American Morning
Bush Terrorism Adviser Grilled on 'So-Called War on Terror,' Bush's 'S
July 19th, 2007 8:32 AM
White House homeland security advisor Fran Townsend made the rounds of the TV morning shows on Wednesday – except for NBC, which was too busy chronicling the Senate Democrat stunt on Iraq. ABC’s Diane Sawyer pounded Townsend with criticism from former Clinton adviser Dick Clarke and a quip from New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd that Bush created a "spa" for Osama bin Laden. CNN’s Kiran Chetry…
CNN Reporter: 'I Don't Want to Hear About Environmental Causes from Pu
July 9th, 2007 12:29 PM
Here's another sign that Al Gore's Live Earth was probably a bust. CNN entertainment correspondent Lola Ogunnaike (pictured at right) gave a great one-liner with regards to the celebrity component of Live Earth: "Frankly, I don't want to hear about environmental causes from the Pussycat Dolls."Co-host John Roberts and Ogunnaike discussed the concert's lackluster ratings in the first hour of…
CNN’s Roberts to Kids: ‘The President Said We Respect Human Rights
June 26th, 2007 5:38 PM
Just over 12 hours after Monday's NBC Nightly News reported that 50 out of 141 high school seniors visiting the White House presented President Bush with a handwritten letter asking him to "stop the violations of the human rights of... all detainees, including those designated enemy combatants," CNN's "American Morning" had 3 of the 50 students on for an interview. Co-host John Roberts asked the…
CNN Sides with Doom and Gloom, Predicts Housing Won't Recover Until
June 26th, 2007 5:05 PM
“American Morning” provided another forecast of mostly cloudy skies for the housing market on June 26.“I got to tell you John [Roberts, “American Morning” co-host], this is not good news for people who are out there trying to sell their house and this of course is supposed to be the biggest time of year for sales,” said Gerri Willis to begin her report.Willis, the personal finance correspondent…
Pelosi's House Brushes Off CNN's Questions on Earmarks
June 20th, 2007 12:36 PM
Have we entered the Twilight Zone? A mainstream media outlet is going after Congress, particularly a Democrat Congress, for not living up to one of their promises?CNN correspondent Drew Griffin and a team of two staffers and six interns all 435 members of the House of Representatives a simple question - if they get obtain a copy of each representative's earmark request. Even with the Democrats'…
CNN’s Amanpour Exemplifies Bias, Even With Honor ‘For Services to
June 18th, 2007 12:35 PM
Christiane Amanpour is a leading example of biased mainstream media journalism, particularly with regard to the Iraq war. She appeared on Monday's "American Morning" program on CNN with co-host John Roberts, and repeated the platitude that mainstream media reports "without fear nor favor... giving voice to those who don't have a voice, and just simply trying to tell the truth..." As she continued…