Time's Joe Klein: ObamaCare Protests a 'Celebration of Ignorance
August 17th, 2009 7:07 PM
Time magazine’s Joe Klein complained about the legal appearance of openly-carried weapons at protests against President Obama during a segment on CNN’s Newsroom on Monday, and labeled the protests against ObamaCare as a “celebration of ignorance and misinformation.” Anchor Rick Sanchez and his other guest also falsely characterized one of the guns carried at a recent protest.Sanchez first asked…
CNN Finally Reports Affiliation of Leftist Health Care 'Insider;' ABC
August 17th, 2009 5:32 PM
On Saturday’s House Call program, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta finally reported the left-wing affiliation of a “health insurance insider” glowingly featured on his network. Gupta noted that Wendell Potter was a “senior fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy” and that the former Cigna spokesman was now “pro- a public insurance option.” He didn’t label Potter’s organization or position as leftist.The…
CNN's Keilar: Blue Dog Ross 'A Fiscally Conservative Democrat
August 14th, 2009 8:09 PM
On The Situation Room today, CNN congressional correspondent Brianna Keilar reported on "almost a love-fest" for Arkansas Democratic Congressman Mike Ross:BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, compared to some of the other town hall meetings that we've seen, some very contentious town hall meetings, this one was almost a love-fest.It started with a standing ovation as soon as…
Kudos: CNN's Sanchez Presses Jackson-Lee Over Weird Claim Phone Video
August 13th, 2009 4:57 PM
On Thursday’s Newsroom, CNN’s Rick Sanchez couldn’t get a straight answer out of Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee about her cell phone use during a recent health care town hall, and after he repeatedly asked why she did it and if it was disrespectful, the Texas Democrat bizarrely raised the possibility that the YouTube video of her on the phone was “doctored” [the entire interview can…
CNN Video from 2006: Bush With Hitler Mustache? No Outrage; Called A
August 13th, 2009 12:55 PM
The media are currently apoplectic about the Obama-as-Hitler references at town hall meetings across the country. As we have reported again and again, they are often incorrectly ascribing these references to talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and conservatives - as it is lunatic fringe Leftist Lyndon LaRouche that is making these Obama-as-Hitler posters and comparisons.But this collective media…
CNN Again Omits Far Left Affiliation of 'Insurance Company Insider
August 12th, 2009 6:37 PM
CNN’s Elaine Quijano failed to mention the left-wing political affiliation of Wendell Potter, whom she touted to be a health care “insurance company insider” on Wednesday’s Situation Room. When her network featured a glowing segment on the former Cigna spokesman over a month earlier, her colleague Jim Acosta also omitted Potter’s work as a senior fellow for the liberal Center for Media and…
Comedienne Kathy Griffin Draws More Viewers Than Chris Matthews
August 12th, 2009 9:41 AM
Although the glory days of Chris Matthews and his MSNBC program "Hardball" are surely a thing of the past, getting beaten in the prime time cable ratings by a D-list comedienne has got to add insult to injury.Filling in for Larry King on CNN Monday, Kathy Griffin -- with a guest lineup that featured Joan Rivers, the parents from TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras," and Levi Johnston -- actually drew more…
NBC, CNN and MSNBC All Assign Communist LaRouche's Obama-Hitler Poster
August 12th, 2009 9:04 AM
The media have repeatedly stated how "angry," "hostile" and "ugly" town hall meetings across America are becoming. They are of course largely ascribing the nastiness to conservatives voicing their opposition to (among other things) President Barack Obama and Congress' proposed government takeover of the health care system. The press has been particularly offended by the "extreme" use of…
CNN: Illegal Immigrants, Abortion, Constitution Aren't Related to Heal
August 11th, 2009 6:07 PM
During a segment on Tuesday’s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez and correspondent Ali Velshi bizarrely agreed that the issues of illegal immigration and abortion, as well as the constitutionality of the ObamaCare proposal, had little to do the health care debate, after citizens raised those issues at a health care town hall with Senator Arlen Specter.Sanchez led the 3 pm Eastern hour of…
CNN Bans Talk Radio Show Hosts
August 11th, 2009 3:18 PM
Has CNN banned talk radio show hosts from its on air programming?Such was reported by TVNewser a few hours ago (h/t Steve Malzberg):
CNN's Jim Acosta Misrepresents Limbaugh's Swastika/ObamaCare Logo Comp
August 11th, 2009 12:44 PM
CNN’s Jim Acosta claimed that Rush Limbaugh’s website “compares the [ObamaCare] reform supporters to Nazis” during a report on Tuesday’s American Morning. The website actually draws a comparison between the DNC’s “Organizing for Health Care” logo and the Nazis’ Parteiadler (Party Eagle) symbol. Acosta also claimed that conservatives “falsely compared” ObamaCare to the Canadian health system.…
CNN’s Cafferty Focuses on Those Who Agree With Pelosi’s 'Un-Americ
August 10th, 2009 6:36 PM
Most of the viewer responses that CNN’s Jack Cafferty read during one of his “Cafferty File” segments on Monday’s Situation Room agreed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Steny Hoyer’s “un-American” label against anti-ObamaCare protesters. Though he surprisingly remained neutral when he presented the issue, all but one of the responses sided with the two Democratic leaders.Cafferty…
CNN's Cohen Defends ObamaCare: Elderly 'Group...Who Needs to Worry the
August 10th, 2009 3:14 PM
[Update, 3:30 pm Eastern: See below.] CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen tried to assuage the elderly over their concerns with ObamaCare on Monday’s Newsroom: “If there’s one group of people who needs to worry the least about health care reform, it’s probably the elderly... [they] already have Medicare.” This claim by Cohen ignores planned cuts to Medicare benefits announced by…
