Christine Romans
Former CIA Agent Scolds CNN Anchor: 'You're Just Carrying Water For Ob
March 31st, 2011 7:17 PM
Michael Scheuer, a former counter-terrorism analyst for the CIA, scolded CNN's Christine Romans Thursday for letting her support for the current President show.
Toward the end of a lengthy interview on "American Morning" about the situation in Libya, Romans took issue with her guest saying America is "nearly bankrupt" leading Scheuer to respond, "You're just carrying the water for Mr. Obama…
Glimmer of Hope: CNN Suggests Democratic Economic Policy Could Create
April 5th, 2010 3:18 PM
Democratic congressional efforts to steer the economy not working as advertised. The $787-billion stimulus passed back in early 2009 failed to curb unemployment as promised, and there are other risks of putting a blind trust in government to solve the nation's economic woes. And to give credit where credit is due, CNN's Christine Romans is pointing these risks out. On the April 5 broadcast of…
CNN's Christine Romans Connects the Dots Between Dow Drop and Obama's
January 22nd, 2010 3:59 PM
The news media have often taken President Barack Obama's side against banks, portraying bankers as the villains. But that was not the case on "American Morning" Jan. 22. Business correspondent Christine Romans surprisingly blamed the previous day's stock market slide on "tough new rules" proposed by Obama the same day. According to CNN, Obama wants to limit the size of banks, separate commercial…
CNN's Romans: Unemployment Benefits Extension 'Would Not Come Out of
November 5th, 2009 10:27 PM
On her segment of CNN Newsroom this morning, anchor Heidi Collins asked business correspondent Christine Romans about Senate action on extending yet again unemployment benefits:CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You're right. And Heidi, all of those things that you mentioned are incredibly important to your money and all of them could affect you very, very near-term here. This…
Halloween Surprise: CNN Praises Capitalism, Bashes Socialism over Tric
October 30th, 2009 12:01 PM
Apparently all it takes for CNN to realize the greatness of capitalism is to reminisce about childhood trick-or-treating. CNN's "American Morning" condemned socialism and praised capitalism on Oct. 30. No, they weren't discussing big bailouts or entrepreneurs. They were talking about Halloween candy. "Okay. This is the most, this is the most capitalist of holi- this holiday is so capitalist. It…
Sportswriter: Black NFLers Claiming They Won't Play for Rush 'Are Lyin
October 12th, 2009 12:37 AM
Sportswriter Stephen A. Smith says the black football players claiming they wouldn't play for a team that conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh owned "are lying through their teeth. They're walking hypocrites." This occurred Saturday on CNN's "Your Money."Smith also claimed that what Limbaugh said about Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb a few years ago shouldn't disqualify him…
CNN Highlights Dangers of Obama’s Deficit: ‘Taxes That Would Make
August 28th, 2009 1:05 PM
Amid all of the tributes to Ted Kennedy’s lengthy career of expanding the scope of government and its cost to taxpayers, CNN’s American Morning on Friday dug up a six-week old op-ed from the Tax Policy Center’s Len Burman warning that massive trillion-dollar deficits are a catastrophe that could lead to the end of the U.S. as a great power “or even a mediocre one.”With the on-screen graphic…
CNN'S Romans: 'Everyone Is Getting This Big Tax Break
August 25th, 2009 1:48 PM
On CNN's American Morning today, business correspondent Christine Romans explained to anchor Kiran Chetry why there are new estimates showing the Federal deficit to be much worse than originally projected by the Obama administration:ROMANS: Why? OK, this is really -- it's a complicated problem with a very simple analysis. It's how much money the government is taking in and how much money is…
CNN: Ladies Nag Obama about Lack of Women’s Jobs
January 26th, 2009 1:53 PM
Kyra Phillips of ‘Newsroom’ and Christine Romans discuss ‘discouraging’ lack of women in Obama’s cabinet, job package that ‘favors’ men. Liberal feminists claim that President Obama’s administration will not have enough female representation and that the job creation part of his stimulus plan will favor men. But on CNN’s Newsroom, lack of the feminist perspective certainly wasn’t an issue Jan. 23…
CNN Frets Bill Clinton Was Too Conservative
August 28th, 2008 12:54 PM
Thursday's edition of CNN's "American Morning" featured a "fact checking" segment on the claims former President Bill Clinton made about his accomplishments as president during his speech to the Democratic National Convention. The segment wasn't much of a "fact check" as CNN Business Correspondent Christine Romans mostly reminisced about the "glory days" of the '90's. But what she did find was…
Dobbs Rants About Safety Chief’s Remarks; Calls Her 'Imbecilic
February 19th, 2008 3:25 PM
No one has ever accused Protectionist-in-Chief and CNN host Lou Dobbs of being one to exercise discretion when something has ticked him off. The host of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” blew up after interview after CNN correspondent Christine Romans interviewed Nancy Nord, chairman of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, on his a February 18 show. “This – Nord, is she as imbecilic as…