Accuracy in Media

At last week’s Allen & Company conference, which brought together some of the most powerful and influential figures across media and tech, along with high-profile investors, CBS CEO Les Moonves said that he would be interested in buying CNN if it ever came up for sale. Moonves was interviewed by CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, who asked […]

Liberal media couldn’t get enough of Hillary Clinton after she tweeted her support for Samantha Bee’s “Nasty Woman”  T-shirt with proceeds benefiting Planned Parenthood. Support Samantha Bee & Planned Parenthood & buy a Nasty Woman t-shirt!https://t.co/I9qd3M3cFq pic.twitter.com/XDpBcFqF7k — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 11, 2017 Donald Trump called Clinton a “nasty woman’ in their final debate, which […]

Politico’s Dylan Byers is reporting that the recent round of layoffs and buyouts at CNN has resulted in low morale and high anxiety at the network’s Washington bureau, with one employee likening it to the turmoil in the Washington Redskins locker room. “Morale at the CNN Washington Bureau is about as strong as it is […]

The Wall Street Journal’s Keach Hagey reported on Friday that CNN recently ended talks with Glenn Beck’s The Blaze to provide programming for its struggling sister network, HLN. According to the Journal, CNN executives held talks with representatives from The Blaze about a potential joint venture to remake HLN. These discussions came on the heels […]

Jane Fonda doesn’t think much of CNN, or the potential acquisition of CNN parent company Time Warner by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. Fonda, who was married to CNN founder Ted Turner for 10 years, told The Wrap that if Murdoch bought Time Warner it would be a “catastrophe:” If that happens I’m going to be […]

WASHINGTON — Congressional members of the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed executives from Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corp. for answers regarding their planned merger. Reuters reported that the executives told lawmakers that their merger would not significantly increase cable TV prices, which assurances were met with skepticism. The $45.2 billion merger between Comcast and […]

WASHINGTON — Time Warner and Comcast will be one company sooner rather than later, at least that’s what is being reported. Reuters reported that Comcast will buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion, in a deal that combines the two largest cable operators in the U.S. This move came as a surprise as Time Warner […]

In an interview with Ad Age, new Time magazine editor Nancy Gibbs said that even though that they are reaching more people digitally, the magazine will always exist in print: We have a bigger audience than ever in our history — the magazine’s founders would only dream of having this audience. One reason the audience […]

Big media corporations are lobbying for passage of the Gang of Eight’s 844-page immigration bill, S. 744. Critics call it amnesty. In addition to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (the parent of Fox News), the companies include:  Walt Disney Co. (owns ABC News) Hearst Corp. (owns 15 daily newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, […]

The New York Post reported on Friday that Time Warner, the parent company of CNN, is putting together a list of potential candidates to run CNN Worldwide and hopefully reverse the steep ratings decline the network has been suffering from lately. CNN, which recently celebrated its 32nd birthday as the nation’s first cable news channel, […]