CNN’s Sanchez Features Student Who Mouths Obama Race Point by Stepha
September 15th, 2008 2:22 PM
CNN anchor Rich Sanchez, as part of his continuing interviews of first-time young voters, featured a Georgia Tech student on Monday’s American Morning who made a liberal statement on race that was nearly identical to one made by George Stephanopoulos over a year ago. Ben Porter, who was identified on-screen as an Obama supporter, stated that "[t]he people that can't accept a black man in the…
CNN Downplays Biden's Deceptions
September 14th, 2008 9:52 PM
On Saturday, CNN presented the special "Joe Biden Revealed." Anchored by Abbie Boudreau, the show touched on why Biden dropped his 1988 presidential bid. Discussing it with Boudreau was Senior Biden adviser Ted Kaufman (Kinnock spelled incorrectly throughout transcript):
CNN Brings Back Banned Clinton Shill to Echo Obama Talking Points
September 12th, 2008 12:13 PM
He's baaaaack!After a brief hiatus from CNN due to his ties to Hillary Clinton, former Clinton administration advisor Paul Begala is back on the cable network echoing Democrat talking points.This comes months after CNN announced back in January that Begala, along with Hillary shill James Carville, had been removed as contributors "to make sure that all the analysts that are on are non-aligned."If…
CNN's Roberts Refers to Democrats as 'We
September 12th, 2008 10:09 AM
It now makes more sense why CNN's John Roberts didn't want to talk about liberal media bias with NewsBusters at the Republican National Convention last week, for while discussing the state of the presidential campaign with former Clinton administration advisor Paul Begala Friday morning, Roberts referred to Democrats as "we." [audio here]I kid you not.At 6:57 AM, after showing a video of Barack…
CNN’s Gary Tuchman: Palin ‘Considered Fervently Anti-Abortion
September 11th, 2008 3:01 PM
CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman’s report detailing the abortion stances of the four major presidential and vice-presidential candidates on Wednesday’s Anderson Cooper 360 program gave a fairly neutral portrayal of how "Biden and Obama both favor abortion rights" and how "Palin and McCain are both anti-abortion," despite Tuchman describing how Palin is "considered fervently anti-abortion." However…
CNN's Chetry: 'Please Tell Me It's Not Lipstick Again
September 10th, 2008 11:40 PM
On CNN's American Morning today, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported on Barack Obama's campaigning in Virginia. Afterwards, anchor Kiran Chetry had a question:CHETRY: All right. And Suzanne, what's on tap for the campaign today? And please tell me it's not lipstick again.MALVEAUX: Let's hope not. He's going to be in Norfolk, Virginia. That is in southeast Virginia, and it's home…
CNN’s Toobin: Palin ‘Very Extreme’ on Embryonic Stem Cell Resear
September 10th, 2008 9:39 PM
CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin criticized Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday’s Election Center program for having a "very extreme" position on the issue of embryonic stem cell research: "By excluding that entire scientific method, it seems like you're an extremist, and frankly, her position is very extreme in the American spectrum. And I think that is the…
CNN Labels Palin’s Environmental Stances as ‘Outside-the-Mainstrea
September 10th, 2008 6:23 PM
Two segments on Tuesday’s Election Center program, which were promoted by host Campbell Brown as having ‘no bias, no bull,’ actually tried to paint Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin as having a "very extreme" and "outside-the-mainstream" viewpoint on environmental issues, since on the issue of global warming, she’s "not one... who would attribute it to being man-made." Brown herself…
CNN Parrots Inaccurate Obama Claim That Republicans Ignored Economy
September 10th, 2008 4:35 PM
CNN’s “best political team on television” is proving itself to be the best at closing its eyes, plugging its ears and repeating “la, la, la, we can’t hear you” when it comes to Republicans addressing economic concerns. In its coverage of the Republican National Convention September 3 and 4, the cable network accused the GOP of ignoring the economy at least 27 times. The criticism originated from…
CNN Presents ‘Non-Partisan’ Liberal Organization’s Disapproval
September 10th, 2008 2:13 PM
As Michael M. Bates earlier detailed, CNN’s Jessica Yellin filed a report from Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday’s American Morning which cites a "non-partisan" organization whose official policy stance includes a pro-abortion position, and whose president used to work for NARAL. She also included a sound bite from a Palin critic who donated hundreds of dollars to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.Yellin’s…
CNN Contradicts FactCheck.org and Their Own Reporting on Palin
September 9th, 2008 2:11 PM
[Update, 3:05 pm: Transcript of Toobin's remarks added below.]
For two straight days, CNN repeated liberal rumors about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s political record – rumors that had already been debunked by their own correspondents, as well as the respected FactCheck.org, a group led by former CNN reporter Brooks Jackson.
During Monday evening’s Election Center…
