CNN's Dana Bash Cuts Away From Trump Receiving FIFA Peace Prize
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HA HA? CNN Giggles As It Cuts Out Of Trump's 'FIFA Peace Prize' Honor

Steve Malzberg
December 7th, 2025 11:20 AM

Shortly after noon on Friday, at the draw for the 2026 World Cup, President Donald Trump was presented with the first ever "FIFA Peace Prize" by FIFA ( Fédération Internationale de Football Association) President Gianni Infantino, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Both CNN and Fox News carried part of it live, but it didn't take long for CNN to dump out of their coverage, once Trump…

 
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CNN Sports Reporter Compares ICE Operations To Russia and Qatar

Alex Christy
December 5th, 2025 2:52 PM

CNN sports correspondent Don Riddell may have been reporting from snow-covered D.C. on Friday’s The Situation Room, but his hot take about the upcoming World Cup could have thawed the wintry weather. According to Riddell, Trump’s America—specifically, ICE operations—is comparable to human rights abuses in the two previous World Cup hosts of Russia and Qatar.

 
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MSNBC Says US Unfit To Host World Cup and Olympics In Trump Era

Alex Christy
July 15th, 2025 2:30 PM

In a sports-heavy Monday segment, Washington Post columnist, ESPN commentator, and professor Kevin Blackistone declared on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House that the state of human rights in the United States is so bad, we are unfit to host the World Cup and the Olympics. Additionally, liberal lawyer Marc Elias attacked Major League Baseball for returning its All-Star Game to…

 
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Ex-Al Jazeera Journo Compares Europeans, U.S. Conservatives To Qatar

Alex Christy
November 22nd, 2022 11:49 AM

Qatar may have prepared for the World Cup with slave labor, but MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin used his Saturday show to say that people should be careful when criticizing them because of the existence of the European migrant crisis and conservatives in the U.S. being pro-life, don’t want sexualized curriculum for elementary students.

 

Coordinated Media Attack? USA Today Parrots Slam 'Raging' Trump

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Jay Maxson
June 29th, 2019 6:00 PM
Over the weekend, USA Today's coverage of the U.S. women's national soccer team's play in the World Cup in France could have easily been thought of as a well-coordinated attack on President Donald Trump. Saturday's online edition carried three politically charged stories on the soccer team — one-fourth of the day's "Top Stories" list — paying little attention to the team's actual play on the…
 

Coulter Column: How Do I Hate Soccer? Let Me Count the Ways

Ann Coulter
June 25th, 2014 10:16 PM
I've held off on writing about soccer for a decade -- or about the length of the average soccer game -- so as not to offend anyone. But enough is enough. Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay. (1) Individual achievement is not a big factor in soccer. In a real sport, players fumble passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls -- all in front of a crowd. When…
 

This Bites: Networks Devote 14 Minutes to Soccer ‘Chomp’; Pass on

Matt Philbin
June 25th, 2014 1:22 PM
The scene: a network newsroom in Manhattan, editorial meeting for the June 24 evening broadcast. “Hey, what about this story of Meriam Ibrahim? Looks like Sudan released her and then rearrested her.” “Meh, another African Christian condemned by Muslim fanatics to death for her faith, yada, yada, yada. We need something really important, that cuts right to the fundamental conflicts and…