Accuracy in Media

On Tuesday, Soledad O’Brien, the former CNN anchor who now has her own show on another network, tweeted, “This terrible analysis by @CillizzaCNN is in part why people hate the media.” O’Brien’s criticism was aimed at a piece headlined, “Donald Trump is producing the greatest reality show ever” by Chris Cillizza, editor-at-large at CNN. “You […]

Al Jazeera America, which launched with much fanfare nearly two years ago, is retrenching after failing to attract an audience in the U.S., according to the New York Post. Insiders told the Post that the network is laying off staff and watering down its U.S. editorial voice while filling more airtime with programming from its […]

Al Jazeera is under scrutiny for subversion in Egypt, and facing a mutiny from its own reporters over supporting the Muslim Brotherhood there. But The Washington Post assures us in a story that the channel’s official launch in the United States is on August 20, and its coverage, will be different. Philip Seib, author of The Al Jazeera […]

The publication that calls itself Politico has a strange habit of ignoring the foreign backing and ownership of channels like Russia Today and Al Jazeera, preferring to treat them as legitimate news organizations. Its media reporter, Dylan Byers, is a virtual public relations agent for Al Jazeera America, which just hired Soledad O’Brien from CNN. […]

On Wednesday morning’s Starting Point on CNN, panelists Will Cain and John Berman called out host Soledad O’Brien for taking out of context Fox News president Roger Ailes’ observation that President Obama is “lazy.” O’Brien began the segment by reading a quote from Zev Chafets’ new biography on Ailes, in which he referred to Obama as […]

Soledad O’Brien, who is profiled in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, is betting that new CNN boss Jeff Zucker will not resort to reality shows to shore up the network’s sagging ratings. O’Brien also seemed unconcerned that she would be replaced in her morning slot by Erin Burnett, and is thrilled that she will again be […]

For the second time this week, the New York Post is reporting on a potential move by new CNN boss Jeff Zucker—this time the potential hiring of former NBC Today host Ann Curry. According to the Post, Zucker wants to place Curry in the 8 p.m. time slot, which is currently occupied by Anderson Cooper. […]

Jeff Zucker, who takes over the reins at CNN at the end of the month, is apparently eying at least one major lineup change in an effort to boost the network’s faltering ratings. The New York Post reported that Zucker is seriously considering creating a new morning show and moving Erin Burnett from her 7 […]

Author David Maraniss complained on CNN that conservatives have pounced on his new book Barack Obama: A Story as proof that the President had lied about his past in his memoir. Maraniss was a guest on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien. I’m glad that you sort of mention in the beginning the buzz about […]