Fred Barnes: CNN's Debates 'Screw Republicans...Boost Democrats
Describing the agenda of questions CNN chose to pose, during its Wednesday night Republican presidential debate with YouTube, as “completely different” from those forwarded to Democrats in July, Fred Barnes, on Thursday's Special Report on FNC, cited the contrast in questions about the military and Iraq as demonstrating how CNN picked the questioners to “screw Republicans” and “boost Democrats.”…
CNN Cites Omission of Bush’s Name at Debate, Quotes Daily Kos
A report on Thursday’s "The Situation Room" tried to make an issue out of the fact that President Bush’s name was only mentioned a few times at the Republican presidential debate that they organized with YouTube. CNN correspondent Carol Costello compared the President’s name to a curse word in her introduction to the report. "It sure seems like Bush has become a four-letter word you don't want to…
CNN Defends Debate, Says Vetting Was 'Focused on the Questions
CNN is defending its job in vetting questions for last night's debate, reports Politico's Kenneth Vogel:The retired general who quizzed Republican presidential candidates about gays and lesbians in the military was not the only person linked to a Democratic presidential candidate who got to ask a question at Wednesday’s CNN/YouTube debate. CNN also aired questions from supporters of Democratic…
CNN’s ‘American Morning’ Omits Revelation that Gay General Was
Thursday’s “American Morning” program, while reporting retired Brigadier General Keith Kerr’s connections to the Hillary Clinton campaign, failed to mention one key revelation made by debate moderator Anderson Cooper during the post-debate coverage - that Cooper knew that Kerr was “an activist of some sort.” Co-host John Roberts not only reported on Kerr’s membership of Clinton’s “LGBT Americans…
Should CNN Be Allowed to Host Any More Debates
In the greatest of ironies, after Democrats refused to participate in debates sponsored by Fox News due to its supposed partiality, CNN has now shown itself in back-to-back debates to be as biased as biased can be. After either participating in or allowing the planting of campaign operatives at November 15's Democrat presidential debate in Las Vegas, it has now become apparent that similar…
Scarborough: 'Total Crap' CNN Didn't Know Gay Questioner Is Clinton Ca
Update | 8:05 AM: Hillary's Howard tries to weasel out. See update at foot.Like Rudy and Romney going after each other over immigration last night at the GOP debate, MSNBC was taking some jabs at rival CNN this morning on the issue of the gay questioner who turned out to be a member of Hillary Clinton's campaign."Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough scoffed at the notion that no one at CNN was…
CNN Fails to Mention Retired Gay General’s Endorsement of Hillary
CNN, as part of its Republican debate with YouTube, failed to mention that retired general Keith Kerr, who announced he was gay after his retirement from the Army, is a member of Hillary Clinton’s "LGBT Americans For Hillary Steering Committee." Not only did General Kerr ask the question via a YouTube video, but he was also present in the audience, and got to ask the candidates for a "straight…
CNN Reporter: 'Do You Think We're Feeding Economic 'Misery
CNN's senior business correspondent Ali Velshi had an interesting question for viewers this morning.Before telling viewers that consumer confidence is at the lowest level in two years, Velshi asked if the media have anything to do with it."Do you think we're feeding this thing? Do you think we're fueling this sort of misery?" asked Velshi on "American Morning" November 28.A question for…
Hugo Chavez Thinks CNN Trying to Get Him Killed
Pop quiz, hot shot: On any given day, who is more likely to say the nuttiest thing? Sean PennRosie O'DonnellKeith OlbermannHugo ChavezRegardless of your answer, on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, the whacky dictator from Venezuela wins the booby prize for saying CNN is trying to get him killed.As deliciously reported by Reuters moments ago (emphasis added throughout, h/t JammieWF):
CNN's Cafferty: Streisand 'Reclusive, Neurotic, Over-the-Hill Vocalist
CNN's Jack Cafferty, who made his anti-Iraq war, anti-Bush administration stance clear on Monday's "The Situation Room," rolled his eyes at Barbara Streisand's endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday's program. His characterization of the news: "Reclusive, neurotic, over-the-hill vocalist endorses Hillary. I mean, is the ground supposed to shake now, and lightning bolts fly out of the sky. Who…
Dobbs: Clinton White House Would Be Praised for Today’s Economy
For years, NewsBusters and its parent, the Media Research Center, have been reporting on the disparity in economic coverage by mainstream media outlets during the Clinton and Bush administrations. In the past seven years, economic data that would have been praised when Bill Clinton was in the White House has continually been presented as recessionary, or even depression-like. With that in…
CNN’s Cafferty Spouts on Middle East Peace, War in Iraq
CNN’s Jack Cafferty gave another of his rantings against the war in Iraq and the Bush administration on Monday’s "The Situation Room." Cafferty, channeling Ramsey Clark, called the war in Iraq "an unprovoked act of naked aggression," and charged that the issues of establishing a Palestinian state and the brokering peace between the Israelis and Palestinians have been "virtually ignored by the…