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CNN Apologizes to China
for 'Goons' Remark

Network sorry Cafferty called Chinese 'thugs' and their products 'junk'

Apr 16, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - CNN has issued an apology to Beijing after one of its anchors called the Chinese "goons" and called Chinese-made products "junk." Jack Cafferty, who appears on The Situation Room, said that the Chinese were "basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the... More »

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China • CNN • Jack Cafferty • Chinese foreign ministry

CBS in Talks
to Outsource
News to CNN

Deal would mark watershed for mother
of network news

Apr 8, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - CBS, the network of Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite that is widely credited with inventing television news, is considering outsourcing some of its news gathering activities to CNN, according to the New York Times. No deal is imminent but talks are reportedly taking place at the highest level at... More »

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Time Warner • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • Dan Rather • CNN • Good Morning America • CBS News • ABC News • Today show • television news • CBS Evening News • The Early Show • TNS Media Intelligence

CNN Anchor Cooper Has
Skin Cancer

He has growth removed and says
he's doing fine

Mar 19, 08 7:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN's Anderson Cooper returned to the air today after a two-day absence during which he had a cancerous mole removed from his face, E! News reports. Anderson wrote on his blog that he's fine and that the surgery went well, and a spokesman said doctors don't think the cancer has... More »

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skin cancer • CNN • moles • Anderson Cooper • Charlie Rose • cancerous growth • Anderson Cooper 360 • news anchor

CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

Exec Walton has overseen ratings comeback, doubled profits at cable icon

Mar 5, 08 5:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased... More »

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Barack Obama • Time Warner • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • CNN • TV ratings • Lou Dobbs • News Corp • Jim Walton

OPINION

Attack Teflon Barack, and You'll Be Sorry

Foes offend, apologize; Obama polishes his halo by forgiving

Feb 28, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has accepted a lot of apologies this election cycle, and each has made the Democrat stronger, notes Politico writer Ben Smith. From Joe Biden’s “articulate and … clean” gaffe to Bill Cunningham’s attempts to accent his middle name, opponents are always stepping over a line... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Joe Biden • race relations • CNN • Obama 2008 • gaffe • Wolf Blitzer • Bill Cunningham • Hussein • Teflon

OPINION

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's

Ratings are aching, talking heads are losing access and CNN has more than caught up

Jan 31, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox News soared eight years ago by hitching its star to Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular; now that the president’s in decline and its one-sided approach is no mystery, the channel has hit the skids. Democrats' refusal to debate on Fox damaged its reputation—and... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • CNN • Roger Ailes

Bill Accuses Obama of  'Hit Job'

Confronts CNN reporter on race claims 

Jan 24, 08 7:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The bitter rivalry between the Clintons and Barack Obama took a toxic new turn yesterday as Bill Clinton, defending himself against accusations of injecting race into the campaign in South Carolina, accused Obama of "putting out a hit job" on him. During questioning by a CNN reporter, the former... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • race • South Carolina • Bill Clinton • CNN • Democratic nomination • hit job

President Dobbs? Group Begins Its Push

Anti-immigration website seeks to draft vocal CNN host

Jan 16, 08 10:48 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Republican race in disarray—and many of the party's candidates too soft on immigration for its liking—a conservative group today began a campaign to draft Lou Dobbs as an independent candidate. The Americans for Legal Immigration PAC launched a website seeking support for the CNN host, a... More »

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immigration • CNN • Lou Dobbs • Americans for Legal Immigration PAC

OPINION

'The Best Political Team on Television'? Says Who?

Incessant repetition of slogan undercuts CNN

Jan 11, 08 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The day of the New Hampshire primary was a big deal for CNN—so big that network honchos apparently couldn't resist forcing on-air talent to repeat their marketing slogan—“the best political team on television”—more than 50 times, by Jack Shafer's count. The cranky Slate media critic... More »

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CNN • Wolf Blitzer • slogans

Chavez Fumes Over Caption Goof on CNN

Venezuelan leader
says channel trying
to incite assassins

Nov 28, 07 8:06 PM CST
(Newser) - An honest flub? No way, says Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. After CNN showed a picture of Chavez with the words, “Who killed him?”—a caption meant for a story on murdered NFL star Sean Taylor, Chavez accused the channel of trying to incite assassins, BBC reports. CNN—which Chavez... More »

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Venezuela • CNN • Hugo Chávez

Google Founder's Wedding Date Suppressed

Published, retracted without explanation

Nov 1, 07 12:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Valleywag reports that somebody leaked Google founder Larry Page's wedding date to a Fortune editor, but the info was later scrubbed from the story in which it had appeared. And the old version of the article doesn't show up in the Google cache of the page. Yahoo cached the original... More »

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Richard Branson • Yahoo • Google • Larry Page • Virgin • wedding • CNN • Valleywag • Fortune

Thompson Closing in
 on Giuliani

New candidate in
 dead heat with GOP
 front runner: CNN poll

Sep 12, 07 2:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just five days into his official run for the presidency, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has moved within a percentage point of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in a CNN popularity poll. Thompson won the support of  27% of registered Republicans, while Giuliani garnered 28%. With a 5-point... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Fred Thompson • primary • GOP • poll • CNN • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008

Glenn Beck:
He's Just a
Regular Guy

For provocative CNN anchor, it's personal, not political

Sep 2, 07 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck is always preparing to get fired for his comments, but that doesn’t curb this right-wing CNN anchor's wildest impulses. Beck has fueled a chorus of liberal calls for his ouster since he joined the network last year, but he’s less a partisan blowhard than Limbaugh and... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • reporter • CNN • Mormonism • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity

GOP YouTube Debate On
Again Despite
Holdout Mitt

'You shouldn't have to talk to a snowman'

Aug 13, 07 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican YouTube debate—on hold after candidates witnessed how wacky the format could be in the Democratic debate—is on again, the Washington Post reports. The lone holdout is Mitt Romney, fresh from his victory in the Iowa straw poll. Romney, ironically, has posted more videos on his YouTube... More »

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Mitt Romney • Internet • YouTube • presidential debate • CNN • Steve Grove • David Bohrman • Election 2008 • presidential election

Does Rudy Get Boost From Fox Buddy?

Giuliani, close to Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, gets more air time than others

Aug 2, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani and Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, have been close friends for almost 20 years. That friendship may be paying off for Giuliani in his presidential run, as the former mayor enjoys more Fox time than any of his competitors, the New York Times notes. Giuliani has... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fox News • CNN • Fox • publicity • Roger Ailes • Election 2008

YouTube Asks, Dems Respond

Voters call the shots as candidates answer their questions directly

Jul 24, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters put questions directly to the Democratic presidential candidates last night, thanks to 3,000 citizens who submitted questions to YouTube. CNN selected and played 39 of the homemade videos, in which regular Americans—including a lesbian couple, a singer, and a snowman—created an unprecedented debate format. The candidates... More »

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health care • YouTube • gay marriage • South Carolina • presidential debate • race relations • Democratic voters • CNN • Iraq war • presidential election

Dems Prep For YouTube Debate

New format shakes up political discourse

Jul 23, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats vying for the 2008 presidential nomination are readying to face a media force that didn't even exist in 2004: YouTube. The video sharing site is teaming with CNN to host a debate for the eight contenders in South Carolina tonight, in which questions will be posed by ordinary Americans... More »

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YouTube • Democrats • Charleston • CNN • debate

Campbell Brown Leaves NBC

Veteran correspondent is rumored to be heading to CNN

Jul 22, 07 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an emotional farewell on Sunday's Today show Campbell Brown announced her departure from NBC after 11 years. Brown, who has been talking about her pregnancy on air for some time said, "I'm making some decisions right now that I think make a lot of sense for me and... More »

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NBC • Cambell Brown • Lester Holt • CNN

Moore Ready
to Rumble

Promises to be
CNN's 'worst nightmare' unless he gets an apology on Sicko

Jul 14, 07 10:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an open letter to CNN, Michael Moore takes issue with what he considers to be a biased report on his movie Sicko. He demands an apology and promises to become CNN's "worst nightmare" unless one is forthcoming promptly. More »

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michael moore • Sicko • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Iraq war

The Simple
Life in Jail:
Bad Food,
Fan Mail

'Let the time serve you,' advises celebucon

Jun 28, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Still convinced she got a "raw deal," an almost Zen-like Paris Hilton spilled the beans yesterday about her 23-day stretch in stir, where the food "wasn't that tasty" and being strip-searched was the most humiliating experience of her life. Also especially tough: not being able to hug... More »

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Paris Hilton • God • spirituality • Larry King • heiress • jail • CNN

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