Matt Hadro

a News Analyst
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Film Director on CNN: America 'More Racist' During Obama's Presidency; People 'Showing Their True Colors'

Lee Daniels, director and producer of the new film "The Butler," lashed out on Monday's Piers Morgan Live at Americans who are "angry that [Obama] is president" and who are "showing their true ...
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NBC Barely Mentions RNC's Debate Boycott; CNN Drops the Story Over the Weekend

After the Republican National Committee voted to refuse CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 GOP primary debates, NBC took two days to even mention the news before again ignoring it. In fact, CBS ...
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NewsBusters Catches Piers Morgan's Falsity, Gets Him to Apologize

The MRC's blog, NewsBusters, reported that during a debate on guns, CNN's Piers Morgan falsely claimed that according to FBI statistics, Virginia had the highest murder rate in the country in ...
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CNN Anchors Tire of 'Silly,' 'Stupid' Rodeo Clown Controversy

On Thursday afternoon CNN's Athena Jones called the Missouri rodeo clown controversy a "firestorm," but CNN's tone changed within a matter of hours. On Thursday night's Piers Morgan Live, ...
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CNN's Cuomo Lectures GOP: 'Any Jackass Can Kick Down a Barn'

CNN's Chris Cuomo had a sharp message on Thursday's New Day for Republicans looking to get re-elected simply for opposing ObamaCare. "Any jackass can kick down a barn. But it takes a good man or ...
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13 State Attorneys General Warn of Possible ObamaCare 'Privacy Disaster;' CNN Has Yet to Report

Thirteen GOP state attorneys general sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius on Wednesday detailing serious concerns over ObamaCare's privacy protections and warning of a "privacy disaster ...
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ABC, CBS Fail to Label Scandal-Tarred Jesse Jackson Jr. a Democrat

On Thursday morning, neither ABC nor CBS labeled former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. a Democrat as they reported on his 30 month jail sentence for misusing campaign funds. NBC's Today did not ...
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What?! Piers Morgan Falsely Claims Virginia Had Highest Murder Rate In U.S. for 2009

Trying to refute his guest's argument that "more guns equal less crime," CNN's Piers Morgan fell flat on his face on his Tuesday night show. When guest A.W.R. Hawkins cited Virginia as an ...
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More Trouble With ObamaCare, Another CNN Blackout

CNN has yet to report another significant setback to ObamaCare. The limits on out-of-pocket healthcare spending have been delayed a year but CNN has not mentioned the news. On Friday, ...
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CNN Gives Obama a Pass Amidst Major Coverage of His Leno Interview

CNN had extensive coverage on Wednesday of President Obama's interview with NBC's Jay Leno, but only two CNN hosts actually challenged some of the President's claims during the 11 different ...
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CNN's Label Game: GOP 'Pragmatists' Oppose Gov't Shutdown, While 'Purists' Will Risk It

For CNN, "purist" Republicans are daring to shut down the government to defund Obamacare while those Republicans trying to dissuade them are "pragmatists." New Day co-host Kate Bolduan ...
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CNN Money Ignores States Saying ObamaCare Is Driving Up Insurance Costs

When New York claimed that the state's individual health insurance costs would fall by half thanks to ObamaCare, the CNN Money Web site reported the announcement that day. However, when Indiana, ...
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CNN Hasn't Covered IRS Scandal for Eleven Days

CNN hasn't covered developments in the IRS targeting scandal for eleven days, since correspondent Dana Bash claimed on July 25 there was "no evidence" the White House was involved. State of the ...
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CNN Anchor Laughs at House GOP for Threatening Shutdown Over ObamaCare

CNN's Carol Costello blamed Congress for Friday's jobs report and laughed at House Republicans who will shut down the government if necessary to defund ObamaCare. In a Facebook post, Costello ...
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CNN Drops Its Own Scoop on Benghazi; Networks Fail to Even Pick It Up

CNN's Arwa Damon scored an exclusive interview with a suspect in the Benghazi attacks, yet CNN chose to air it only once. Aside from a brief mention of it on Thursday morning, the network ...
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Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Want Bill O'Reilly to Have 'License' to Criticize Black Community

After CNN's Don Lemon cited Bill O'Reilly's critique of problems in the black community, ABC's The View co-host Sherri Shepherd wouldn't listen to O'Reilly. "I don't want to give Bill O'Reilly a ...
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Piers Morgan Promotes Reza Aslan's Controversial Book on Jesus, Mocks Fox News

Author Reza Aslan falsely claimed that the Gospel of Mark contains no messianic claim by Jesus, but CNN's Piers Morgan asked him no tough questions and instead promoted his new book on Jesus ...
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CNN Implies Bigotry Is Behind Some Opposition to Immigration Bill

CNN's New Day used Rep. Steve King's controversial remarks on illegal immigrants to paddle the GOP and hint that bigotry is partly behind opposition to the immigration bill. Co-host Chris ...
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Whitewash: CNN Moves On from IRS Scandal, Deflects Scrutiny from White House

Since new developments broke last week in the IRS scandal, CNN barely reported on it before dropping the story entirely, while deflecting scrutiny away from the White House's possible handin the ...
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Flashback: The Worst of the Media During Weiner's First Scandal

Former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner, now a New York mayoral candidate, admitted Tuesday to sending out lewd photos of himself even after he resigned from Congress for doing so back in ...