CNN Platforms Lib MMA YouTuber to Hit on Politics of Trump and UFC
Before Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 Fight at the White House, Friday’s CNN This Morning focused on what the fight and a UFC partnership with the State Department symbolized. MMA Analyst Luke Thomas argued the UFC was intertwined with politics, especially the Trump Administration, as he wondered why the mainstream media never made the UFC “pay” after the “UFC helped launder Donald Trump’s…
CNN Casts World Cup as Chaotic After Somali Ref Banned For Terror Ties
As the World Cup is set to begin on Thursday, Wednesday’s CNN This Morning decided to parrot the view of the joint North American-hosted event, with most games played in the U.S., as a “World Cup of chaos,” as labeled by former English soccer star Ian Wright, due to immigration customs and visa enforcement.
The segment’s start focused on a Somalian referee who was barred from…
CNN’s Cornish Likens Hegseth D-Day Speech to Language Nazis Used
On Monday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish and her panelists discussed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s speech in Normandy over the weekend, which remembered the 82nd anniversary of D-Day and the U.S. and Allies' victory. Cornish likened a portion of his speech in remembrance of a victory over Nazi Germany to language “Nazis would have used” after Hegseth briefly mentioned…
CNN Can't Find a Single Maine Democrat Who Won't Vote for Platner
CNN's biased man-in-the-street interviews strike again. It was more of the same on Saturday's CNN This Morning: Weekend. Reporter Danny Freeman hit the streets in Maine ahead of Tuesday's primary. There are over 386,000 registered Democrats in Maine. But Freeman couldn't find a single one who said they would refuse to vote for scandal-plagued candidate Graham Platner.
Dems Whistle Past Platner Graveyard, CNN's Cornish Pushes Mills Option
Democrats are in full damage-control mode over Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, even as fresh New York Times allegations of unsettling behavior toward women continue to swirl. Meanwhile, CNN This Morning host Cornish is pushing an alternative to the politically wounded Platner: Governor Janet Mills, still on the Democratic primary ballot.
'Trash TV' Star! CNN Democrat's Sour Grapes On Spencer Pratt's Success
On Wednesday’s CNN This Morning, Democratic strategist Antjuan "Sour Grapes" Seawright lashed out at the growing success of political newcomers like Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, dismissing the trend as part of a “reality TV, or trash TV” model in the Republican Party. “I also think there’s a new model in the Republican Party, reality TV, or trash TV, and you don’t have to…
CNN Panelist: Ignore Platner Sexting Scandal, Skip ‘Purity Culture’
CNN This Morning panelist V. Spehar says Democrats should not focus on Graham Platner's scandals, nor "police" or do “purity culture” on candidates. Instead, people should look at what candidates propose to do for people. Because CNN hasn't tried to "police" Donald Trump or impose a "purity culture" around his alleged treatment of women.
Audie Cornish’s Cherry-Picked ‘Fasting’ Crisis in Trump's Economy
Audie Cornish was back at her cherry-picking tactics on CNN This Morning. She began a segment on the economy by rolling clips of TikTok personalities claiming Americans are “skipping freaking meals” and fasting because “the economy is s--t.” She described them as “stories of Americans who say they’re struggling to put food on the table.”
CNN Selects Two Texas Republicans Who Say They Won’t Vote for Paxton
CNN This Morning began its coverage today of Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff by airing interviews with exactly two Texas Republicans who swore they won’t vote for Paxton. One even declared she will “absolutely” vote for Democrat James Talarico in November.
Troublemaker? CNN's Audie Cornish Asks: 'Is John Cornyn a RINO?'
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish asked — seemingly out of nowhere — during coverage of the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff: “Is John Cornyn a RINO?” Cornish did not mention or dispute Cornyn’s widely cited [99%+] voting alignment with President Trump on roll-call votes where Trump took a clear position.
CNN Has an NPR Reunion as They Celebrate Colbert as Rare 'Gentleman'
CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish used Friday's Group Chat to promote her new CNN podcast, Engagement Party, co-hosted with former NPR colleague Ari Shapiro, brought onto the Chat panel. The discussion quickly turned into a nostalgic send-off for Stephen Colbert’s Late Show — complete with another NPR alum, CNN contributor Lulu Garcia-Navarro, on the panel.
CNN Host Tries to Equate Spencer Pratt A.I. Ads to Iran Propaganda
On Thursday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish casually threw Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s viral campaign videos into the same bucket as Iranian regime propaganda. Pratt’s offense that led to this comparison? Using A.I.-generated images to lampoon California politicians as Batman villains and dark side force users from Star Wars. Cornish tried to make the absurd…
MS NOW: 'I Don’t Know GOP Voters,' CNN Analyzes GOP With 0 Republicans
On Sunday night, MS NOW host Ayman Mohyeldin admitted "I can't really speak for Republican voters, I don't know them very well." On Monday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish offered a full segment on the state of the GOP after the defeat of incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy in the Louisiana primary — with zero Republicans on the panel.
CNN’s Brownstein Ties China Summit & Iran War to Minnesota ICE Unrest
On Thursday, amid President Trump’s state visit to China, CNN This Morning panelist Ron Brownstein, also a senior political analyst for the network, harkened back to the unrest seen in Minneapolis earlier in the year over the presence of ICE as he compared the unrest to actions between the U.S. and China, along with the War in Iran.
