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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 |
| 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 Program. Download |
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| Homeland Security Dept.: Symbol of Basic Governmental Competence Collapses |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 1:49 pm |
| Tags: Cnn, Disasters, Feature, Fox, Homeland Security Dept, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Top, Wolf Blitzer, Wtf |
| A big-ass bridge collapsed for no apparent fucking reason in your East Coast editor’s hometown yesterday. Nine people are confirmed dead, but with fifty cars tumbling into the river and at... |
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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 |
| 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." Blitzer was introducing a report by CNN Miami correspondent John Zarrella on an allegation that, |
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| Blitzer omitted context of Clinton remarks to ask: "Why not give the military a chance to see if they can finish the job?" |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 8:33 pm |
| Tags: Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, The Situation Room, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq |
| The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer stated, "[E]ven some Democrats are now suggesting that maybe the military part of the troop buildup, the so-called surge, is making some progress" and aired Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) remarks from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) convention on August 20, during which Clinton said: |
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| Matthews, Blitzer call McCain "maverick," "straight talk[er]," for calling for Craig resignation |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 2:47 pm |
| Tags: Chris Matthews, Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, Hardball, Msnbc, The Situation Room, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, John Mccain |
| John McCain (R-AZ), host Wolf Blitzer said to King: "There was some straight talk from the Straight Talk Express," the latter being the name of McCain's campaign bus. Blitzer added that, although McCain "dodged some of your questions ... he also was pretty candid when it came to a very sensitive subject -- the future of Senator Larry |
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| The Facts |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 7:53 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Wolf Blitzer, Charles Boustany, Cnn |
| a major... BLITZER: But you had a lot of security with you. You had a lot of U.S. military protection. BOUSTANY: We had a platoon of Marines. BLITZER: Yes, well, a platoon of Marines is a lot of Marines to walk through Fallujah. That’s not like... BOUSTANY: But, Wolf, three |
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| CNN: The Beard Makes A Stand On The Surge |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 9:37 am |
| Tags: Cnn, Middle East, Iraq, Hackery, The Situation Room Wolf Blitzer |
| deaths are down. Host Wolf Blitzer corrected Boustany's assertion, citing Iraqi health ministry statistics that report Iraqi civilian deaths have been climbing. The LA Times reports: Bombings, sectarian slayings and other violence related to the war killed at least 1,773 Iraqi civilians in August, the second month in a row that civilian |
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| Blitzer failed to question Townsend on Musharraf pact with Pakistani tribes |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 5:45 pm |
| Tags: Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, The Situation Room, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism |
| Osama bin Laden. However, Blitzer did not ask Townsend about the cease-fire agreement between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and pro-Taliban leaders in Pakistan's tribal areas, which the Bush administration reportedly "reluctantly endorsed" and which Musharraf acknowledged during a September 2006 CNN interview with Blitzer. Nor |
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| CNN's Schneider Touts Edwards 'Bring'em On' Challenge to Republicans |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 3:54 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Democrats, John Edwards, Republicans, Rudolph Giuliani, September 11th, War On Terrorism, Bill Schneider, Wolf Blitzer |
| 7 The Situation Room on CNN: WOLF BLITZER: More now on the breaking news we're following this hour. A video apparently of Osama bin Laden, it's now out. It's a stark reminder of the ongoing terror threat six years after the 9/11 attacks, and a reminder that the al-Qaeda leader still is a very much wanted man. Some of the 2008 presidential |
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| CNN again failed to report on Thompson's inconsistent abortion record |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 2:59 pm |
| Tags: Bill Schneider, Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, The Situation Room, 2008 Elections, Fred Thompson, Government Elections |
| The Situation Room: BLITZER: I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the Situation Room. You might say the former actor Fred Thompson is playing the part of a villain when it comes to Rudy Giuliani's presidential support. Right now, he's stealing some of the spotlight from the former New York City mayor. Joining us now |
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| CNN ignored Boehner's "small price" comment after latching onto Kerry's "botched joke" |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 4:27 pm |
| Tags: Wolf Blitzer, Cnn, The Situation Room, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq |
| The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer asked, "How much longer will U.S. taxpayers have to shell out $2 billion a week or $3 billion a week as some now are suggesting the cost is going to endure? The loss in blood, the Americans who are killed every month, how much longer do you think this commitment, this military commitment is |
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| Boehner: U.S. Soldiers' Blood A Small Price To Pay In Iraq |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| Tags: Cnn, Republican Party, Military, The House, Supporting Our Troops, Right Wing Stupidity, Iraq, Middle East, The Situation Room Wolf Blitzer |
| (h/t Scarce for video) TPM captured this video from yesterday’s Situation Room on CNN, where Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner makes the stunning statement that the blood of American troops in Iraq is a “small price” to pay for the long term goals in the Middle East. I can assure the Republican Congressman, the |
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| Cons, Mushroom Clouds, and Oil |
| Published: September 16, 2007, 5:04 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Late Edition Wolf Blitzer |
| to point out this exchange: Wolf: “You know a lot of people believe that the whole weapons of mass destruction was a charade. The real reason was oil.” Pence: “Right. Well we, I mean, but, in point of fact, uh, Saddam Hussein did have chemical weapons of mass destruction. He used them against the population in |
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| CNN's Begala: Michael Moore and MoveOn.org 'In the Center' on Iraq, Bush's 'Betrayal' |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 12:44 am |
| Tags: Alan Greenspan, George W Bush, Iraq, Michael Moore, Moveon Org, Oil, J C Watts, Paul Begala, Wolf Blitzer, The Situation Room, Cnn |
| $6 a gallon for fuel, and, Wolf, I think we're kidding ourselves and naive to think that oil didn't have, didn't play a role in it. I don't think the President made a decision to say we're going to go fight for oil, but I think, you know, that was kind of a subtext or kind of something that you had to factor into it because of what it would do |
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| Late Edition: Wes Clark talks to Blitzer |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 11:50 am |
| Tags: Wesley Clark, Late Edition Wolf Blitzer |
| Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Gen. Wesley Clark reflected on Gen. Petraeus’ testimony on Iraq last week, the MoveOn ad controversy, and Clark’s recent endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Having served as the NATO Supreme Allied Commander under Clinton from 97-00, during which he had to testify before a Republican led House |
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