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John King of CNN asks David Axelrod puffball immigration reform question - 11/15/2009

... the Union", John King of CNN - the replacement for Lou Dobbs - asked David Axelrod about plans for comprehensive immigration reform (transcript here, excerpts below). While Dobbs - the "advocacy journalist" per CNN president Jon Klein - might have pressed Axelrod on some of the downsides of amnesty, King simply asked a milquetoast question about process, allowing Axelrod to give a ...

Howard Kurtz is still not a reliable source (Lou Dobbs) - 11/12/2009

... "Anchor Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN" (link). Let me show some ways that he's still not a reliable source: Lou Dobbs, the most opinionated and divisive anchor at a cable network that bills itself as a straight-news oasis, resigned from CNN on Wednesday night... Some of the other CNN personalities - such as Rick Sanchez, Soledad OBrien, and Anderson Cooper - seem to be quite opinionat...

Lou Dobbs quits CNN; illegal immigration profiteers shouldn't celebrate just yet - 11/11/2009

Lou Dobbs is announcing on CNN right now that he's quitting the network (link), saying: "Some leaders have been encouraging him to engage in positive problem solving... and to continue to do so in the most direct way possible... At this point I'm considering a number of options..." Expect illegal immigration profiteers to cheer the news, but they shouldn't do so just yet. ...

Soledad O'Brien "Latinos in America" not biased enough for NILP (+ she lies) - 11/09/2009

... documentary by Soledad OBrien of CNN, and O'Brien responds to their concerns here. While I didn't watch it, I didn't have to: it was almost assuredly a complete puff piece. However, it wasn't enough of a puff piece for some: ...So many in our community told us we could not do a story about Latinos without showing how our controversial immigration debate is tearing apart famili...

Shot fired at Lou Dobbs' house; what you can do about it - 10/29/2009

... another state. UPDATE 2: The CNN report presents the NJ police as more professional (link), with Jones saying among other things that "We want to take any incident like this seriously." It also says: Jones couldn't give his opinion on what kind of shooting this might be, and he said the incident is being investigated "further past a stray hunter's bullet" because of ...

CNN poll: 73% want illegal immigration decreased; - 10/22/2009

... percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday morning called for a drop in the number of illegal immigrants, with 22 percent saying the number should remain the same and just 3 percent stating that there should be an increase in the number of illegal immigrants. That 73 percent figure is the highest number since CNN started asking this question four ye...

"Enough is Enough!" anti-Lou Dobbs campaign from Democracia Ahora (DNC link, Obama too?; Bendixen) - 9/18/2009

... "Enough is Enough!" (TellCNNEnoughisEnough.com). They commisioned Sergio Bendixen's firm to conduct what amounts to an extraordinarily biased push-poll of 100 Hispanic leaders about Dobbs; it hasn't been released but for an example of their intellectual integrity here's one of the questions from the Politico report by Carol Lee (link): "Many Hispanics are offended by...

Wolf Blitzer p0wned on Celebrity Jeopardy, negative $4000 going into final round (video) - 9/17/2009

On tonight's Celebrity Jeopardy, Wolf Blitzer squared off with Andy Richter and Dana Delaney. And, Blitzer got completely, absolutely p0wned, ending up with negative $4000 at the end of Double Jeopardy. Richter trounced his two competitors and at the end of the game ended up with $68,000. Unfortunately, rather than forcing him to suffer the ignominious defeat he so richly deserves, they gave ...

Drop Dobbs: illegal activity-supporting racial power groups and far-left want Lou Dobbs off CNN - 9/17/2009

... advertisers to pull their ads from CNN's Lou Dobbs show (dropdobbs.com, mediamatters.org/blog/200909150031): "...The effort aims to let companies know that their continued financial support of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight makes them complicit in the hate speech and wild conspiracy theories that he promotes..." Campaigns like this - following on the heels of the somewhat successful ...

Illegal aliens can get healthcare benefits under House bill: Congressional Research Service (HR 3200) - 8/26/2009

The Congressional Research Service - part of the Library of Congress - now confirms that illegal aliens will be able to access healthcare benefits under the House healthcare reform bill (HR 3200). This contradicts claims made by Barack Obama, several members of Congress, Chuck Todd, FactCheck, and several other sources and shows yet again the basic untrustworthiness of those sources. Excerpts from...

Jon Klein, CNN "political researchers" were wrong: Hawaii didn't discard paper records (Dobbs, Farah) - 8/08/2009

On July 23, CNN president Jon Klein sent an email to staffers of the Lou Dobbs show saying that he'd asked CNN's "political researchers" to look into the "Birthers" issue and that those "researchers" had determined that Hawaii had discarded their paper birth certificates. He was attempting to show thatBarack Obama can't release his original certificate....

John McCain still confused over Hispanic vote - 8/03/2009

... Union" with John King of CNN (video might be here but it won't play for me): "On the issue of the Hispanic voter, we have to do a lot more. We Republicans have to recruit and elect Hispanics to office... And I don't mean just because they're Hispanics, but they represent a big part of the growing population in America. And we have a lot of work to do there. And I am of th...

Howard Kurtz of CNN is not a reliable source - 7/27/2009

If you think Howard Kurtz of CNN and the Washington Post is credible, please see the following. On yesterday's "Reliable Sources" program, he said the following (video attached): Is it responsible for (Lou Dobbs) and others to go on the air, talk about these claims, demand proof, when we have seen a copy of the birth certificate? When Hawaii officials say that Barack Obama was born ...

Kitty Pilgrim of CNN lies, smears over Obama certificate issue (John Avlon and Errol Louis lie) - 7/21/2009

On the video from CNN at dailykostv.com/w/001945, Kitty Pilgrim attempts to "debunk" the Obama citizenship issue and shows that she's simply a dissembling mainstream media hack. The discussion features Orly Taitz and Alan Keyes on one side, and John Avlon and Errol Louis on the other. Rather than trying to get the facts of the matter, Pilgrim persistently engages in mockery, as do A...

Obama admin sends audit letters to possible illegal alien employers; Bush-style prelude to "reform" - 7/02/2009

... (link, from Jeanne Meserve of CNN): In a signal that the Obama administration is changing tactics in dealing with illegal immigration, hundreds of businesses were notified Wednesday that federal authorities will be taking a closer look at their employment records to determine if they are hiring illegal aliens. Kelly Nantel, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said businesses in e...

Anderson Cooper, Thelma Gutierrez of CNN promote anti-American DREAM Act - 6/14/2009

... video form as Anderson Cooper of CNN presents a "news" report from Thelma Gutierrez which isn't more than an ad for the anti-American DREAM Act, a federal bill that would let illegal aliens take college educations away from U.S. citizens. In his setup, Cooper refers to the report as a "side of the immigration battle that we don't often see"; see the PIIPPs link for d...

2009 immigration marches get tea party-level turnout (actually even less) - 5/01/2009

... "hundreds" per Jesse Solomon of CNN (link). He also quotes a supposed counter-protester who supports legalization, he just wants to deport criminal aliens. * Washington DC: unspecified, but maybe a hundred; UPDATE 2: that was based on the photo from FIRM; as it turns out there were "more than 2000" per this. See also video here. The signs in that video say "Immigrant Root...

Gumecindo Salas /HACU misleads about Dream Act (Heidi Collins/CNN helps) - 4/24/2009

Heidi Collins of CNN did a segment on the anti-American DREAM Act earlier today. The transcript is here, and a video of the first part of the segment is here. The first part is a 4+ minute complete set-up interview with an illegal alien who went to UCLA. The second part consists of a "debate" between Ira Mehlman of FAIR and Gumecindo Salas of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Univ...

CA LULAC: U.S.-Mexico border might not be valid; legalize Mexican illegal aliens; wants international arbitration - 4/21/2009

... extremist. Now, over to Casey Wian on CNN's Lou Dobbs show (transcript link): WIAN: LULAC claims that 2008 Supreme Court decision in a Texas death penalty case involving a Mexican citizen could render the 1848 border treaty [of Guadalupe Hidalgo] invalid because Congress failed to make the treaty binding on individual states. So its California director says, "The government of Mexic...

Janet Napolitano falsely says "crossing the border is not a crime" (+border fence, Arpaio) - 4/21/2009

... Janet Napolitano appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" with John King and said the following (transcript here): And yes, when we find illegal workers, yes, appropriate action, some of which is criminal, most of that is civil, because crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil. But anyway, going after those as well. The U.S. Code says she's wrong (link, excerpt at ...

HotAir unwittingly shows futility, stupidity, perniciousness of tea parties (Susan Roesgen) - 4/17/2009

... are: link. Both of them feature CNN reporter Susan Roesgen; watch the second first which features her puffball coverage of far-lefties holding a friendly, running protest near Obama's house in Chicago. The first video on the Hot Air page was shot after a live report by Roesgen (the live report is linked and described here). It features a confrontation between the reporter and an unnamed smal...

John King/CNN: border fence works (but, maybe "reform" would be better) - 2/15/2009

John King of CNN offers "Border fence is a dividing line in immigration debate", a report from his "State of the Union" show (link). It provides anecdotal evidence that the border fence works where it's deployed, but he also closes on a note that might have been designed to promote comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty.

Greg Mitchell misleads about MSM smears of Sarah Palin ("Why Obama Won") - 2/15/2009

... Mitchell himself, the other from CNN. Mitchell quotes a CNN poll that showed 50% saying Palin wasn't qualified to be president. What he fails to note is this: So far, according to the poll, four in 10 Americans are not familiar with Palin. Obviously, there was a lot of room for her to introduce herself to voters and raise her qualification rating above 50%. However, she was introduced to t...

Assignment: document Obama, FEMA, MSM response to ice storms in Kentucky - 2/02/2009

... see the sycophantic report from CNN here called "KY Governor: Obama people 'hit the ground running' on storm", with Gov. Steve Beshear getting Obama's back. See also (thanks, Insty) January 31's "Many pleading for faster response" (link): Local officials grew angrier at what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Ag...

Bad art or good joke? CNN wants Obama "art" from viewers - 1/08/2009

CNN's iReport.com site is currently soliciting Obama art from their visitors. See "The Passion of the Obama?! 'CNN Newsroom' Showcases Obama Iconography" (link) for video featuring CNN anchor Tony Harris and producer Tyson Wheatley gushing over some of the submissions, including one depicting Barack Obama as Jesus Christ as depicted in the film "The Passion of the Chr...

The Star Spanglish Banner and Barack the Magic Negro tear up the RNC chart - 12/29/2008

... light. UPDATE: Jim Acosta of CNN offered a report on the "controversy" that completely failed to mention the LAT piece. Not only that, but it included less-than-flattering stills of those involved, and rolling video of a raging Rush Limbaugh without providing any sort of context. And, that's not all: it included Karl Frisch of Media Matters for America referring to the song as &...

Drew Griffin/CNN smears Sarah Palin with completely out-of-context National Review quote - 10/21/2008

Drew Griffin of CNN recently conducted an interview with Sarah Palin and asked her this: Governor, you've been mocked in the press, the press has been pretty hard on you, the Democrats have been pretty hard on you, but also some conservatives have been pretty hard on you as well. The National Review had a story saying that, you know, I can't tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, u...

Scott Shane/NYT's pro-BHO spin on Bill Ayers/Barack Obama collaboration - 10/04/2008

... (huffingtonpost.com/michael-shaw/reading-the-pictures-emny_b_131855.html) * Martina Stewart of CNN references the NYT article and then says: "Several other publications, including the Washington Post, Time magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The New Republic, have debunked the idea that Obama and Ayers had a close relationship." (says) However, an earlier version of the ...

Sarah Palin/Joe Biden vice presidential debate live coverage 10/2/08 - 10/02/2008

... had invested in the Sudan... CNN's "uncommitted" Ohio voters sure seem to like everything Biden says. In fact, they just redlined when Biden was speaking, and plummeted just as Palin was starting to speak. It picked up again, and it hasn't redlined during a later Biden speech. However, it's not like CNN is above doing things like I suspect they're doing with those &q...

CNN "fact check" misleads about John McCain comprehensive immigration reform stance - 9/24/2008

Dear CNN: JOHN MCCAIN SUPPORTS AMNESTY/COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. Sorry to shout, but I see that your "Fact Check: Is Obama ad right on McCain's immigration stance?" (link) continues the same lie that several of Barack Obama's other minions have tried to promulgate. While McCain has said a wide range of things (including support for "reform" one day before you ...

John McCain ad was right and Barack Obama, MSM misled about BHO's kindergartener sex education bill - 9/16/2008

... It's an Anderson Cooper from CNN and "FactCheck" two-fer. CNN aired a "Fact Checking" episode that hewed to the party line (link): [RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT]: Did Obama want to teach sex education to kindergartners? Not really. The programming question was intended to teach kids how to avoid sexual predators, says the nonpartisan group FactCheck.org. VIVECA NOVAK...

Judy Bachrach/Vanity Fair smears Lou Dobbs - 8/08/2008

... others. 1. She says that "CNN... occasionally signals that it considers Lou Dobbs Tonight the trailer park section of its nightly real estate package." That might be correct, but she fails to take into account that CNN's opinion has little validity. 2. She quotes Barack Obama lying about hate crimes doubling, simply to include his comments about Dobbs and Limbaugh. She doesn't...

CNN Democratic Candidates Compassion Forum: no immigration questions - 4/14/2008

Last night's CNN Democratic Candidates Compassion Forum at Messiah College in Pennsylvania (transcript link) contained no questions relating to immigration. That's despite it featuring questions from Jim Wallis and Samuel Rodriguez [1] of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and despite the high profile that religious leaders have in promoting amnesty. And, that's ...

Michael Rubinkam/AP offers yet more "crops rotting in the fields" propaganda - 3/24/2008

... (rawstory.com/news/mochila/Major_grower_ends_crop_lacking_work_03242008.html), CNN ("Migrant worker shortage crushes tomato farm", money.cnn.com/2008/03/24/news/economy/Immigrant_Labor.ap/index.htm), and Tom Bevan at RealClearPolitics ("A Test Case for Immigration", time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/03/a_test_case_for_immigration.html). Another source is Nancy Petersen of...

Disgrace: CNN Democratic debate February 21, 2008 - 2/21/2008

... their standard speeches. Another CNN hack - Campbell Brown - even referenced the fact that their views on immigration are nearly identical. Here's a video on the CNN-Ramos issue:

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