Hurricane Isaac Vs. The Weather Reporter
All part of the job.
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How To Create A Panic During A Breaking News Story
Highlighting the importance of every single word in a tweet. Here’s CNN’s Ali Velshi on this morning’s shooting at the Empire State Building.
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Paul Ryan Wants To Tell You A Joke
Stand-up comedians who tell the same jokes night after night are kind of lucky that CNN doesn’t livestream all of their performances.
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CNN Figures Out Julian Assange’s Escape Plan
Julian Assange is trapped in the Ecuadorian embassy. How on earth will he escape? Maybe in the trunk of a car? CNN helps explain how to get into and out of the trunk of a car.
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CNN Follows Segment About Temple Shooting With "Only The Good Die Young"
I’m speechless.
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Guy Adams’ Twitter Account Is Reactivated During CNN Interview
The journalist who’s Twitter account was suspended after he Tweeted the email address of NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel received a nice surprise in the middle of an interview with CNN.
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Mitt’s Mormon Faith Factor
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joins John Avlon on CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett about the role of Mormonism plays in Mitt Romney’s life and how it affects the campaign. “If you’re a Mormon and you watch Mitt Romney for 5 minutes, you will see about 7 tells that he’s a Mormon,” Coppins said.
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Justice Scalia Interviewed By Piers Morgan, As Told By GIFs
We had a feeling we’d need to fire up the old GIF machine when we heard that CNN’s Piers Morgan landed the Supreme Court’s most outspoken member.
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Romney’s Monster Month Of Fundraising
Should President Obama be worried? BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith tells John Avlon on CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett that he should. “They want donors to panic, they’re trying to get Democrats scared about this election,” Smith said. And don’t miss the match game of politcos’ high school photos at the end.
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Dissecting Romney’s “Day One” Promise On Repealing ObamaCare
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joins CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett to talk about whether Romney’s promise to repeal ObamaCare on his first day in office, if elected. Coppins said, “This will be a long, drawn out fight in Congress.”
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The Internet Loves Drawing Anderson Cooper
Fun fact: There’s a fairly big online community that draws cable news fan art, and boy do they love Anderson Cooper.
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The Health Care Hangover
BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith joined CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett to break down the winners and losers of the Supreme Court health care ruling Thursday.
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CNN News Staffers Revolt Over Blown Coverage
“Embarrassing.” “Fucking humiliating.” “Shameful.” A veteran producer jumps the gun, a young correspondent goes too far, and the network’s crisis deepens.
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CNN Gets ObamaCare Decision Wrong
Claims individual mandate struck down. SCOTUSBlog says it survives as a tax.
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How Cable News Reported The Arizona Immigration Law Ruling
CNN and MSNBC reported most of the law was struck down, while Fox News reported parts of the law were upheld.
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CNN’s Gergen Doesn’t Know What To Make Of SCOTUS Immigration Ruling
The dangers of covering SCOTUS decisions as breaking news. (h/t Dylan Byers and Ryan Lizza)
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Barack Obama Per David Maraniss
BuzzFeed’s Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith breaks down David Maraniss’s new biography “Barack Obama: The Story” and discusses his review of the book on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien.
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Scott Walker, Rising Star, A Folk Hero
BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith and Michael Hastings joined Piers Morgan to break down the Wisconsin recall Wednesday. “I think this really elevated [Walker] to be kind of a folk hero on the right. I think you’ll see him with a big role at the convention,” Smith said on the panel.
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The Most Disappointed Barrett Supporter In Wisconsin
A blue-collar voter took the news of Scott Walker’s victory a bit too hard.
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Ashleigh Banfield Scolds Obama Press Secretary For "Unfair" Ad
Ashleigh Banfield yells at Ben Labolt for the Obama campaign’s Bain attack ad on Romney.
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7 Things CNN Can Do To Make Us Watch Again
You’ve probably heard the latest report about CNN’s terrible ratings. Here’s what they could do to turn things around.
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The 7 Best GIFs Piers Morgan Pulled Out Of Jonah Goldberg Last Night
Unfortunately for National Review’s Jonah Goldberg, last night’s top cable-news cross-examination yielded a treasure trove of GIF-worthy moments.
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How Old Are The Readers Of Your Favorite Websites?
The median LinkedIn user is the same age as Carrot Top. What about the other most popular sites in the world? We crunched Google’s numbers to find out.
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Christian Bale Directs An Anderson Cooper 360 Segment
Maybe it’s best if Christian stays in front of the camera.
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The Best Of Piers Morgan Vs. Touré
Piers Morgan and Touré fight on Twitter about the Trayvon Martin case. Piers Morgan invites Touré to fight about it on his show for twelve minutes. Here’s the condensed version of what went down.
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Lindsey Graham Declares Romney The Nominee, Still Doesn’t Endorse
South Carolina senator comes off the sidelines — sort of.
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SANTOROMENTUM
It was on CNN so it must be real.
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One Creepy Obama Advertisement From Germany
A CNN affiliate in Deustchland is trying to sell its smartphone app.
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Jane Lynch And Joan Rivers Express Their Disgust Over The Contraception Debate
They remain unimpressed with the Republican primaries, don’t want a panel of men deciding anything that has to do with a uterus, and think politicians are strange, in general. I’d listen to these ladies talk politics any day.
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CNN Unveils GOP Convention From The Future
How do you make the nation’s busiest primary day more exciting? By turning it into a video game.
