No one expects Cornel West to become the next president of the United States, but Anderson Cooper’s recent interview with West reveals why it is hard for a candidate of moral purity and prophetic sensibility to govern. Politics almost always...
Last night we learned that the Department of Justice will indict Donald Trump on Tuesday. At this point the DOJ has not released the indictment. This morning CNN is reporting that Trump admitted on tape that he didn’t declassify “secret...
I suffered through most of last night’s CNN New Hampshire townhall meeting with Donald Trump. Here is what we “learned”: You can learn more here. During the interview Collins, who often fact-checked Trump in real time, asked the former president...
What a day for cable news! Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Don Lemon is out at CNN. Here is Lemon’s tweet: Does Lemon’s firing have anything to do with this or this?...
In case you missed it, CNN hosted a townhall conversation with former vice president Mike Pence. Jake Tapper hosted the event and Pence took questions from the audience. Pence is clearly positioning himself for a presidential run in 2024 and...
What is going on at CNN? Jeffrey Toobin is out. Brian Stelter is out. And now John Harwood. Jeremy Barr at The Washington Post asks if there is a “purge” going on at the network. Read more here. In honor...
Too bad. Reliable Sources was one of my favorite CNN shows. I tried to watch it every week because host Brian Stelter often had thoughtful guests, including scholars, on the show. I especially enjoyed his critiques of Fox News during...
Trump is backing Kari Lake in the primary. Lake is a former television news journalist. Mike Pence is backing Karrin Taylor Robson. Robson is a former member of the Arizona Board of Regents, a lawyer, and businesswoman. Read more here....
Well, that didn’t last long. Here is Jeremy Barr and Paul Farhi at The Washington Post: CNN’s new parent company abruptly pulled the plug on the network’s $100 million venture into online streaming — a spectacular reversal that stunned employees...
Licht, the former Executive Producer of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” promises less liberal politics and more news gathering. Here is Mike Allen at Axios: Under new chief Chris Licht, CNN will dial down the prime-time partisanship and double...
Three new hires: Fox News doubles-down on right-wing Trumpism by giving Jesse Watters a nightly show at 7:00pm. Watters made his bones doing “man-on-street” interviews for the Bill O’Reilly’s former Fox show, “The O’Reilly Factor.” He has a well-deserved reputation...
CNN fired him because he violated journalistic “standards and practices” by helping craft his brother Andrew’s response to sexual harassment charges. Here is Edwards Helmore at The Guardian: But the larger question concerns to what extent US cable news has...
Interestingly enough, someone tweeted this earlier today: Here is Brian Stelter: CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.”The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly...
CNN fired him after he gave a lecture to the Young America’s Foundation and said, “We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes, we have Native Americans but candidly there isn’t much Native...
I am guessing until the money dries up. But that’s just a guess. Did you see Lindell’s recent interview with CNN? This would be hilarious if so many Americans, especially evangelical Christians, didn’t believe it. Watch: “It’s proof of nothing.”...
Here is The New York Times: Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate, has been dropped from his role as a CNN political commentator amid controversy over recent remarks in which he seemed to erase the role...
Here is Franklin and Wolf Blitzer: Graham says he would be glad to help the Biden administration reach anti-vaxxer evangelicals....
Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of the few Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection on the U.S. capitol on January 6, told CNN’s Jake Tapper that “maybe” five members of his party actually believe Donald...
This weekend on CNN:...
Watch here. After Cuomo finished his monologue, Michael Smerconish and Van Jones joined him on air to talk about this. You can listen to their conversation here. A taste: Smerconish: I thought your commentary was brilliant and depressing and you’re...
