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Hilton went on offense from the start, pressing Becerra on his record as attorney general and as Biden HHS secretary The debate Wednesday night on CNN was the only scheduled head-to-head between Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, moderated by Dana Bash and Jake Tapper. It was an hour long, with no studio audience. And Steve Hilton was up against three opponents. It was heated, got personal, and focused on California’s cost of living, the housing crisis, high taxes, illegal immigration, and AI. Anyone watching the debate between Becerra and Hilton, candidates for California Governor, could see that CNN’s Dana Bash...

President Trump shouldn’t be putting recycled campaign ads on the air paid for by the taxpayers. The spot that aired this weekend is the same core video from a 2024 Trump campaign ad. That is the record. Morning Joe and CNN This Morning treated it with their usual paranoia as a border crossing into dictatorship. Joe Scarborough saw the tag and found Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin. “When I saw, at the end of that ad, paid for the U.S. government, that was such an Orban, Putin move.” Scarborough couldn't resist descending into his trademark hyperbole: “This is socialism! This...

Video Transcript Summary This is a segment from ABC’s This Week in which Martha Raddatz questions Attorney General Todd Blanche about the Trump administration’s decision to restrict certain media outlets (notably CNN) from covering presidential travel, including a recent trip to Tennessee. Main Topic: Denial of Press Access / CNN Ban from Air Force One Raddatz opens by noting there was no TV pool coverage of the president’s weekend trip to Tennessee. CNN, which was assigned as the pool for that day, said it was banned from Air Force One. She asks for the justification. Blanche rejects the framing of...

Speaks of the deplatforming, debanking, canceling and banning of independent journalists and conservatives like him during Biden's reign, as well as POTUS 45. Explains that CNN, et al., are not prevented from doing their jobs and reporting, just no longer have access to the briefing room, whereas he and his colleagues, as well as POTUS 45 were actually being deprived of 1st Amendment rights, and the same lib "journalists" at the time were squealing with demonic glee.

CNN Staffers Panic over Paramount Merger: ‘Bloodbath Coming,’ Newsroom Is ‘Like a Funeral’ CNN news anchor Jake Tapper (C), flanked by Univision's news anchor Ilia Calderón (R), waMandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Simon Kent23 Sep 20263,997 2:47 Paramount’s looming acquisition of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly sending shivers down the collective spines of news gathers at the 46-year-old legacy outlet. As Breitbart News reported, Paramount reached a deal with 12 state attorneys-general Monday that surmounted a major hurdle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery which will now go ahead. This clears the way for...

Donald Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly will not be televised by the major US broadcasters on Monday as they band together to boycott his ban on CNN and MS NOW. Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC, collectively known as the TV pool, are protesting the White House and have decided to not dispatch cameramen or reporters to cover the president on Monday. This means that Trump's trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Monday will go unaired on the major networks. Still, the conservative outlet Real America's Voice (RAV) will be on...

Brian Stelter, as expected, and got up on his moral high horse all weekend and lectured about censorship because President Donald Trump banned CNN MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds. However, as you shall see, Stelter's protests ring rather hollow because he himself in March 2021 suggested that Fox News be, get this, banned from the White House.First let us see Stelter complaining about the very thing he recommended in 2021 happen to Fox News, since it's just a "political tool," despite having actual journalists working at the White House:

MS NOW reporter was denied entry into the White House grounds and asked to hand over her badge

I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the...

To use a Georgia football term, on today's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish made Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, running for re-election, her “dawg.” A segment today was built around President Trump’s $5,000 “Trump dividend” — a promise the Wall Street Journal, in an editorial board column Cornish quoted, branded “a $5,000 bridge to sell you” and “a classic in vote-buying political cynicism.” Cornish wanted a Democratic answer. She found Sen. Jon Ossoff at an Athens rally. “Last week, the broken old man threw a two-day party in Texas while it cost more than ever to fill up your truck,...

CNN aired a graphic that incorrectly said feminist icon Gloria Steinem died in 2006 — just days after the network was forced to apologize for mistakenly using a photo of a Dolly Parton impersonator in its coverage of the country legend’s death. The embarrassing graphic appeared during Thursday’s edition of “CNN News Central” as anchor Sara Sidner reported on Steinem’s death at age 92. But the on-screen tribute showed Steinem’s lifespan as “1934-2006” — shaving two decades off the famed activist’s life. The error was first spotted by X user Drew Kerr and the FTVLive newsletter. The blunder came just...

This video from Black Conservative Perspective analyzes recent political polling trends and discusses why election outcomes often differ from poll predictions. The creator highlights concerns that polls may underestimate Republican support, drawing on historical examples like the 2016 and 2024 elections. Key takeaways from the video: Polling Discrepancies: The creator discusses a CNN segment where data analysts explored scenarios where polls might be wrong. The video suggests that when polls are incorrect, they have historically underestimated Republican performance (0:01:22-0:06:50). Social Trust: The video explores the theory that lower "social trust" among some Republican voters may make them less likely to...

CNN was forced to apologize to Dolly Parton’s family for mistakenly using a photo of a Las Vegas impersonator of the country music legend while reporting on her death. The cable news network aired an image of tribute artist Kelly Vohnn as it covered Parton’s Tuesday death from cancer — leaving the 58-year-old Vohnn stunned as friends began bombarding her with messages. The errant image were broadcast during “Laura Coates Live” some 12 hours after Parton’s death was announced by her family. “We regret the error and apologize to the Parton family,” CNN told The Post in a brief Thursday...

[snip] Cornish introduced the story by saying Piker had made remarks “suggesting American Jews supporting Israel would make antisemitism worse.” She then played the clip and asked the panel to discuss the backlash and the role of outside voices in campaigns. Arm pushed back, arguing the show’s framing was too charitable, that "you were suggesting, the show was suggesting, Piker’s comments were essentially just that antisemitism is rising because Jews are Zionist." Cornish cut him off with rising irritation: “If you're going to come on the show, I need you to listen.I really need you to listen and respond to...

On Wednesday, CNN's Erin Burnett enthusiastically interviewed the brother of Natalie Harp, Preston Harp, who proceeded to slime both her and President Donald Trump. Of course, no pushback by Burnett as to what motivated him to attack his sister and Trump. Could it be because she and the CNN producers knew very well something quite toxic about him that would tend to cause much of their audience to dismiss his criticisms?The Washington Post on Saturday revealed the important background of Preston Harp that CNN oh so very conveniently declined to reveal to their audience in a story by Terrence McCoy,...

On Friday’s CNN This Morning, contributor Lulu Garcia-Navarro, formerly of NPR, offered a very cynical assessment of the first couple’s private life. Discussing Melania Trump’s first public appearance in more than a month, Garcia-Navarro declared the marriage “very transactional” and claimed that Melania fails to fulfill the “traditional” First Lady role. Who made her the Melania expert? Would she like someone publicly judging her marriage as a sham? Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

CNN commentator Scott Jennings is being pushed to replace Karline Leavitt as White House press secretary, according to a new report. According to the Daily Mail, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is pushing for Jennings, 48, to replace Karoline Leavitt, who is stepping down to spend time with her family. “It’s his if he wants it,” the Daily Mail quoted a source as saying. “And he does.” The report said President Donald Trump is partial to having a female press secretary. The report said Jennings and Wiles were meeting even before Leavitt’s plans were ever made public. Over...

Another really amazing pandemic clip. October, 2021. CNN sends a reporter to Miami to investigate a school that is considered "anti-vax." While there the reporter runs into a parent who says that he is not going to have his children get the Covid vaccine. While being harassed by the CNN lackey, the parent says that fully vaccinated people are still dying from Covid and that Fauci is not the best scientist in the world. The CNN clown scoffs at him and tells him he is wrong. This exact same week the former head of the CDC Robert Redfield said that...

Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots. He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group. Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions. “Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.” Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from...

CNN's Fareed Zakaria says this is a problem for democrats: The left has the passion, but the middle still has the votes they need to win in general elections.Also, Fareed explores the concept of gerontocracy: the concentration of wealth & political power among older Americans and how it's creating inequality between them and younger people who are underrepresented. Democrats are solving the wrong problems | Fareed's Take | 10:46 CNN | 19.7M subscribers | 140,463 views | August 12, 20260:00 Democrats are facing a dilemma 5:58 Politicians are much older than the electorate they serve 8:37 Elderly are "lavished with...