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• In Brief: Robert Novak returns to CNN tonight — ...

  Published: July 25, 2007, 3:26 pm

  Tags: Bob Novak, Cnn, Set Your Tivos And Pour Yourself A Drink, The Situation Room

  Robert Novak returns to CNN tonight — he’ll be on the The Situation Room at 5:25 to discuss his new book, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years of Pissing Everyone Off, and not discussing his...

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• Cheney: I Don't Recall If I Ordered Gonzo To Pressure Ashcroft

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:01 pm

  Tags: Nsa Wiretapping, The Situation Room Wolf Blitzer, Dick Cheney

  As Nicole pointed out yesterday, Larry King tells Wolf Blitzer that he asked the Vice President whether he was involved in the decision to send Alberto Gonzales and Andy Card to John Ashcroft’s bedside to pressure him into certifying the legally dubious “Terrorist Surveillance Program,” otherwise known as the Illegal Spying

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• CNN reported Army's recruiting goal without noting previous CNN report on new recruiting incentives

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:15 pm

  Tags: Suzanne Malveaux, Cnn, The Situation Room, National Security Foreign Policy

  7 edition of CNN's The Situation Room: MALVEAUX: The Pentagon says for the first time in two months, the U.S. Army expects to meet its recruiting goals. Initial tallies show the Army with 9,000 new recruits for July. Official numbers will come on Friday. From the 7 p.m. ET hour of the July 30 edition of CNN's The Situation

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• CNN's Yellin failed to identify jailed lobbyist, disgraced members of Congress as Republicans

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:25 pm

  Tags: Jessica Yellin, Cnn, The Situation Room, Abramoff Scandal, Ethics, Government Elections

  8 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin reported that the recently passed congressional ethics bill "was pushed by Democratic leadership in response to scandals involving Jack Abramoff and Congressmen Duke Cunningham and Bob Ney." Yellin, however, failed to identify either of the two former members

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• CNN's O'Brien ignored damage from Bush-endorsed Pakistan-tribal leader pact

  Published: August 10, 2007, 8:59 pm

  Tags: Miles O Brien, Cnn, The Situation Room, National Security Foreign Policy

  9 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, guest host Miles O'Brien claimed that "a deal with pro-Taliban militants," a "much-criticized pact [that] would have pulled Pakistani troops from that tribal region bordering Afghanistan where many believe Osama Bin Laden is ... fell through." In fact, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf

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• CNN's Senior Political Correspondent's Whopper on Homosexuality

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:41 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Sexuality, Bill Richardson, Candy Crowley, Melissa Etheridge, The Situation Room, Cnn

  hour of Friday's "The Situation Room," paid particularly attention to a gaffe made by New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson. When asked by lesbian activist Melissa Etheridge, "Do you think homosexuality is a choice, or is it biological?," Richardson answered, "It's a choice."

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• CNN's Malveaux failed to challenge DeLay's assertion that Bush "held the line on spending"

  Published: August 16, 2007, 9:07 pm

  Tags: Suzanne Malveaux, Cnn, The Situation Room, Ethics, Government Elections, Tom Delay Scandal

  edition of CNN's The Situation Room about the effect of Karl Rove's resignation as White House deputy chief of staff, CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux did not challenge DeLay's claim that "[t]he president held the line on spending and was very good at it." In fact, as Media Matters for America has noted, on

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• CNN report ignored Bush administration's alleged responsibility for bin Laden escape from Tora Bora in 2001

  Published: August 17, 2007, 2:27 pm

  Tags: Barbara Starr, Miles O Brien, Cnn, The Situation Room, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  15 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, reporting on U.S. troops having returned to Afghanistan's Tora Bora region, guest host Miles O'Brien and Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr noted that Osama bin Laden had reportedly escaped capture there in late 2001, but they did not mention CNN's previous reporting that

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• CNN's King failed to challenge Thompson on his apparent abortion flip-flop

  Published: August 19, 2007, 3:11 pm

  Tags: John King, Cnn, The Situation Room, 2008 Elections, Fred Thompson, Government Elections

  17 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN), a potential Republican presidential candidate, asserted, "I think Roe vs. Wade was a bad decision," and added, "You don't just get up one day and overturn the entire history of the country with regard major social policy without any action by Congress, without

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• Discussing Collins' complaint, CNN's O'Brien cast campaign tracking "phenomenon" as new

  Published: August 20, 2007, 6:06 pm

  Tags: Miles O Brien, Cnn, The Situation Room, 2008 Elections, Government Elections

  17 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, while discussing objections raised by Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) chief of staff to a tracker hired by the Maine Democratic Party to record Collins' campaign appearances, guest host Miles O'Brien suggested that political tracking became widespread only after the 2006 midterm

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• CNN's Malveaux said "conspiracy theorists" talk about North American Union -- what about Dobbs?

  Published: August 22, 2007, 7:47 pm

  Tags: Lou Dobbs, Suzanne Malveaux, Cnn, Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Situation Room, Immigration, National Security Foreign Policy

  edition of CNN's The Situation Room, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux showed a video clip of President Bush's denial that the federal government has plans for a "North American Union" or a North American superhighway that would link Canada, Mexico, and the United States, despite what Bush said "people are talking on

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• Media reports on Freedom's Watch advertisements don't note misinformation

  Published: August 23, 2007, 10:26 pm

  Tags: Jessica Yellin, Kelly O Donnell, Cnn, Los Angeles Times, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, The New York Times, The Situation Room, Today Show, Media, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  22 edition of CNN's The Situation Room: JESSICA YELLIN (CNN congressional correspondent): Democrats are pouncing on those words. While they acknowledge the surge has had some military success, they insist the president is missing or avoiding the larger point. Says Senator Hillary Clinton [D-NY]: "The surge was designed to

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• CNN failed to ID Rep. Young as Republican in report on his alleged actions on earmark

  Published: August 23, 2007, 8:01 pm

  Tags: Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, The Situation Room, Ethics, Government Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  edition of CNN's The Situation Room, following a report on the low approval ratings of the current Congress, host Wolf Blitzer claimed, "Part of the reason so many Americans say they're angry at the Congress is waste -- so angry that now one Florida county is questioning a $10 million earmark they say they don't need."

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• Media failed to resolve question of which members of Congress Freedom's Watch ads are targeting

  Published: August 24, 2007, 8:51 pm

  Tags: Jessica Yellin, Karen Tumulty, Kelly O Donnell, Cnn, Mcclatchy Newspapers, Nbc, The New York Times, The Situation Room, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Today Show, Usa Today, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  of CNN's The Situation Room, congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin claimed that Freedom Watch's ads "target[] wavering Democrats and Republicans." In an August 23 article, The New York Times only quoted Fleischer on the possible targets. Fleischer said: "Anybody who is considering

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• CNN's Arena reported "allegations" of political hiring at DOJ, but former official admitted doing so

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Kelli Arena, Cnn, Cnn Newsroom, The Situation Room, Ethics, Government Elections

  23 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, Arena reported that during the House Judiciary Committee hearing, "Goodling admit[ted] she hired some people for nonpolitical jobs at Justice based on whether they were Republicans or Democrats." Arena further reported that "[t]hat could be a violation of federal law." From the 5 p.m. ET hour of

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