Ana Schau | August 11, 2023
CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s interview with Representative James Comer (R-KY) on Thursday evening, where the latter laid out the evidence against President Biden, garnered a fair bit of attention among the liberal media. Among the shows that misused clips from the interview and misconstrued the information Comer presented was Friday’s CNN This Morning, in which anchor Victor Blackwell accused Comer…
Ana Schau | August 11, 2023
On CNN This Morning’s Thursday program, anchor Victor Blackwell brought CNN business correspondent Rahel Solomon on the show to discuss the July inflation report. Amid much praise of how well the economy had purportedly been doing, Solomon emphasized the “moderating inflation picture” in comparison with past months, and the “core inflation” that removed some of the most relevant factors, such as…
Ana Schau | August 9, 2023
After the results of Tuesday night’s vote on Ohio’s ballot measure to raise the required percentage for constitutional amendments, framed as a referendum for an upcoming abortion amendment, Wednesday morning’s CNN This Morning featured five segments that totaled over 22 minutes of celebration of the proposal being turned down. Anchors Poppy Harlow and Victor Blackwell hosted quite a few guests…
Ana Schau | August 7, 2023
On CNN This Morning this Monday, anchor Victor Blackwell lamented that “Republicans are zeroing in on” Vice President Kamala Harris as part of their 2024 framing, noting that “a vote for President Biden is a vote for Vice President Harris” because of Biden’s age.  Along with CNN political reporter Daniel Strauss and Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Vice President Harris,…
Ana Schau | August 4, 2023
Friday morning’s coverage of former President Trump’s most recent indictment for the election charges included a segment on CNN News Central where anchor Kate Bolduan discussed former Vice President Mike Pence’s [R-IN] involvement and opinions on the case with his former chief of staff, Marc Short. During this interview, Bolduan asked Short about recent growing distrust in the American election…
Ana Schau | July 27, 2023
Thursday morning, after Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had an unfortunate incident where he was unable to speak for a few moments at a press event, CNN News Central featured a segment where they fretted about McConnell’s age despite him being as old as President Biden. They discussed this incident as it could have been related to several of McConnell’s past signs of aging, such as falls, pointing…
Ana Schau | July 26, 2023
After Wednesday morning’s announcement of Hunter Biden’s plea deal for his criminal investigation falling through, Andrea Mitchell discussed the issue on her on her eponymous MSNBC show. Along with guests MSNBC White House correspondent Mike Memoli and former attorney Paul Charlton, Mitchell fretted that the Hunter legal case would “be a significant complication for” President Biden’s bid for re-…
Ana Schau | July 25, 2023
Monday morning’s CNN News Central actually featured a segment where co-host John Berman discussed several different political subjects with Daily Beast columnist Matt Lewis, who's still somehow labelled “conservative writer” and, at one point, they decried Governor Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) preference for “private planes” on the campaign trail as proof of a “lifestyle” DeSantis has led as a result of…
Ana Schau | July 20, 2023
Thursday’s CNN This Morning featured a segment where hosts Abby Phillip and Phil Mattingly expressed how appalled they were at Florida’s new standards for education in black history. Joined by CNN national correspondent Athena Jones, they spoke about how these “inaccurate” and “ahistorical” changes would disable teachers from teaching “the proper history,” and how they were “very disturbing when…
Ana Schau | July 19, 2023
Amid Wednesday’s extensive coverage of the new target letter for former President Trump’s January 6th case on CNN This Morning, anchor Phil Mattingly asked CNN political commentator Van Jones about the delay in prosecutions for the cases. Jones claimed that there was a “two tier justice system, and Trump is benefitting from it,” providing several comical alternate examples in an attempt to prove…