CNN Schizophrenic on Job Numbers

March 9th, 2007 1:50 PM

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: March 3 to

March 9th, 2007 8:20 AM
While members of "mainstream media" have eagerly covered Ann Coulter’s use of an vulgar term at a conservative conference, HBO host Bill Maher’s obnoxious comment about the Vice President, that "more people would live" if Dick Cheney had been assassinated, drew only sparse attention from the press. Commenting on the diversity of the 2008 Democratic contenders, MSNBC host Contessa Brewer remarked…

CNN's John Roberts Defends His 'Very Narrowly Sliced' Cheney Attack Pi

March 8th, 2007 10:59 PM
CNN put together a story featuring reporter John Roberts that absolutely hammered Vice President Cheney on Wednesday night’s Paula Zahn Now, concluding with an anonymous Republican suggesting the party needed an "exorcism" to rid itself of all its missteps and corruption.When the Laura Ingraham show played clips, Ingraham suggested reporter John Roberts should call in – and he did. Roberts…

CNN Reporter: Artificial Iraq Deadline 'Serves Only America's Enemies

March 8th, 2007 4:08 PM

CNN’s Cafferty: Bush Sees Constitution as an Inconvenience for His A

March 6th, 2007 6:03 PM
During Tuesday’s "Situation Room," Jack Cafferty used the conviction of a former aide to Vice President Cheney as a springboard for wild attacks against George W. Bush. According to the CNN correspondent, a decision by the President to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby would be symptomatic of "an administration that has come to view things like the Constitution and the nation’s laws as inconveniences…

CNN Displaying Irony: Plays Clip of Bill Maher Grilling Ann Coulter

March 6th, 2007 5:07 PM
As previously reported by Newsbusters here and here, the mainstream media highlighted Ann Coulter’s "faggot" remark, yet ignored Bill Maher’s implication that the vice president’s assassination would be a good thing. On the March 5 edition of CNN Newsroom, Rick Sanchez, in reporting on Ann Coulter and spiking the Maher story, unintentionally inserted some irony into the story.When playing many of…

John Edwards Hypocrisy: Ann Coulter vs. Anti-Christian Bloggers

March 5th, 2007 5:50 PM

Anatomy of an Impropriety, or Ann Coulter Vs. Bill Maher

March 5th, 2007 6:43 AM

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: February 24 to March

March 2nd, 2007 7:32 AM
"The View’s" Joy Behar demonstrated again this week that the ladies of the ABC program are committed leftists, determined to spread propaganda. Co-host Behar made this point clear when she slandered the Bush administration as "murderers." On the Al Gore front, "Today" co-anchor Meredith Vieira proclaimed the former Vice President to be the "coolest guy" at last Sunday’s Oscars. "The Washington…

Bias In the Fast Break? CNN Spares E-mail Alert for Market Rebound

February 28th, 2007 5:17 PM

Cuba Punishes Western Reporters; Where's the Rest of the Media's Outra

February 28th, 2007 11:28 AM
While journalists howl at the indignity of Helen Thomas being moved about six feet, from the first row to the second row of the new White House press room, there’s been relative silence about the Cuban dictatorship’s expulsion of Western journalists who published stories unflattering to the communist leadership. [update added at the end of original post]Today’s Investor’s Business Daily says the…

CNN Encourages Republicans to Mimic Liberal Schwarzenegger

February 26th, 2007 5:58 PM
For the third time since the 2006 midterm elections, CNN’s "Situation Room" has highlighted liberal Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a role model for the national GOP. On the Monday edition of the cable program, reporter Jeff Greenfield discussed the California leader’s visit to Washington to give a speech and he also described Schwarzenegger’s "centrism." Additionally, Greenfield…

Regulation is a dish best served during 'American Morning

February 26th, 2007 2:02 PM

CNN: Al Gore Might Announce Presidential Run at Oscars Sunday

February 24th, 2007 9:30 PM
It seems campy to say, “Only in Hollywood,” but CNN suggested Friday that Al Gore might announce his candidacy for president at the Academy Awards on Sunday.During the 4PM EST installment of “The Situation Room,” Bill Schneider perfectly set up the ideal liberal fantasy (somewhat similar video available here):It's Academy Awards night. Best documentary feature is up. And the Oscar is favored to…