CNN Double Standard: Steve King vs. 2011 Tea Party Comments

March 14th, 2017 2:15 PM
On CNN's New Day Tuesday, co-host Chris Cuomo recapped his interview on the show yesterday with Iowa Representative Steve King as the Republican congressman "just trying to provoke conversation." This comes in the midst of King facing backlash over a tweet, agreeing with far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders. 

Donna Brazile: '#ThanksObama' for Positive Jobs Report!

March 10th, 2017 12:42 PM
If blaming Bush for any negative economic news was the pattern for the left during Obama’s years in office, it seems like thanking Obama for any positive economic news will be the routine for the next four years Trump is in office.

NYT Wakes Up to Russia Threat With 8,000-Word 'Hacking the Democrats'

December 14th, 2016 2:19 PM
After its favored candidate lost the presidential election in shocking fashion, the New York Times is suddenly wide awake to the threat posed by Russia. It devoted 8,000 words and Wednesday’s front page to “Hacking The Democrats – How Russia Honed its Cyberpower and Trained It on an American Election.” The accompanying photo of the filing cabinet broken into during Watergate made it clear the…

The Messy Truth About Van Jones

December 7th, 2016 1:42 PM
They never learn. The grand journalism pooh-bahs at CNN were humiliated this election cycle when WikiLeaks revealed that former CNN contributor and interim DNC chair Donna Brazile had shared a question with the Hillary Clinton campaign in advance of a March Democratic primary town hall debate. According to CNN, "activist anchor" Roland Martin and his production team at CNN's debate partner and…
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Donna Brazile: I Wish CNN Would Have Let Me Take on 'WikiLies'

November 15th, 2016 6:03 PM
Donna Brazile -- interim chair of the Democratic National Committee – gave a lecture on Monday at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where she sharply criticized the Cable News Network for not letting her defend herself against incriminating emails released online and instead firing her after 14 years as a political commentator. In addition, she told the audience at the small women's…
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On FNC, CNN's Ex-President Defends Network's Handling of Brazile Leak

November 2nd, 2016 3:16 PM
Former CNN president Jon Klein ran to his network's defense on Tuesday's Kelly File on Fox News Channel over their response to acting Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile's leak of a town hall question to Hillary Clinton's campaign. Klein reacted to Joe Concha of The Hill's call for an internal investigation of what happened by asserting that the people at CNN are "more worked…

Bozell & Graham Column: CNN Gets Caught in Cheating Scandal

November 1st, 2016 11:20 PM
Rush Limbaugh found just the right analogy for the CNN cheating scandal where (now) former CNN analyst Donna Brazile fed “town hall” questions to Hillary Clinton. It’s the quiz-show scandal of the 1950s, where Charles Van Doren was given the questions on the NBC game show Twenty One  in advance and looked like a genius on national television. Van Doren later apologized to America: “I have…
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Caught! Univision Sugarcoated Details of Brazile Exit From CNN

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November 1st, 2016 3:47 PM
News organizations can show bias by either exaggerating details of a story, or by minimizing them. Minimization suppresses the scandalous nature of certain stories as we see, for example, through this report from last night's edition of Noticiero Univision.
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CNN Panel Explodes as Guest Brings Up Brazile Firing; Baldwin Deflects

November 1st, 2016 3:38 PM
With CNN personalities continuing to ignore the big media story surrounding the axing of political commentator and interim DNC chair Donna Brazile, two on-air guests took matters into their own hands on Tuesday by mentioning it to the chagrin of the hosts with one resulting in verbal fireworks. 
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MRC’s Graham Hits CNN on Brazile; ‘Not Exactly Transparency' in Action

November 1st, 2016 2:30 PM
In light of CNN’s near-blackout of on-air coverage regarding its removal of now-interim DNC chair Donna Brazile, the MRC’s Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham took to the airwaves of the Fox Business Network (FBN) to blast this move as “not exactly transparency in action” and particularly their own media reporters for not doing so aside from social media and their website.
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Brazile? FBI Investigation? Less Scandalous Than Trump's Taxes, to ABC

November 1st, 2016 11:37 AM
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos apparently finds Trump’s tax returns more scandalous than the Secretary of State’s compromised private e-mail server. On Good Morning America Tuesday, Stephanopoulos neglected to ask Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook any direct questions about the renewed FBI investigation into her e-mails, and completely neglected to ask any questions about Donna Brazile. Brazile…
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ABC Ignores CNN Splitting with Brazile as She Remains Tied to Network

October 31st, 2016 8:38 PM
CNN parted ways with commentator and Interim Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile Monday, as yet another batch of damaging e-mails was released by WikiLeaks. According to the e-mails Brazile told Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Chair, John Podesta, that she sometimes acquired access to debate questions and that she’ll “send a few more.” Both CBS and NBC covered to the developing…
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Bozell: 'Cheater' Brazile Shows Media's ‘Incestuous’ Clinton Link

October 31st, 2016 5:33 PM
According to Brent Bozell, the latest WikiLeaks e-mails show the “incestuous” relationship between journalists and the Clinton campaign. The Media Research Center President appeared on Fox Business’s After the Bell to talk about the firing of “cheater” Donna Brazile as an analyst for CNN. He marveled, “Sleazy. The whole story is sleazy.”  Highlighting the fact that Brazile shared debate questions…

CNN Fail: Now-Fired Brazile Shared More Questions with Clinton Camp

October 31st, 2016 1:12 PM

On Monday, WikiLeaks released its latest batch of hacked e-mails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and provided another case of collusion between the campaign and the news media as now-interim DNC chair and recently-axed CNN political commentator Donna Brazile shared additional town hall questions in advance with the Clinton campaign while Clinton was running against socialist Bernie…