MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Slams CNN Specials on Christian, Jewish Extr

August 21st, 2007 5:00 PM
On Tuesday’s "Morning Joe," MSNBC host Joe Scarborough mocked the very concept of CNN’s upcoming specials on Muslim, Christian and Jewish extremism. Anticipating the possible moral relativism that the Christiane Amanpour-hosted series may take, Scarborough sarcastically observed, "They’re going to study Muslim extremism, then Christian extremism, because we know Christians have, have slaughtered…

Disgraceful Anti-Semitism on CNN Special ‘God, Sex and Greed

August 21st, 2007 3:32 PM
On Monday evening, CNN began a three-part special entitled "God, Sex and Greed." At issue: in a supposedly religious country like ours, why are sex and greed so prominent? With that as the premise, who do you think CNN chose as one of the examples of greed in our country? Disgracefully, a 24-year-old Jewish hedge fund manager who took his Bar Mitzvah money and turned it into millions. Nice…

CNN Omits Democratic Affiliation of Congressman Charged With Assault

August 20th, 2007 4:27 PM
Update with YouTube video below.When is it unimportant to the MSM to inform viewers of a congressman's party affiliation?At 3:51 P.M. EDT today, CNN aired a "Just In" report on filing of assault and battery charges against California Congressman Bob Filner. Anchor Kyra Phillips said the CNN report was in turn based on a report from its Arlington, VA affiliate, WJLA-TV. According to the WJLA…

CNN’s Upcoming Miniseries Equates Christian Activists With Taliban

August 20th, 2007 2:34 PM
CNN's upcoming miniseries "God's Warriors," hosted by left-wing bias exemplar Christiane Amanpour, looks like it will play the old liberal game of moral equivalence. Amanpour reportedly compares Christian chastity advocates to the Taliban in the miniseries. Even the promos for the miniseries which have been running on CNN for the past few weeks demonstrate the probable "game plan" that Amanpour…

Former CNN Reporter Suggests Hurricane Dean God's Wrath Against Bush

August 18th, 2007 9:44 PM

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: August 11 to

August 18th, 2007 1:10 PM
Chris, How Do You Really Feel? Cable host Chris Matthews reacted to the resignation of top Bush aide Karl Rove by calling the political operative a "bum" and speculating as to whether he would tell all in an autobiography. Matthews sneeringly wondered if "you have to pay to get the truth from Karl Rove." In general, he contributed to the media frothing by hungering for the scalp of the Bush aide…

Could CBS Havana Bureau Be In the Works

August 17th, 2007 12:14 PM

Were CNN Poll Questions Weighted Against Surge Report

August 17th, 2007 4:54 AM
CNN released a poll on the 16th that claims that 53% of Americans don't trust the U.S. Military assessment of what is going on in Iraq and that 72% won't have their mind changed on their view of the war no matter what General Petraeus says about the surge next month. But if one reviews the questions of the poll and the method by which it was conducted is considered (at least the only hint of that…

CNN’s Begala Returns to Smearing Limbaugh for Past OxyContin Use

August 16th, 2007 6:14 PM

CNN's Morning Show Covers NYT's ‘Jerk’ Jab at Bush, 'Fox & Friends

August 16th, 2007 1:51 PM
"American Morning" co-host Kiran Chetry, an alumna of Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends Weekend," gave her former colleagues at Fox a run for the money in highlighting a case of media bias. While "Fox & Friends" on Thursday morning was covering the earthquake in Peru, and featured several segments on the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis, Chetry interviewed "Wired" magazine senior…

Media's Volatile Coverage of Stock Market: 'Armageddon' or 'The Sky's

August 15th, 2007 5:52 PM
As the stock market went up and down over the past few weeks, media coverage also bounced from end-of-the-world rhetoric to rational analysis.CNBC’s Jim Cramer went on an impassioned rant August 6 calling for the Fed to reduce interest rates.“Bernanke needs to open the discount window. That is how bad things are out there … in the fixed income markets we have Armageddon,” said Cramer on “Stop…

National Journal Editor: GOP Candidates Get Tougher Debate Questions T

August 12th, 2007 12:42 PM
As the 2008 presidential campaign moves into high gear, a common conservative complaint has been that Democrat candidates have so far been largely asked softball questions by liberal moderators at their debates, while the Republicans have actually been vigorously challenged by media personalities in theirs. On CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday morning, former Capitol Hill correspondent for ABC,…

Larry King Inadvertently Performs Transgender Comedy Theater

August 11th, 2007 9:45 AM

CNN’s Senior Political Correspondent’s Whopper on Homosexuality

August 10th, 2007 5:41 PM