CNN’s Bill Schneider Equates Hurricane Katrina to Monica Lewinsky
September 16th, 2005 12:40 AM
Last week, Brent Baker reported here that Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” joked about Hurricane Katrina being George Bush’s Monica Lewinsky. Today, CNN’s political analyst Bill Schneider said virtually the same thing on “Lou Dobbs Tonight”…but HE wasn’t kidding (video to follow):“Sooner or later, every leader gets in trouble. President Reagan had Iran-Contra, President Clinton had Monica Lewinsky…
Is Ex-FEMA Boss Brown’s Hiring Bush’s Fault or Democrats
September 15th, 2005 12:40 AM
In the week leading up to former FEMA director Mike Brown’s exodus, the media spent a lot of time castigating the president for hiring someone with such poor qualifications. Yet, a video report (to follow) from CNN of all places states that the Democrats had a large hand in this appointment. Of course, that hasn’t been the media’s position up to this point. Here is an article from…
CNN's Cafferty Derides 'F-Word Network
September 9th, 2005 5:10 PM
Reading viewer email at the bottom of 4:00 hour of CNN's "Situation Room," Jack Cafferty dismissed a call from a viewer "try to be 'fair and balanced'" in his commentary segments, deriding the audience member's suggestion as a "thinly veiled reference to the F-word network."Full transcript:And finally, John writes: Cafferty, your liberal opinions are not appreciated by a majority of the viewers…
CNN: What Should Be Done With the People Who Refuse to Leave New Orle
September 8th, 2005 11:34 PM
On this evening’s The Situation Room, CNN’s Jack Cafferty ran a poll asking the following question concerning ongoing rescue efforts in New Orleans: What should be done with the people who refuse to leave? “Officials want everybody out of town because the health risks of the contaminated water are simply too great. But not everybody wants to leave.”This raises an interesting question that…
CNN Epitomizes Hurricane Katrina Politics
September 8th, 2005 1:17 AM
On last evening’s The Situation Room, CNN’s Ed Henry did a report on the politicization of Hurricane Katrina. One of the first segments was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) with some rather unkind words about our president:“He chose someone with absolutely no credentials. You know what? When I said to the president that he should fire Michael Brown, he said why would I do that? I said…
Daily Show Mocks the Sap and Schlock on CNN
August 27th, 2005 7:21 AM
Tired of whiny CNN boss Jonathan Klein complaining about Fox News wins the ratings race with "meaningless nonsense"? MediaBistro's blog Fishbowl NY revealed how Jon Stewart showed Klein "you live in a big, shining glass house."