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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...

On today's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish decided former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer was fair game for a cheap shot. She soon learned otherwise. Discussing the search for a successor to departing press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Cornish contrasted Leavitt’s tenure with Spicer’s. “She didn’t become a national joke like a Sean Spicer,” Cornish declared.CNN's Sara Fischer later undercut Cornish's “joke” crack. “Sean Spicer has his own show,” she noted. “He’s been able to create a media career out of it.” By the end of the segment, a somewhat chastened Cornish circled back. “And Sean Spicer, I...

A CNN panel exploded in a heated clash Monday night after Dems accused Republicans of launching an “anti-Muslim” attack on Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed by running an ad campaign using his full name. During “CNN NewsNight” with guest host Jon Berman, the panel discussed Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) defense of an ad campaign that blasts El-Sayed as a dangerous candidate and uses the controversial lefty pol’s full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. In an interview clip, the senator was asked whether the ads are an attempt to tell voters “hint, hint…he’s Muslim.” Scott responded, “Not at all … I...

🚨 CNN is clutching their pearls over the Secret Service doing their job. Anderson Cooper and Kaitlan Collins spent an entire segment shocked — shocked! — that President Trump’s team used decoy planes, lowered window shades, and even a catering truck to move him after a serious Iranian threat on his life. They watched him board one plane. He wasn’t on it. He was already on a different aircraft. Their reaction? “Is there any precedent for this kind of deception?” Yes. It’s called protecting the President of the United States from people who want him dead. They make it sound...

Jake Tapper’s pitches to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on CNN's State of the Union today were so soft that he would have been thrown out of a slow-pitch league. Tapper lobbed El-Sayed right out of the box: what can you do to fight Trump harder on affordability and other issues? High hard one there, Jake! El-Sayed was happy to oblige with a lengthy, unchallenged monologue about “hauling up” Trump officials, RFK Jr., and the usual anti-Trump framing. Not a single specific proposal to address affordability. And no pushback from Tapper. Later, Tapper tiptoed oh-so-delicately around the 800-pound anti-Israel...

In a terrifying legal saga out of Volusia County, Florida, a 23-year-old woman spent 13 miserable days in jail for a fatal hit-and-run she had absolutely nothing to do with. The only crime she committed? Driving a black Dodge Durango on the interstate. On October 4, 2025, a horrific chain-reaction crash on I-4 resulted in the deaths of three people, including Flagler County Deputy Administrator Jorge Salinas, his wife, and a motorcyclist named Joaquin “Deno” Deno. The vehicle that triggered the crash and fled the scene was identified by a witness as a Dodge Durango. Instead of a comprehensive investigation,...

The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is “dangerously low,” according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Stockpiles of key air defense systems have been particularly depleted during the war with Iran. The US military has burned through nearly four-fifths of its THAAD missile inventory compared to pre-war numbers and roughly half of its Patriot interceptors since the start of the war, according to two sources familiar with the latest inventory report. The disclosure of the low THAAD...

CNN’s Dana Bash: “I also don't want to use this interview to allow you to say things that aren't entirely true. It is also factually true that the COVID vaccine worked. The COVID vaccine prevented deaths. There is data, upon data, upon data.” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “You think the COVID vaccine protected children?” Dana Bash: “I have talked to scientists and doctors…” Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Can you show me one study that shows that children were protected by the COVID vaccine?” “That that vaccine did more good than harm to children? Can you show me one...

1:33 CNN poll analyst Harry Enten said Wednesday on “News Central” that polling shows most voters don’t care about the New York business records case against former President Donald Trump. Enten said, “It feels like only yesterday to me, John, that it began, but apparently, it is 44 days. You crack the numbers, you’ve run the numbers. All right, let’s take a look here. Think Trump did something illegal in the New York hush money case. I’ve been interested in whether or not these numbers will change at all during the course of this trial?” He added, “Simply put, they...

It takes a lot of extreme pretzel twisting to write in detail about Anthony Fauci's diary yet somehow skip the famous journalist who figures very prominently in that same diary who worked with Fauci to both cover up for him while also working to attack his opponents. And that journalist is Jack Tapper who, amazingly, appears not once is CNN's story on Fauci's diary published by CNN on Tuesday, "Diary entries, a subpoena and an anticipated clash: Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul’s long-running battle returns to the Hill."CNN reporters Sarah Owermohle and Adam Cancryn had the unenviable task of...

Dr. Anthony Fauci enjoyed a “relaxed” dinner at home with CNN star Jake Tapper and his wife, one week after suggesting Americans “sacrifice” getting together with family and friends at Thanksgiving, according to newly released 2020 diary entries. Fauci’s diary notes were published on Saturday by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). The man who spearheaded the U.S. Government’s response to COVID-19 wrote about having multiple dinners with Tapper in 2020, alongside notes on the rising death toll. He wrote about one of those shared suppers on October 23, 2020. Fauci Diaries Reveal He Enjoyed ‘Relaxed’ Dinner at Home With Jake Tapper,...