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Rep. Weiner To Wolf Blitzer: ‘I Hope My Marriage Survives Our First Anniversary’by Matt Schneider | 5:09 pm, June 1st, 2011 Earlier today Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner spoke with Luke Russert on MSNBC, and now Weiner continued his round of interviews with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. However, it remains up for debate whether Weiner’s interviews are adding fuel to the fire or helping him to extinguish the controversy. Weiner reiterated his belief that his whole Twitter ordeal was nothing more than a prank and is definitely not a federal case. He attempted to laugh it off, saying “when you’re named Weiner,...

WATCH THE CNN VIDEO AZ Massacre: Palin "Allowed This Kind Of Instance To Happen."

William Shatner, as a new character on a new CBS sitcom, commenting to his son about something or another:Son, if it looks like manure and smells like manure, it's either Wolf Blitzer or manure.

RUSH: You know, I made a joke on this program yesterday. This was the joke. RUSH ARCHIVE: Castro knows that there's an opening at CNN. You know, Larry King is gonna quit his job, well, retire sometime this fall. A lot of names have been thrown into the mix at CNN. Ryan Seacrest is one, Piers Morgan is another, Katie Couric, and now Castro obviously with this speech is auditioning for CNN. I mean, hell, if CNN will hire Client No. 9, Eliot Spitzer -- who has zilch, zero, nada experience hosting a television show or any kind of media...

All this week CNN has been taking a look at “Broken Government” and in some cases the cable channel deviated from the mainstream media norm by providing a critical view of government. That was the case on Feb. 23 when Wolf Blitzer and Lisa Sylvester scrutinized lavish pension-plan and retirement-packages for government officials during “The Situation Room.” “Many Americans will spend half a lifetime or more working for the same company only to find little or no safety-net when that job ends,” Blitzer said to begin the report. “Others, especially those on Capitol Hill don’t have that problem.” “This is...

Here is video of CNN's Wolf Blitzer today saying he believes the Scott Brown victory in Massachusetts has been a real "alarm bell" for President Obama, and has caused a "change" in Obama, making him more aggressive toward his critics. Blitzer made the remarks as he was asked about a "change" in Obama by Rick Sanchez. . . . (VIDEO)

Here is video of CNN's Lou Dobbs talking with Wolf Blitzer last night about his revelation that shots were fired at his wife and home about three weeks ago. Dobbs was ending his show and passing it off to Blitzer when Blitzer asked Dobbs about the reports. Dobbs said the incident followed months of "threatening phone calls," and were a result of his position on "illegal immigration." Dobbs told Blitzer the New Jersey Patrol is investigating the attack, and he could not say much about it. He also praised CNN Security since the incident, saying they have been "babysitting" him....

On Sunday, I wrote about how pleased I was to see "Saturday Night Live" taking on President Obama with almost the same intensity that it satirically took on President Bush, Senator McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin last fall. While I thought the impersonation could use some work, I felt the writing was excellent, and did a fine job of challenging President Obama in a way that much of the mainstream media haven't. Well, along comes CNN fact-checking the satire -- something they didn't do last fall when such satire was shredding Palin and Bush..... more

CNN is receiving criticism, of many different kinds from many different places, for a segment Monday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." The segment "fact-checked" a Saturday Night Live sketch. The sketch, which has been deemed the show's first viral hit of the season, cataloged Pres. Obama's supposed lack of accomplishments. The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto called the idea "a bizarre exercise." The Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik wrote, "Fact checking a comedy sketch -- I will say no more." FNC's Greg Gutfeld showed the clip on Red Eye and joked, "Seriously, reviewing an 'SNL' skit for accuracy is...

Watch as White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod bumbles his way through an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. During some incoherent rambling, Axelrod attempts to explain why President Obama favors more consumer "choice" BY OPPOSING GREATER CHOICE available through increased health insurance competition across state lines:

CNN's Wolf Blitzer flunked out on the "Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational" Thursday where he wound up $4600 in the hole. From the Politico with video included. He apparently didn't know as much as he thought he did.

It was a rough night for CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday night's "Jeopardy!" The "Situation Room" anchor came in last — and even in the red before Final Jeopardy — and lost to Dana Delany and Andy Richter.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer did not look so happy as he competed with actress Dana Delany and comedian Andy Richter in a round of “Celebrity Jeopardy.” The photo shows the scores at the end of the first two rounds. For “Final Jeopardy,” Alex Trebek was nice and wiped out that nasty negative number, credited him with $1,000 and Wolf nailed that final answer with the correct question.

RNC Chairman Michael Steele shot back at CNN’s Wolf Blitzer after the anchor tried to smear conservatives with racism on Wednesday’s Situation Room. The CNN anchor pointed out a racist sign at a Tea Party, and Steele replied, “Don’t hold up one person as an example of behavior by everyone.” [audio clips from the segment are available here]. Blitzer brought up supposed racism at Tea Parties: “You have to admit, if you take a look at some of those rallies, there were some really racist pictures out there...pictures of the President of the United States as an African witch doctor,...

Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job' Posted: August 14th, 2009 07:15 PM ET From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby WASHINGTON (CNN) — Longtime Democratic strategist Paul Begala hammered former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday — calling her "flaky and an intellectual lightweight." Begala was asked on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" to respond to a Politico story in which former House Speaker Newt Gingrich outlined several ways for Palin to repair her image. Although Begala called Gingrich "a brilliant political strategist," he said giving advice to Palin is an exercise in futility. "Here's the problem,"...

Here is video of America-hating comedian Bill Maher this afternoon talking with CNN's Wolf Blitzer and saying she would not put it past Palin to have a future in politics "in this stupid country" (see 1:44 mark of the video). Blitzer followed up later after a break by telling Maher they were getting emails asking him to clarify what he meant by saying America is a "stupid country" (see 4:32 mark of video). He said "I don't need to clarify. It is." Maher said the fact that Sarah Palin could be President proves his point. "This country just gets dumber...

A one-time aide to former Vice President Dick Cheney suggested Sunday that recent reports about Cheney and the CIA are a distraction designed to avert attention away from the policy struggles of the Obama administration. “This is very suspect timing,” Republican strategist and former Cheney adviser Mary Matalin said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “The president’s agenda is almost in shambles. His [poll] numbers are dropping. Isn’t it coincidental; they gin up a Cheney story.” Matalin also said that the Executive branch has some authority under the nation’s intelligence laws to not disclose information to Congress under certain...

Palin on Blitzer 1Palin on Blitzer 2 Sarah takes no prisoners. Critizes Obama on Israel, Defense and Spending. Calls Letterman perverted.

On CNN within the last hour, Wolf Biltzer slipped in some interesting and potentially important news about what federal prosecutors might and might not have on Jesse Jackson Jr., who today was all but confirmed by his lawyer to be Senate Candidate 5. Talking to legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, Blitzer said that according to law enforcement sources, Pat Fitzgerald's office does not have recordings of Jackson himself speaking to Rod Blagojevich as part of the US Attorney's investigation into the governor. If true, that would be significant, because the indictment filed yesterday against the governor quotes him telling an aide...

On Tuesday's Situation Room, CNN host Wolf Blitzer tried to downplay the significance of the arrest of the Democratic governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich by making an unequivocal statement about Republicans: "You know, most of the scandals -- most of the political scandals...in recent years have involved Republicans...and they're all pretty well-known." He continued by labeling the Democrat’s apprehension a "huge embarrassment." Blitzer made the remark to Karen Finney, the communications director for the Democratic National Committee, during the regular "Strategy Session" segment. Finney appeared with Republican strategist John Feehery, and the three discussed the political implications of Blagojevich's arrest....