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Anderson Cooper Bashes Santorum by Recycling Supposedly Racial Remark

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:36:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

On the campaign trail, Republican candidate Rick Santorum blurted out a word that sounded like "black" and was widely-criticized for making a generalization that black citizens rely on welfare. Though the transcript of the remark is not entirely certain, CNN's Anderson Cooper emphasized the comment anyway with a "Keeping Them Honest" report on his Thursday show.

Anderson Cooper Again Hits GOP With 'Keeping Them Honest' Report

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:20:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

As the Media Research Center has documented, CNN's Anderson Cooper has been targeting Republicans far more than Democrats with critical "Keeping Them Honest" investigative reports – and Cooper continued that trend Wednesday night.

CNN 'Moderator' Finds GOP Eight Times as Dishonest as Democrats?

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:15:00 +0000

MRC Study: Anderson Cooper's "Keeping Them Honest" segments have tilted 24 to 3 against Republicans since July, and 45 to 13 in 2011.

Matt Hadro

[UPDATE at end of post: Cooper responds, via Politico.]

CNN's Cooper Attacks Increasingly Popular Herman Cain with 'Keeping Them Honest' Segment

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:37:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

At the top of Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN's Cooper ran his first critical "Keeping Them Honest" segment on GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain since he is "no longer a voice on the fringe." Cooper pulled up quotes Cain made months ago, using a "Think Progress" clip, in an effort to hold him accountable for months' worth of statements on Sharia law and Planned Parenthood, among other issues.

For Anderson Cooper, Gay Rights Trumps the Economy on Monday's Coverage of GOP Candidates

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:33:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

CNN's own poll recently showed that voters 60-to-one believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing the United States, as opposed to policies toward gays and lesbians. CNN's Anderson Cooper apparently thought the views of Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann toward gays and lesbians important enough to merit the lead segment on his Monday show.

CNN's Don Lemon Asks If Obama Should Run as Conservative in 2012

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:37:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

Channeling liberal disenchantment with President Obama, CNN anchor Don Lemon wondered Monday if the President would be "better off running as a conservative" in the next election.

Anderson Cooper Cherry Picks Poll Info to Disgrace Republicans

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

In a critical "Keeping Them Honest" segment Wednesday night, CNN's Anderson Cooper selectively reported findings from his network's own poll to bolster his argument that Republicans are out-of-touch with the wishes of the American people in the debt ceiling debate.

CNN's Cooper, Borger Rhapsodize On 'Adult' Obama Who 'Did Not Raise Taxes'

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:05:00 +0000

Alex Fitzsimmons

CNN's Anderson Cooper and Gloria Borger took turns casting President Barack Obama as the centrist 'adult' in a room teeming with unruly Republican children who would rather invite economic calamity than compromise on a debt-reduction plan.

CNN Gives Maher Platform to Accuse GOP Candidates of 'Horrible Society-Killing Ideas,' Call Cheney 'More Psychotic' Than Weiner

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:50:00 +0000

Brent Baker

The night after CNN's debate in New Hampshire with seven Republican presidential candidates, Anderson Cooper brought aboard left-wing 'comedian' Bill Maher to ridicule them. Asked if he 'had to vote' for one of them, he named Ron Paul since 'he's a cut from a different cloth than the rest of those people who are of course selling their souls to the corporate interests who back them and who have just horrible, society-killing ideas about America.'

ABC's Banfield on CNN: 'I'm Not Going to Cast Aspersions' on Rosen

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:27:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Wednesday's AC360 on CNN, ABC's Ashleigh Banfield punted on Nir Rosen's offensive Tweets against CBS's Lara Logan and tried to explain them away: "We're using a lot of electronics to get information out as fast as we can nowadays before we can really digest the ramifications of what we say...And so, I'm certainly not going to cast aspersions on Mr. Rosen. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

On CNN, Rosen Falsely Claims He Didn't Know Logan Was Sexually Assaulted

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:32:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

Disgraced journalist Nir Rosen claimed on Wednesday's Anderson Cooper 360 that he didn't know Lara Logan was sexually assaulted when she was attacked by protesters in Egypt. However, Rosen's own Tweets, which he subsequently deleted, revealed that he indeed know about the nature of the attack and tried to downplay it: "Look, she was probably groped like thousands of other women."

After Two Years of Disrespect, CNN Teams Up with Tea Party for GOP Debate

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:26:00 +0000

Rich Noyes

Late last week, CNN announced its plan to team up with the Tea Party Express to co-sponsor a Republican presidential debate in September.

Roland Martin on CNN: Sarah Palin is the 'Kim Kardashian of Politics'

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:13:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

Roland Martin brought his full-blown Palin De

CNN Guest Mischaracterizes Focus on the Family as Pro-'Mean' Toward 'Gay People'

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0000

Jeff Poor

With the recent accounts of anti-gay bullying in the news, there has been a backlash against people and organizations that promote traditional values.

CNN Barely Covers Coons Gaffe on 1st Amendment, Highlights O'Donnell

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:30:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

CNN devoted several segments on Tuesday and Wednesday to Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell's apparent gaffe on the First Amendment, but barely acknowledged her opponent Chris Coons's own gaffe on the amendment.