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CNN is catching heat from viewers for their questioning of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) at the Democratic debate Tuesday night. Just a day earlier, it was reported that Sanders had told fellow presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.), in 2018 that a woman could not win the election, something Sanders has vehemently denied. But despite Sanders’s repeated denials, CNN moderator Abby Phillip went ahead with a line of questioning that made it sound as if there was no doubt Sanders had in fact said it. “So Senator Sanders, I do want to be clear here,” Phillip said, “you’re saying that...

On February 18, 2005, CNN aired a segment in which reporter Drew Griffin purchased a .50 caliber rifle. In doing so, Griffin may have broken one or more federal firearms laws. And he filmed it to boot. The video of the transaction can be found at  http://tinyurl.com/5ftnr (look in the upper right corner  for the box labeled "Powerful Rifle Readily Available".  It's in RealPlayer format). A transcript of the show can be  found at http://tinyurl.com/6r26q. Some pertinent quotes from the clip: "But before I shelled out $2,500 to buy this gun, I wanted to make sure I could buy  ammunition."...