http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cnn/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:18:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419269/posts For the second straight year, comedian Kathy Griffin ushered in the new year by saying something vulgar on CNN. During the network's live New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square, Griffin was joking with co-host Anderson Cooper about how to pronounce the first name of "balloon boy" Falcon Heene when she mumbled something that sounded a little like "Falcon" and a lot like the F-word. Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419269/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:18:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418719/posts On this afternoon's CNN Newsroom, anchor Rick Sanchez briefly updated his audience on Rush Limbaugh's medical condition. He completed his comments with "We wish him well." Sanchez's good wishes didn't square with the Twitter messages that crawled at the bottom of the screen for his entire program. Here is a sampling of the tweets he aired: rush is an excuse for people to be vicariously racist. I have nothing good to say about him except "gotta love karma" Rick can we get some answers on if rush's insur. will pay for his hospital stay if it is found out drugs... newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418719/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:09:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418223/posts Here's the second part of our look back at cable news ratings over the last decade. We've charted the total day numbers, and here are the numbers for primetime. Again, Fox News' rise is most noticeable, as is the bump the election gave CNN and MSNBC. The charts track each network's Nielsen primetime ratings average for each of the last 10 years, from Dec. 27, 1999 - Dec. 23, 2009. After the jump, the A25-54 demo. Mediabistro TVNewser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418223/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:07:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417017/posts Mark Kirk The Illinois congressman, now the front-runner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate, is facing an attack ad that questions his sexual orientation. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that opponent Andy Martin, already controversial for previous remarks about Barack Obama, has run for offices in Illinois, Florida and Connecticut but has never won. He taped a commercial questioning whether Kirk is gay -- and radio stations have told the Sun-Times that federal communications rules don't permit them to edit the ads. Spokesman Erik Elk said that Kirk, a U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, was unavailable for comment because he... Left-wing smear machine (CNN) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417017/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:05:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415364/posts Get the pity party violin music warmed up because Ezra Klein and Dave Weigel are whining that Sarah Palin has forced them, the press, into a “submissive role” because she is so mean to them. Klein favorably cites the analysis of Weigel who whined that the “Palin problem” has “put the press in a submissive position:” The problem is that Palin has put the political press in a submissive position, one in which the only information it prints about her comes from prepared statements or from Q&As with friendly interviewers. This isn’t something most politicians get away with, or would... Citizen Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415364/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:38:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414747/posts A commotion at the start of Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica briefly disrupted ceremonies and caused the pope to fall, a Vatican spokesman said. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414747/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414004/posts CNN ‘Scoping Out New Hosts’ – Prime Time Shakeup Looming? With the news that CNN’s Rick Sanchez would host a new show, Rick’s List, beginning in January, some of the changes happening at the network in 2010 are coming to light. But could more changes be on the way – and with anchors and hosts from outside the network? In Brian Stelter’s New York Times write-up about the Sanchez show, he hints at something that hasn’t been previously reported: Several CNN employees have said in recent weeks that they expect other changes to the network’s programming, given its ratings woes.... Mediaite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414004/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:51:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413200/posts Rick Sanchez, who currently hosts the network's 3pmET hour of "CNN Newsroom," will be getting a new show, titled "Rick's List" in 2010. Sanchez's program will now air for two hours, from 3-5pmET, and Wolf Blitzer's "Situation Room" will eventually be reduced from three hours to two, airing from 5-7pmET. Blitzer will also fill-in the 7-8pmET slot until John King's show launches early next year. CNN tells us that Sanchez and Blitzer, appropriately, made the initial announcement themselves over twitter in order to get it out to their followers first (both have well over 100,000). Today, Sanchez tweeted: Hey guys,... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413200/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:31:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412662/posts A panel of experts ruled her claim the Obama administration was planning to introduce "death panels" was chosen as the most misleading statement of 2009. Palin, 45, made the claim on her Facebook page at the height of the debate over President Obama's plans to reform the US health care system. She wrote: "My parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide whether they are worthy of health care." But the website PolitiFact.com found that there were never any plans to introduce so called "death panels"... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412662/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:38:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412430/posts Over the weekend, the Daily News reported that Fox News host Geraldo Rivera has told Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes he'll quit if Ailes hires Lou Dobbs. Rivera tells Rush & Molloy, "I never threatened to quit," adding, "The last time I checked, no one here was talking to the a-—." A rep for Ailes concurs, telling the paper he isn't looking to add Dobbs to either FNC or FBN. And all this reminded us about a situation a few years ago just after Rivera signed a reported 6-year $36m contract with NBC. In August, 1998 Newsweek reported... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412430/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:58:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411926/posts CNN: Sarah Palin's 'Death Panel' Comment Wins 'Lie of the Year' By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-12-20 18:44 If President Obama or any Democrat had actually won the dubious honor of committing PolitiFact's "Lie of the Year," do you think CNN would have reported it? Fat chance, right? Before you answer, consider the glee exhibited by CNN's Josh Levs Sunday when he announced Sarah Palin had "won" for her Facebook comment concerning a "death panel" in healthcare reform legislation (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Story Balloon [1]): BETTY NGUYEN, CO-ANCHOR: Well, let's talk about politics, shall we? Something... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411926/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410457/posts Is it any wonder CNN is having ratings trouble? Here is video from Anderson Cooper's show "AC 360" last night where they did a segment plugging a new CNN site called cnnchallenge.com. In the segment, they did a quiz asking Anderson Cooper questions. If you go to the 2:27 mark of the video, you see Anderson Cooper asked where Notre Dame University is, which he did not know. He was told Indiana, and then was asked if he knew where the state of Indiana is on the map - He did not know! They found it for him! Cooper said... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410457/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:14:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409446/posts CNN will finish 2009 behind MSNBC in prime-time ratings, the first time CNN has ever trailed a competitor other than the Fox News Channel over a full calendar year. That finish had been expected. In recent months, CNN, which continues to stand behind its policy of steering clear of the opinion-based shows that draw large prime-time audiences for its competitors, has also trailed its own sister network, HLN (formerly Headline News). CNN has frequently finished fourth in the news channel category. CNN will finish the fourth quarter of 2009 in fourth place — another first — and with two weeks... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409446/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:10:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405802/posts Here is video of CNN's Rick Sanchez getting angry at a guest and having their mic shut off during a discussion about why a police officer chose to go to jail instead of apologizing...(Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405802/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405734/posts Editor's note: Silvia Henriquez is the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, a nonprofit policy and advocacy organization based in New York and Washington that works on behalf of reproductive health interests of the nation's 15 million Latina women. When Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered her oath last summer, many women -- and especially Latinas -- felt renewed hope as a champion of women's rights took her place on the U.S. Supreme Court. With Democrats in the White House and both houses of Congress, we believed that we could stop playing defense and actually advance women's rights,... Ciminal News Network (CNN) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405734/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405461/posts Here is video of Rev. Franklin Graham talking to CNN's Campbell Brown about the War in Afghanistan and President Obama's speech in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. Franklin Graham said "true Islam cannot be practiced in this country (America). You cannot beat your wife, you cannot murder your children if you think they commit adultery, as they do in these other countries." He pointed to Saudi Arabia as an example of a whole nation devoted to Islam that lives this way. Graham said wherever Islamic Sharia Law is practiced, this is how people are treated. Campbell Brown was disbelieving. Graham... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405461/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:34:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405181/posts . . .Breitbart is adding to his network of vertical blogs. The newest site to join the Breitbart network is “Big Journalism,” which will launch in January of next year. His target is much bigger than HuffPo — or any other website for that matter. Breitbart is gunning for the institution of mainstream media, or what he calls “the Democratic-media complex.” In an exclusive interview with Mediaite, Breitbart shares his vision for his expanding network of “Big” right-of-center sites . . . Breitbart: “If these traditional media outlets can’t be shamed into telling the truth, diverted for doing the wrong... Mediaite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405181/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404129/posts Update: A CNN spokesperson responds, "You would think anyone commenting on the finances or marketing budget of CNN would have at least an elementary understanding of our business. CNN is enjoying its 6th straight year of profit growth and is, again, on track to deliver record earnings in 2009. As for being #1: CNN continues to have a larger audience on TV and the Web combined than Fox News or any other network." Earlier: Greta Van Susteren eviscerated CNN on her Fox News-hosted blog, beginning: "Have you seen CNN's new ad campaign? It must be costing a fortune. Why are... Business Insider.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404129/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403191/posts Greta Van Susteren feels sorry for CNN. On her blog today, she writes: So why do I feel bad (almost) for CNN? Because I have friends there...friends who now whisper to me everytime they see me, "what do you think is going on here? The place feels awful...it is dying." I worry about them. I want my friends to have jobs. Don't get me wrong I want to continue to win, but not to the extent their place goes belly up and my friends lose jobs. You should hear what is being said inside CNN. It is really bad when... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403191/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402861/posts From CNN - look on the right hand side of the page, may need to scroll down - freep this poll! CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402861/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:41:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402550/posts CNN’s Rick Sanchez misspeaks on CNN’s behalf . ATLAH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402550/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:53:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400982/posts Here is video from CNN on their new poll showing that President Obama's approval rating has now dropped below 50% for the first time. He now stands at 48% approve and 50% disapprove. That is a seven-point drop from just last month. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400982/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:47:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400593/posts A political organization that opposes illegal immigration announced Thursday that it will no longer support commentator and former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs. After being a vocal critic of proposals for federal amnesty for illegal immigrants, Dobbs appeared to soften his stance late last month in an interview with Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network. Dobbs told Telemundo he is one of the Latino community's "greatest friends." "What isn't working is a penalty to those who are in this country illegally for whom we can both be building a bridge to the future in which there is legalization and at the same... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400593/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:25:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400528/posts Washington (CNN) -- Support for President Obama has dropped below 50 percent for the first time in a CNN poll despite high marks for his recently announced Afghanistan policy. Forty-eight percent of Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. national survey released Friday said they approve of the job Obama is doing as president -- a drop of 7 percentage points from a survey last month. Fifty percent said they do not approve. The difference of 2 percentage points between approval and disapproval falls within the range of the poll's sampling error. "The poll indicates that the biggest drop in... CNN.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400528/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:06:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400530/posts CNN finally mentioned climategate today. All is well, the world is saved. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400530/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:08:42 GMT