David Carr of the New York Times details CNN’s “self-inflicted” wounds over the course of last week’s unfurling coverage of the Boston Marathon-bombing manhunt: But the biggest damage to CNN has been self-inflicted — never more so than in June,
CNN: After Boston tragedy “Gang of Eight” Sens. Schumer & Graham believe now is the time for immigration reform.
On Thursday, just hours after the FBI released blurry pictures of the two suspected Boston Marathon bombers, CNN anchor Erin Burnett assumed the suspects were “stereotypically” white Americans and not linked to any foreign terror group. It turned out that
Many are wondering why the FBI overlooked the potential danger posed by now-deceased bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 after they interviewed him. According to reports, the bureau failed to find any incriminating evidence of terrorist ties. As first reported
In a piece published earlier today, Big Journalism made note of the fact that, in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, ratings confirm that CNN has now lost its “Big News” ratings dominance to Fox News. For over a
In normal times, MSNBC is able to regularly beat CNN in the ratings and hold a distant second place to Fox News. But the price you pay for moving away from your news network roots, to morph into left-wing talk
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In an attempt to revive CNN’s slumping advertising revenue, a direct result of its last-place ratings, new CNN chief Jeff Zucker is reportedly doubling-down on Piers Morgan, making him one of the network’s “foundation brands.” Morgan has exploited the Newtown
Homebuilders in Washington D.C. have been dropping the phrase “master suite” from their language thanks to its supposed implications of racism and sexism. The word “master” has been used in other contexts to describe slaveowners and dominant male figures in
CNN knew it had journalistic egg on its face after announcing an arrest in the Boston bombing case earlier this week–and then later dancing back the claim. The network’s brass couldn’t predict Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart would use one of
MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton argued that CNN reporter John King, describing a suspect in the Boston bombing as a “dark-skinned male,” was “coded, offensive language.”
With the total and complete defeat of gun control legislation late Wednesday afternoon, the media learned something they had obviously forgotten since pushing Obama over the reelection finish line: They do not run the country. And from what we are
The Associated Press, Fox News, and a number of local Boston media outlets were all guilty of reporting that an arrest in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing had been made. But CNN stood alone in both its dramatic reporting of the
Wednesday at 2pm ET a media firestorm broke loose when top law official sources began to leak that an arrest had been made in the Boston Bombing. The Associated Press, CNN and FOX News all reported that an arrest had
After CNN, the Associated Press, Fox News, and a number of local media outlets incorrectly reported that an arrest had been made in the Boston bombing case, the Boston division of the FBI released the following statement: Contrary to widespread
Update (8:09 p.m. EDT): U.S. attorneys operating in Boston have canceled a press conference they had announced for Wednesday evening. An FBI spokesman says the presser may be rescheduled for later in the night. Update (5:15 p.m. EDT): Law enforcement
CNN correspondent John King reported this afternoon that authorities have identified a suspect in the bombing of the Boston Marathon. On the afternoon of April 17, King reported that, “the description given to me was a dark skinned male.” It
As the search for suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday that caused three deaths and 175 casualties continued, the superb performance of first responders, medical professionals, and Boston’s hospital personnel appears to have saved the lives
The Monday cable news ratings are in and as expected, the events in Boston made viewership surge as Americans were hungry for the latest information on the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon. However, as the Hollywood Reporter notes, the
An article published on CNN’s website makes an unproven claim that pressure cooker bombs like the ones used at the Boston Marathon terror attack are a “signature” of “right-wing extremists.” The article says (emphasis added) : A senior U.S. counterterrorism investigator told
Considering the complete lack of new information in President Obama’s late-Tuesday morning statement on the Boston Marathon bombings, it would appear that the president was less interested in passing along information and more interested in cleaning up a mess he made yesterday by
In the immediate aftermath of the tragic Newtown murders, Obama and His Media joined forces to exploit the deaths of innocent children for all it was worth — with a series of laws that would have done absolutely nothing to
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Representatives of Congress, the FBI, and Boston law enforcement gave conflicting and unclear information about what they knew or did not know–or would reveal–about potential suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing Monday that killed three people and injured at least
