CNN’s Toobin Frets Dems Not Slamming GOP Enough

August 26th, 2008 12:50 AM
On Monday night shortly after Michelle Obama finished speaking, CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, as he expressed his disappointment that the Democrats didn’t go negative on the first night of their convention, inserted a barb against the Republicans: "...There is one big missing piece tonight I think, which is why the American people should throw the bums out. We haven't heard one word about that. We have…

CNN's Yellin Perpetuates Discredited Bush Scanner Story

August 22nd, 2008 4:11 PM

Pressed by CNN, Warren Says Obama Had a Competitive Edge

August 18th, 2008 5:30 PM
On Sunday night’s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, pressed megachurch leader Rick Warren about Obama campaign charges that John McCain was cheating by not being in a "cone of silence" during Obama’s interview. "Last night, I heard you say that McCain would be in a cone of silence, and then half-hour into the event, I hear our guys here at our political desk announced that McCain has…

Rick Warren Seconds CNN's Portrayal Of Obama As 'Thoughtful

August 17th, 2008 11:21 PM

CNN's Analysis: At Saddleback, Obama Was 'Thoughtful

August 17th, 2008 11:16 AM

CNN: McCain Trying to Make Voters Think Obama Is Biblical Antichrist

August 15th, 2008 12:32 PM
[Update, 2:25 pm EDT, 8/15: A MRC CyberAlert item from March 18, 1997 reported that Waldman had worked in the Clinton administration promoting AmeriCorps before joining U.S. News and World Report.] Correspondent David Mattingly’s report on Friday’s Newsroom program on CNN promoted the accusation by Barack Obama supporters that a popular McCain Internet advertisement, known as "The One" ad, drops…

CNN’s Expert: McCain ‘Aligned With Far Right’ on Russia

August 14th, 2008 5:12 PM
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman omitted identifying a "foreign policy expert" as a former member of Bill Clinton’s National Security Council during a report on John McCain’s strong position towards Russia on Wednesday’s Election Center program. This expert, Charles Kupchan of the Council of Foreign Relations, accused McCain of becoming a belligerent position towards the country: "Well, over the…

CNN's One-Sided Take on SD Abortion Initiative, 2-D Look at Obama Stan

August 12th, 2008 5:56 PM
CNN co-anchor Don Lemon, during a brief report on Tuesday’s Newsroom program about a pro-life measure on the ballot in South Dakota that would greatly restrict abortion, gave only the pro-choice side of the debate over the proposed law. He also oversimplified Barack Obama’s stance on the abortion issue.Lemon stated how the Great Plains state "is becoming a new focal point in the abortion debate"…

Despite Standing O for Obama, Reporters Deny Bias of Minority Journali

July 30th, 2008 1:43 PM
After Barack Obama’s more-than-enthusiastic greeting by many attendees at the UNITY convention for minority journalists in Chicago on Sunday, some in the media have expressed outrage that some have now questioned their objectivity, despite the appalled reactions from some of their own peers to the display and the live video shown on CNN (at right).April Yee wrote on Andrew Romano’s blog on…

CNN's Malveaux: It's 'a Shame' McCain Couldn't Attend UNITY Conventio

July 27th, 2008 8:50 PM

Amanpour: Obama’s Anti-Free Trade Position 'Does Not Go Down Well' w

July 25th, 2008 8:36 AM
Is Sen. Obama too protectionist for Europe? Maybe. If you were watching "CNN Newsroom" July 24 you may have caught Christiane Amanpour telling you why. "[Europe] wants to see an [American] president committed to free trade," cautioned CNN Chief International Correspondent from Berlin, Germany, the site of a speech by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama. Amanpour pointed to…

Kyra Phillips: U.S. ‘Pretty Racially Insenstitive’ Due to Cover Sa

July 14th, 2008 5:29 PM
During a segment on CNN’s "Newsroom" program on Monday afternoon, anchor Kyra Phillips voiced her clear objections to The New Yorker’s satirical depiction of Michelle Obama as a radical leftist and Barack Obama as a Muslim. "If I see this magazine cover, okay? And I mean, this is pretty racial. I mean, let's look at it again. You've got Michelle Obama in an Afro. You know, you've got, you know,…

CNN Re-airs Two Year Old Glowing Look at Jackson, No Mention of ‘Hym

July 10th, 2008 10:20 PM
Thursday’s "Newsroom" program on CNN, in a report promoted to be about how "controversial comments are nothing new to Jesse Jackson," was actually a retrospective from two years ago that largely glowed about Jackson’s affiliation with Martin Luther King, Jr., and giving the man a platform to answer his critics. "Newsroom" co-anchor Don Lemon, who interviewed Jackson in the report, remarked of his…

CNN's 'Obamacan' Worked For Bobby Kennedy

July 8th, 2008 5:26 PM
On this afternoon's CNN Newsroom, anchor Don Lemon interviewed Carolyn Lochhead, the San Francisco Chronicle's Washington correspondent. The topic was "Obamacans," conservative Republicans who support Barack Obama for president. Lochhead wrote a recent article on the phenomenon and was brought on to discuss the mythical beast: