Tag Archives: CNN

Carlos Maza writes at Equality Matters: More than 32,000 people have signed a petition asking CNN to stop hosting anti-gay hate group leader Tony Perkins to speak on behalf of America’s Christians following Perkins’ appearance on the network to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent marriage equality decisions.  Just minutes after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense …

The American Humanists Association has launched a fundraising page to help rebuild the Oklahoma home of atheist tornado victim Rebecca Vitsmun, who made international news after graciously rebuffing CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer’s questions about “thanking the Lord” for sparing the lives of her family.  (Tipped by JMG reader Bentley)

Carlos Maza writes at Equality Matters: According to an Equality Matters analysis, while all three major cable news networks extensively covered Arias’ trial and her plea to jurors to avoid the death penalty, CNN spent less than one minute discussing Carson’s murder, and Fox News ignored the story completely. Only MSNBC devoted a full segment to Carson’s murder, rightly pointing …

My eyes are still aching from the rolling when I saw this live yesterday. Somehow the interview subject handled him graciously.

Despite all of the GOP screaming in recent weeks, a CNN poll released yesterday shows that the president’s approval rating has improved slightly or stayed the same. According to the survey, which was conducted Friday and Saturday, 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president’s approval rating was …

Politico says CNN is in talks to hire Newt Gingrich. Earlier this month, news broke that CNN was looking to relaunch Crossfire, the famous debate show that pitted two pundits — one liberal, one conservative — against one another on the political issues of the day. Sources now tell POLITICO that the network is in discussions with former Republican presidential …

The president’s overall approval rating is 51%.  That’s up four points since last month but is four points below his all-time high.  When those polled were asked about specific issues, only his “policies towards gays and lesbians” scored over 50%.

Clip description: Heritage Foundation scholar Ryan Anderson got into a heated and tense exchange with CNN anchor Don Lemon after he asserted that there are no laws currently on the books that make gay marriage “illegal.” Lemon resented Anderson’s assertion, calling it “absurd.” “Just to clarify, the issue here is not legality,” Anderson began, “so, in all 50 states, there …

Telling his Twitter followers that the “new boss wants his own peeps,” today Roland Martin revealed that he will leave CNN on April 6th.  Last year Martin was suspended by CNN after tweeting, “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!”  GLAAD had called for Martin’s outright …

According to a just-published Pew Research study, 85% of MSNBC’s airtime is devoted to opinions and commentary, with only CNN delivering more than 50% “factual reporting” out of the three cable networks examined.  Breitbart is doing cartwheels: “MSNBC is everything that progressives imagine Fox to be. As the charts demonstrate, it is little more than a conduit for progressive opinion …

Yesterday a state judge blocked Michael Bloomberg’s ban on “large sugary drinks,” which was to have gone into effect today.  Openly gay 2013 mayoral candidate and current City Council Speaker Christine Quinn celebrated on CNN by swigging from a large Diet Coke during her interview with Piers Morgan. Because she has totally not been Bloomberg’s enforcer for the last 12 …

GLAAD gives kudos to the CNN hosts.  This is a little different from some of the acocuntability we have seen in the past. Berman and Baldwin didn’t haul out comments from Land’s past so viewers would learn more about his patterns of engagement. Instead, the anchors calmly and quietly challenged most everything Land put on the table. They saw right …

This morning Peter Sprigg appeared on CNN to promote the FRC’s position on gays in the Boy Scouts. While we very much appreciate host Carol Costello for again calling out Sprigg, who has also called for the recriminalization of homosexuality, it continues to be beyond disappointing the CNN gives airtime to hate groups.

Why does CNN continue to host the man who publicly called for the imprisonment of LGBT Americans?  Via Mediaite: Sprigg didn’t agree with the president linking the gay rights movement with civil rights for African Americans and women’s rights. “The irony is,” he contended, “homosexuals already have all the same civil rights as anyone else. But that fact that all …

Wingnut conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appeared on CNN last night to defend his petition to have Piers Morgan deported over his support for gun control. Mediaite provides a recap: Jones said the point of the petition was to bring attention to the fact that United States has a bunch of foreigners bragging about taking away the guns of Americans while …

Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto is supporting the teabagger petition drive to deport CNN host Piers Morgan for daring to speak in favor of gun control.  The wingnut Daily Caller captured a Twitter exchange between the two: “Ironic U.S. gun rights campaign to deport me for ‘attacking 2nd Amendment rights’ – is my opinion not protected under 1st Amendment …