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Night one of CNN’s Democratic debates puts CNN in #1 for the time slot and makes it CNN’s 2nd highest Democratic debate

July 31, 2019 // 1 Comment

The eyeballs tuned in for CNN’s first Democratic debate airing last night. According to the network’s press release, 8,693,000 total viewers watched the [...]

POTUS again goes after CNN’s Don Lemon, calling him ‘the dumbest man on television’

July 31, 2019 // 5 Comments

The President renewed his criticism of CNN anchor Don Lemon this morning following his performance moderating CNN’s July 30 debate in Detroit, Michigan. During the [...]

CNN will host political forum, Citizen, ahead of Detroit Democratic debate

July 20, 2019 // 2 Comments

The second of its kind, CNN will host a political forum, Citizen by CNN, on July 28 at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, ahead of its Democratic primary presidential [...]

CNN’s Debate Draw did not draw the viewers

July 19, 2019 // 2 Comments

Last night on a special edition of Anderson Cooper 360, three CNN anchors drew names out of a box — to see which Democratic presidential candidates would appear on what [...]

Chris Cuomo and Dana Bash to co-moderate DNC chair debate

February 17, 2017 // 3 Comments

At 10pm ET on Wednesday, February 22, CNN anchors Chris Cuomo and Dana Bash will co-moderate Debate Night: Democratic Leadership Debate, with the candidates for chair of the [...]

Samantha Bee mocks Jeff Zucker’s ratings strategy

February 9, 2017 // 2 Comments

To be clear, CNN and Samantha Bee’s show, Full Frontal, which airs on TBS, may be owned by the same parent company–Turner Broadcasting–but the likelihood of [...]

Jake Tapper, Dana Bash to moderate Ted Cruz/Bernie Sanders Obamacare debate

February 1, 2017 // 3 Comments

CNN anchor Jake Tapper and chief political correspondent Dana Bash will co-moderate a town hall debate between Senators Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz over the future of [...]

CNN and ABC feud over upcoming, shared debate

October 5, 2016 // 2 Comments

CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who just signed a new contract with the network, and his co-moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News, may not be getting along too well in [...]

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