Maryland: Cnn

October 27, 2009 - 10:26 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Reporter

CNN’s Ratings Falling Faster than Obama’s

from Powerline
CNN, which pioneered cable news, now rates dead last among cable news networks. Prime time ratings are down 68 percent since last year. Of course, much of that is due to 2008 being an election year, but CNN’s fall relative to the other news networks can’t be blamed on the election cycle.
Can some of [...]

September 21, 2009 - 09:59 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Reporter

Breaking news: ZELAYA BACK IN HONDURAS

According to Noticias 24 reports that deposed president Mel Zelaya is back in Honduras, staying at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa.
CNN reports that State Department spokesman Ian Kelly confirmed the news,
U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly confirmed Zelaya was in Honduras, but could provide no further information.
“We [...]

September 7, 2009 - 07:18 am
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Reporter

HB-1388 PASSED

Whether you are an Obama fan, or not, EVERYONE IN THE U. S. needs to
know….
Something happened… H.R. 1388 was passed yesterday, behind our
backs. You may want to read about it.. It wasn ‘ t mentioned on the news… just went by on the ticker tape at the bottom of the CNN screen.
Obama funds $20M in [...]

June 3, 2009 - 01:24 am

Oh Nine On Line for June 3

  • UPCOMING EVENTS: Sunday, June 7 - 4th Annual District 30 Democratic Club Poolside Cookout and Fundraiser, 2 to 5 p.m., home of Sarah Flynn and David Prosten, 3120 Munz Drive, Annapolis, With Speaker Mike Busch, Senator John Astle, Delegate Virginia Clagett, Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bateman, Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer, Mayoral candidates County Councilman Josh Cohen, Trudy McFall, Zina Pierre, Alderman Sam Shropshire and others Members of Annapolis City Council, Representatives John Sarbanes and Frank Kratovil, and other elected officials and candidates. Admission (payable at the door): $25 for paid-up members of the club, $40 (the extra $15 makes you a member) for all others, and $5 for children.
May 25, 2009 - 10:47 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Reporter

Howard Kurtz and Reliable Sources (Part Two)

From Red Maryland
–Richard E. Vatz
I continue to be fascinated by WASHINGTON POST scribe Howard Kurtz and his CNN show, “Reliable Sources” (RS).
The show is about media criticism, and I have taught a course entitled “Media Criticism” for over 15 years at Towson University.
The show deals with ideological bias and evaluation of print and electronic media [...]

April 20, 2009 - 10:07 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Reporter

Genuflection? Yes We Can!

From Red Maryland
It’s not like we didn’t already know that CNN is in the bag for Barack Obama. But I think this goes above and beyond the pale of expectations:
CNN is marking President Barack Obama’s 100th day in office with prime-time coverage that will recall election night last year. John King is even bringing back [...]

March 25, 2009 - 09:15 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Steele tells CNN he would 'consider' running for president -- UPDATED

CNN's Don Lemon had an interview with Michael Steele, during the course of which the RNC chairman said he would "consider" running for president, and that his comments about Rush Limbaugh were part of a calculated strategy. The CNN political...

March 25, 2009 - 04:39 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Steele tell's CNN he would "consider" running for president

CNN's Lemon had an interview with Michael Steele, during the course of which the RNC chairman said he would "consider" running for president, and that his comments about Rush Limbaugh were part of a calculated strategy. We'll post further details...

March 11, 2009 - 05:02 am
NEWS FEED: Red Maryland

Stay Our Of Our Way, We're Busy Self Destructing

Just when I come out of my funk and start getting excited about 2010 and maybe 2012, the national GOP holds a secret meeting and comes up with an airtight plan to screw things up.

I'm not a fan of Michael Steele as the GOP Chair. I'm not a come-lately non-fan, I announced my doubts when he was running for office. And to be truthful, what has happened since he assumed office has made me even more certain that he is the wrong man at the wrong time. From his disastrous piling on during the Rush Limbaugh kerfluffle, to him seeming to agree on CNN's now-cancelled Hughley program that

March 4, 2009 - 01:37 pm
NEWS FEED: Baltimore Sun

Michael Steele takes a shot at Baltimore high school

Sara Neufeld reports on the Inside Ed blog that Rush Limbaugh wasn't the only one Michael Steele took a swipe at in his CNN interview over the weekend. He also criticized Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore as a place...