education about how absurd it is to claim "white America does not like having a black president." CNN's Jessica Yellin also taught Moore a thing or two about voter turnout during midterm elections (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Michael Moore: ‘Good Thing for Dems’ That Conservative Dems ‘Thr

November 13th, 2010 8:15 AM
   Appearing as a guest on Friday’s Larry King Live on CNN, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore claimed that a "silver lining" for the Democratic Party in their election losses is that conservative Democrats were "thrown out of office last week," as he complained that liberal Democrats had to "placate these conservative Democrats and they watered down these bills." Missing the reality that so many…

Big 3 Nets' Evening News Election and Pre-Election Week Audiences Down

November 12th, 2010 10:11 PM
Along with the cheerful news that Fox News trounced its cable news competitors on Election Night (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), those longing for more fairness and balance in television news coverage can take some comfort in the fact that the Big Three Networks' evening news shows came in with audiences almost 20% lower during the week before and the week of the 2010 midterm elections compared…

CNN Claims No Favorites, But MRC Data Shows Campaign Coverage Skewed L

November 12th, 2010 5:32 PM
11/12: UPDATE with CNN reaction below the fold CNN has launched a new advertising campaign, claiming to be the only cable network without an ideological ax to grind. “If you want to keep them all honest, without playing favorites, the choice is clear: CNN, the worldwide leader in news,” the on-screen message argues. So, did CNN “play favorites” during the midterm campaign? MRC analysts…

Parker Brags: I Led Media Assassination Of Sarah Palin

November 11th, 2010 9:30 PM
In the promo fluff for its future flop, CNN calls Kathleen Parker a "conservative" commentator. So what's a "conservative" in CNN's book?  Someone who, when accused of taking part in the media "assassination" of Sarah Palin, brags that she didn't merely take part—she "led it." Supposed conservative Kathleen Parker made her bizarre boast on this evening's Parker Spitzer. It came in…

Jesse Jackson to CNN's Soledad O'Brien: 'You Don't Count' as Black

November 11th, 2010 4:29 PM
CNN personality Soledad O'Brien revealed in her new book that liberal activist Jesse Jackson put her down for her skin color during a private meeting in 2007. During the meeting, Jackson complained to O'Brien, whose mother is a black woman from Cuba, that there weren't any black anchors on CNN. When she pointed out that she was the anchor of American Morning, the activist replied, "You don't…

From Soda Taxes to Happy Meal Toy Bans, Media Feed Viewers Food Police

November 11th, 2010 11:07 AM
Food-filled winter holidays will soon arrive. But the liberal news media have already spent recent days comparing soda to an illegal drug, promoting a toy ban in kid’s Happy Meals, and generally bashing fast food companies for giving customers exactly what they want. CNBC’s Erin Burnett outdid food police groups on Nov. 8, when she compared soda to cocaine in a segment discussing a “fat tax…

Liberal CNN's New Ad Spotlights Rivals' Slant, Claims Lack of 'Favorit

November 10th, 2010 7:54 PM
CNN, a network known for its regular liberal bias, touted its supposed objectivity versus its competitors in a new ad which premiered on Tuesday evening. The ad graphically associated Fox News with the Republican elephant and MSNBC with the Democratic donkey, and claimed, "If you want to keep them all honest, without playing favorites, the choice is clear: CNN, the worldwide leader in news…

Long Time CNN Talker Lou Dobbs Joins Fox Business

November 10th, 2010 6:19 PM
Earlier today Fox Business Channel announced that it's hiring former CNN talker Lou Dobbs to host a new program on its schedule. Once again Fox has demonstrated that it is alone among cable networks in being willing to routinely offer conservative opinion. Dobbs left CNN last year after CNN president Jonathan Klein gave him an ultimatum: "Mr. Dobbs could vent his opinions on radio and anchor…

Underappreciated: How Thoroughly Fox News Trounced CNN, MSNBC on Elect

November 10th, 2010 3:19 PM
The politicians who received more votes than their opponents weren't the only winners on Election Night. Fox News's dominance on Election Night was overwhelming. If the competition between Fox, CNN, and MSNBC had instead been an electoral contest, they would have called it 30 seconds after the polls closed. The graphic that follows illustrates just how big Fox's gains were in 2010 compared…

CNN's Parker-Spitzer Endorse Matt Taibbi's Anti-Conservative Message

November 9th, 2010 7:52 PM
CNN's Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer endorsed Matt Taibbi's bashing of conservatives on their Monday program. Spitzer marveled over the Rolling Stone editor's "brilliant" label of the Tea Party as "15 million pissed-off white people sent chasing after Mexicans on Medicaid." This was the second straight evening that the network brought on an anti-conservative author to promote their latest…

CNN Anchor Gushes Over Pastor Welcoming of Gays, Promotes His Church E

November 9th, 2010 12:48 PM
On her Monday news hour, CNN's Kyra Phillips welcomed a Christian pastor who accepts gays and lesbians in his congregation and disputes historic, biblical teaching on the immorality of homosexuality. Phillips praised the minister for his stance and actively promoted an event at his church dealing with Christianity and homosexuality. Phillips commended Highlands Church pastor Rev. Mark…

CNN's Don Lemon 'Frustrated' With GOP, Wanted to 'Throw Stuff at TV

November 8th, 2010 4:57 PM
"CNN Newsroom" host Don Lemon is miffed at the GOP -- and he let CNN Senior Political Editor Mark Preston know it on Sunday night. When Preston noted that since the Republicans are once again in the majority in the House of Representatives, they're going to have "to come up and they have learn how to govern," Lemon responded that "They have to learn how the answer the question. Because one…