The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

News Flash: @DonLemonCNN Hates You

And by “you,” of course, I mean the 60 million extremist homophobic anti-choice teabagging racists who didn’t vote for Obama: CNN anchor Don Lemon shouted down a conservative guest after pushing him to admit he should be “embarrassed” over certain protesters at Sunday’s Million Vet March. . . . “Ben, you have to be embarrassed […]

CNN Now Aiming for Zero Ratings

The Third-Place Cable Network Nobody Watches™ has decided to give America’s Least Popular Cable News Personality™ a special assignment: “White in America.” Paul Bedard reports: CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien, known for her “Black in America” documentaries that sometimes irk viewers, is now turning her cameras on whites. . . . “We’re not just working on ‘BIA,’ […]

Why Did Those Racist Crackers at CNN Keep Roland Martin From Being a Star?

Just by way of historical context, let’s remember that CNN was a trailblazer in this regard, making Bernard Shaw their primetime news anchor back in 1980. Keep that in mind in appraising the sour grapes rationalization by axed commentator Roland Martin: Roland Martin on Thursday blamed racism for his inability to get his own show  at CNN. “You have largely […]

Ratings-Killer @Soledad_OBrien Fired by Obscure Third-Place Cable News Network

Soledad O’Brien: Nielsen needed a microscope to measure her audience America’s Least Popular Cable-News Personality™ has joined the growing ranks of the nation’s unemployed, and you’ll excuse me for being so late to blog about it, but it took a while before I could stop dancing long enough to sit down and type. Inside sources at […]

CNN Scrapes Bottom

John Hinderaker summarizes a panel on cop-killer Chris Dorner at The Third-Place Cable News Network Nobody Watches: CNN’s panel is excited about Chris Dorner. They can understand why lots of people think he is a “superhero.” They think his deeds were “exciting,” like a “Denzel Washington movie,” and agree that Dorner shed valuable light on […]

CNN Endorses Terrorist Organization That Incited Gun Violence in D.C.

Nice Deb thinks the Southern Poverty Law Center should be classified as a “hate group,” but I prefer the term “terrorist organization,” because of the political/religious nature of the jihad that SPLC inspired against the Family Research Council. Also, in light of what we know about the Obama administration’s policy, it may be possible to order […]

Help Wanted: Clairvoyant Police

In Atlanta, an armed police officer in a school — y’know, like the NRA has recommended — disarmed a shooter after only one person was injured. This good news wasn’t good enough for Piers Morgan: REVEALED: Armed guard was NOT able to stop Atlanta school shooting – sltrib.com/sltrib/world/5… — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 1, 2013 […]

CNN’s ‘Poorly Rated’ @Soledad_OBrien Will Lose Her Show Nobody Watched

Soledad O’Brien, America’s Least Popular Cable TV News Personality™ Jeff Zucker is making big changes at CNN, the cable-news pioneer that has fallen to third place in the ratings: Gone are longtime contributors James Carville and Mary Matalin, as well as Bill Bennett and Erick Erickson, the latter of whom has signed on with Fox […]

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