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CNN Backtracks After Calling COVID Death Inflation 'Conspiracy Theory'

January 26th, 2023 11:28 AM

This past week, CNN again backtracked on a COVID-related issue the liberal news network had previously dismissed as a right-wing "conspiracy theory" as network medical contributor Leana Wen admitted that overcounting of COVID deaths and hospitalizations is likely a problem that needs to be corrected -- a subject she covered in a couple of Washington Post op-eds.

WashPost: Biden Getting COVID an 'Opportunity' to Show His 'Success'

July 23rd, 2022 9:43 PM

When President Biden was diagnosed with COVID, suddenly The Washington Post motto shifted from "Democracy Dies In Darkness" to "We're Walking On Sunshine." Post columnist Leana Wen stood out with a piece on Thursday which began: "President Biden’s Covid-19 diagnosis is an opportunity for his administration to demonstrate the success of his leadership on the pandemic."

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On CNN, Ex-Planned Parenthood Chief Demands: ‘Protect Our Children’

September 16th, 2021 2:30 PM

On Wednesday, CNN actually had the audacity to bring on the former president of Planned Parenthood to demand that public officials "protect our children" by backing draconian COVID regulations being pushed by the Biden administration.

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Accusing DeSantis of Disinformation, Cuomo Guilty Of His Own

July 17th, 2021 3:53 PM

During a Friday segment of Cuomo Prime Time on vaccine hesitancy and disinformation, namesake host Chris Cuomo spread some disinformation of his own by insinuating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is encouraging people not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Not the Network of Science: CNN Freaks Over Opening Schools

February 15th, 2021 9:30 AM

On Sunday’s Inside Politics with Abby Phillip, host Abby Phillip collaborated with former president of Planned Parenthood, former Baltimore health commissioner, and medical analyst Leana Wen to fearmonger about schools reopening. Ignoring all available scientific data, Phillip worried that the CDC’s current guidelines for reopening schools are not stringent enough to allow schools to…

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Biden Toadies at CNN Rave Over President's COVID Plan

January 22nd, 2021 9:42 AM

Of all the tonal shifts you'll see from the liberal media now that Joe Biden is president, the abrupt change from "everything is awful" to "everything is awesome" will be most stark on CNN. That could be seen on Thursday as Anderson Cooper and his guests raved over Biden's COVID plan. It's "factual," "very honest, "very evidence-based." 

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Listen to the Science: CNN Completely Dismisses Herd Immunity

October 23rd, 2020 6:49 PM

On Wednesday afternoon’s CNN Newsroom, host Brianna Keilar collaborated with medical analyst and former president of Planned Parenthood Leana Wen to attack Scott Atlas and discredit herd immunity. Wen lied by claiming that herd immunity “goes against the consensus of entire medical, scientific and public health community” and Keilar proclaimed that “it’s not a public health strategy…

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Evil: Here Were CNN’s WORST Moments After Trump’s COVID Diagnosis

October 2nd, 2020 6:23 AM

Throughout Friday’s early hours, CNNers repeatedly expressed best wishes to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump after having tested positive for the coronavirus. But behind those best wishes, CNN not only levied their usual, poisonous rhetoric, but plenty of subliminal levels of apocalyptic brainstorming, gloating, and calls for a return to global lockdowns.

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CNN Claims BLM Protests Safe From COVID But Not Trump Rallies

September 17th, 2020 4:44 PM

On CNN Newsroom, co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto invited CNN medical analyst, and former Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen to explain why BLM protests are actually safer from coronavirus than Trump rallies.  (The science knows!)

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They Think You're Stupid: CNN Carries Less Than Half of Virus Briefing

July 21st, 2020 6:24 PM

Showing how much they not only hate the American people but think they’re unintelligent, CNN carried less than half of the first episode of the reincarnated White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, choosing to wait until the question and answer portion to allow viewers to listen to the latest news and thinking of President Trump. All told, they carried 12 minutes and 18 seconds of the…

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CNN Features Guest 44x for 150 Mins, Barely Notes Past Abortion Job

April 3rd, 2020 7:46 PM
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, CNN has shown an inability to shy away from framing the pandemic through the lens of attacking President Trump. Another tic has been their continued refusal to describe frequent guest Dr. Leana Wen as a former president of Planned Parenthood. Since our first post about Wen on March 16, the Media Research Center kept tabs on Wen’s appearances and calculated her…
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CNN Spends 73 Mins with Guest, But Only 10 Secs for Abortion Ties

March 16th, 2020 5:27 PM
It’s well-established that CNN has refused to act as a serious news organization. So, it came as no surprise when a Media Research Center study found that CNN featured Dr. Leana Wen 16 times from March 2 to 16 for a total of 73 minutes and 29 seconds to discuss the coronavirus. However, there were zero seconds verbally acknowledging her past as Planned Parenthood’s former president.
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Abortion: What Univision Says in English, But Hides in Spanish

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July 19th, 2019 12:00 PM
Univision’s Spanish-language newscast was totally silent on both Trump’s Title X regulation on abortion, and Leana Wen’s resignation from Planned Parenthood. Check out the full post to see how anchor Aranxta Loizaga frames Planned Parenthood in a most favorable light by claiming that Trump's new regulation is “Hailed by Religious Conservatives”, and “denounced by medical organizations and women's…

In Wake of Planned Parenthood Prez’s Ouster, NYT Downplays Abortion

July 18th, 2019 2:56 PM
The front of Thursday’s New York Times followed up on the unceremonious ouster of Planned Parenthood president Leana Wen, after just eight months on the job leading the country’ largest abortionist, in a fight over the group’s direction during a time of pro-abortion laws under pressure: “Health Provider or an Advocate? Planned Parenthood’s Quandary.” But an “advocate” for what? The headline…