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So now who’s the liar? Advice to Chris Cuomo: if to suit your political purposes you’re going to misrepresent what someone said, don’t do so when there’s clear video evidence of the person saying something entirely different. On CNN this morning, Cuomo falsely claimed that in his interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC yesterday, Rudy Giuliani said that he wouldn’t advise President Trump to sit down with Robert Mueller because Trump “could well lie.” But as the clip from the Stephanopoulos makes clear, Rudy was, in fact, concerned that James Comey might lie, and that his perjured testimony could be...

If Chris Cuomo had been around during WWII, would he have been telling FDR and Churchill that they needed to disclose their D-Day plans? Maybe so, judging by Cuomo’s absurd questioning of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on CNN this morning. Cuomo suggested to Netanyahu that Israel needs to “come clean” and be “honest” about its nuclear weapons capabilities if it expects Iran to do the same. [snip] But the bigger point is that Israel is effectively at war with Iran and other countries in the Middle East. It is a tiny nation surrounded by hostile powers. Why would Israel, why...

The single biggest threat to the future of the Dem party would be if African-Americans abandoned their overwhelming support for Dem candidates. It’s bad enough, from the Dem perspective, that under President Trump black unemployment has hit record lows. Now comes a major black celebrity openly embracing Trump. He must be destroyed!And so it was that on CNN this morning, Chris Cuomo did his best to undermine Kanye West and his support for the President. Cuomo first depicted West’s endorsement as a publicity stunt by a celebrity “desperate for attention.” Cuomo then took things an ugly step further, suggesting that...

The CNN crew had a jolly old time this morning, mocking President Trump for his penchant for using his cellphone, and analogizing him to a recalcitrant teenage girl. Chris Cuomo led the charge, advising chief of staff John Kelly to say to Trump: “Look, we let you use this phone. It’s a privilege. It’s not a right. And if you don’t use it the right way, we’re going to take it from you.” Added Alisyn Camerota, “and you’re going to be grounded.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Friendly advice to Chris Cuomo: when mocking President Trump over a spelling mistake, try to avoid making a mistake yourself . . . On CNN this morning, Cuomo went out of his way to note that in a tweet about James Comey, the prez misspelled “shady” as “shadey.” Continued Cuomo: “unless [Trump was] maybe referring to Slim Shadey, the alternate persona of Eminem.” Here’s the problem, Chris: Eminem spells it Slim Shady. Not Slim Shadey. Ruh-roh! Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Chris Cuomo of CNN, commenting this morning on the disclosure that Sean Hannity has received some legal advice from Michael Cohen, pontificates: "If you are on television, and you have an audience, and you represent a news organization, you have a duty to disclose things that sniff of conflict. The conflict bar is very low . . . You're supposed to say things protectively, even if they're not necessary." Yet Cuomo very rarely mentions that his brother Andrew, Governor of New York, is a potential presidential candidate, ranked in the top ten contenders. Chris might assume that the whole world...

In a million years, would Chris Cuomo have used such vulgar language when referring, say, to Hillary Clinton or President Obama? On CNN this morning, responding to a mention that Michael Cohen had been “incredibly respectful” of the process by which his home and offices had been searched, Cuomo said: “You’re going to be a little more civil when it’s your ass on the line. It’s easy for the President to be long and strong now. I’m sure that if he gets closer to doing an interview with Mueller, he won’t be beating up on Mueller the same way. I...

Who you gonna believe: the Daily Caller, founded by Tucker Carlson, or CNN’s Chris Cuomo? Because one or the other has things seriously wrong when it comes to the political affiliations of the lawyers on Robert Mueller’s investigative team. On CNN this morning, Cuomo claimed: “Mueller’s team has some type of breakdown of Democrat and Republican. It’s about 50/50.” But a study conducted by the Daily Caller Foundation came to a strikingly different conclusion. As the headline of the article reporting on the study reads, “Not A Single Lawyer Known To Work For Mueller Is A Republican.” Get the rest...

Chris Cuomo has mockingly bestowed a new moniker on Trey Gowdy: “Captain Benghazi.” On CNN this morning, Cuomo suggested that whereas Gowdy went after the Benghazi inquiry “with such an aggression,” he has been lackadaisical in looking into allegations of misconduct against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Cuomo: “Wasn’t there a big [makes yawning motion] for Captain Benghazi? They went after that with such an aggression, right? And here he says, I don’t like these kind of allegations, but then, they’ve had a month to get documentation from Pruitt. They haven’t gotten it.” Get the rest of the story and view...

Slip of the tongue — or worshipful attitude toward an influential in-house player? We’re going with “b,” and in all seriousness, it clearly was just a stumble of speech. But on CNN this morning, Jeffrey Toobin did call Chris Cuomo “Christ.” Toobin explained that he had somehow combined “Chris” with “correct” in response to a statement Cuomo had made. The panel had a good chuckle at Toobin’s expense. Alisyn Camerota said, “your logic was that good.” Added John Avlon, “it is the season.” Cuomo also made a couple comments, but I couldn’t decipher them. Perhaps a reader with acute hearing...

Remember how the liberal media mercilessly mocked President Obama for his numerous gaffes? From 57 states, to the “Austrian” language, to corpse-man and many others, the MSM was relentless in pointing out Obama’s mistakes. Oh, wait: no. The MSM buried those Obama bloopers. But let President Trump misspell a couple of words, and watch out! The liberal media is all over it. Thus CNN this morning repeatedly raised the fact that in a recent tweet, Trump misspelled “counsel” as “council” and “whether” as “wether.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

It came at the very end of a long segment on the firing of Andrew McCabe. Maybe it should have come at the beginning . . . On CNN this morning, after a protracted discussion of the firing of Andrew McCabe, and just before going to break, Chris Cuomo let slip what might be the seminal fact in this matter. As Cuomo put it: “The best thing going for the President on this one is that the IG was an Obama appointee, and this was his report.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

On CNN today, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times argued that women in the Trump administration, particularly Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway, are unfairly subjected to more criticism than their male counterparts. Alisyn Camerota seconded Haberman’s notion. Chris Cuomo initially pushed back a bit, but ultimately joined the party, saying: “The lookism stuff. Saturday Night Live, when they first went after Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and it was about how she looked and how she dresses. It was obnoxious. And that happens to Kellyanne all the time when she goes on. That’s wrong too. No question about it.” Get...

I slapped the side of my TV to make sure it was tuned to the right channel. But yup, that was indeed CNN and Chris Cuomo, opening a discussion on the news that North Korea has indicated a willingness to discuss denuclearization, with praise for President Trump: “You have to say congratulations to the Trump administration. They were able to move the ball here.” And the rest of the panel — Alisyn Camerota, David Gregory, and Chris Cillizza — joined in acknowledging that this is a significant achievement for Trump. Get the rest of the story and view the video...

Here’s Why CNN Is Always Playing at the Airport By John Bonazzo • 02/14/18 2:30pm   This isn’t another conspiracy, Tucker Carlson. YouTube Controversy follows Tucker Carlson wherever he goes. He’s often been accused of spewing “flat out racist” immigration rants on his Fox News show.But on rare occasions, Carlson’s invective can lead viewers to interesting insights.Case in point: in his final segment on last night’s show, Carlson railed againstairports that play CNN in their waiting areas.“Everyone’s watching CNN,” he said. “They don’t have a choice.”Carlson, a former CNN host himself, said the decision “may have made sense 20 years ago, when CNN had a centrist reputation.”But now, he...

How can we have an intelligent discussion about guns when many pushing for more gun control don’t understand basic concepts about weapons? Take Chris Cuomo on CNN this morning, who said: “Many in the audience at the CNN townhall supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons.” Get the rest of the story at FinkelBlog: http://finkelblogger.com/

Not that there’s anything wrong with that . . . Let’s take a break from the MSM’s non-stop Rob Porter coverage and note an amusing CNN moment. Chris Cuomo was interviewing GOP Rep. Jim Jordan this morning. Jordan began by wishing Cuomo a Happy Valentine’s Day. There was a problem with Cuomo’s earpiece, and as they were checking it, Jordan repeated the greeting twice more. When they finally got the problem straightened out, Jordan said: “Chris, first time I’ve ever told a guy Happy Valentine’s three times in one day.” Get the rest of the story and view the video...

Hey Chris: it’s the difference between a photo of someone robbing a safe, and a photo of an empty safe . . . The allegations against former Trump aide Rob Porter are serious. There is reason to believe that he physically abused his former wives. That said, Chris Cuomo has ignored a big difference in the photos involved in the two cases. On CNN this morning, Chris Cuomo said that Pres. Trump is “playing favorites,” given his strong reaction to the photo of Al Franken groping a woman and his muted reaction to the photo of a former wife of...

2 min Pelosi meltdown video at link. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosispeaks to CNN's Chris Cuomo onJan. 29, 2018. (Photo: Screen grab/CNN) (CNSNews.com) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) went on CNN Monday night to express her fury at Republicans on the House intelligence committee who voted to release a classified memo dealing with the ongoing Russia investigation. She accused Republicans of "dangerously and recklessly dealing with intelligence" to "cover up" the Russia investigation. She said the four-page memo, written by Republicans on the House intelligence committee, is false, a "total misrepresentation," a threat to national security, and on...

When even Chris Cuomo mocks your moue . . . On CNN this morning, commenting on Nancy Pelosi’s sour expression during President Trump’s State of the Union speech, Cuomo said: “I’ve never seen Nancy Pelosi’s face look like that.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.