CNN: Remember when they called it "the most trusted name in news"?

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Anti-Trump Psychiatrist Claims Trump “may be responsible for many more million deaths than Hitler, Stalin and Mao.”

Anchor Brian Stelter was called out on Twitter for not pushing back on Dr. Frances’ outrageous comments. Stelter gave a lame excuse that they were having “technical difficulties” on the show so he didn’t hear the comments. We’re not buying it!

"Stelter’s comment is below and then a great tweet following points out that Dr. Frances is a Trump hater:

Stelter tweeted: I agree that I should have interrupted after that line. I wish I had heard him say it, but I was distracted by tech difficulties (that’s why the show open didn’t look the way it normally does, I had two computers at the table, etc). Not hearing the comment is my fault.

Jerry Dunleavy@JerryDunleavy

.@BrianStelter is shocked — shocked! — that @AllenFrancesMD (a guy who spends much of his time on Twitter comparing Trump to Hitler) would come on his show and spend much of the segment comparing Trump to Hitler! 

More here: CNN’s “Reliable Sources,”

Crazy News Network bores us with worse than Hitler tripe

. . . "But this foolishness is all CNN has left to offer.
"Its credibility and share of cable news audiences are at a historic low because of the incompetence of Jeff Zucker -- CNN's chief -- to produce actual news that is interesting and accurate.
"CNN has become the Shock Jock Radio of politics.
"Unable to earn audiences, CNN and others keep ratcheting up the rhetoric.
"But after Hitler, there is no worse thing to call a president.
"And it is boring.
"Which is the worst thing a TV channel can do.
"CNN is a sad and pathetic outlet for people obsessed with President Trump. And it is running a distant second to that other pathetic outlet for people obsessed with President Trump, MSNBC." . . .

Parkland School shooting survivor: CNN told me to stick to script (Video)
"Parkland, Fla. student Colton Haab says he pulled out of a CNN town hall on gun control because producers re-worded and wrote out his question for him."

 Trump supporters are quoting journalists’ embarrassing social media statements, and the NY Times is furious  . . . "The NY Times is so furious, and so is CNN:

"A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The Times, said in a statement that such tactics were taking the president’s campaign against a free press to a new level.

“They are seeking to harass and embarrass anyone affiliated with the leading news organizations that are asking tough questions and bringing uncomfortable truths to light,” Mr. Sulzberger said. “The goal of this campaign is clearly to intimidate journalists from doing their job, which includes serving as a check on power and exposing wrongdoing when it occurs. The Times will not be intimidated or silenced.”

In a statement, a CNN spokesman said that when government officials, “and those working on their behalf, threaten and retaliate against reporters as a means of suppression, it’s a clear abandonment of democracy for something very dangerous.”

"This is all so absurd. Why should the media be above scrutiny when others — politicians, cultural figures, and particularly anyone right-of-center — are subject to such scrutiny." . . . 

CNN's Ana Navarro said, “The biggest enemy is Donald Trump. He’s an enemy to sanity, he’s an enemy to stability." . . .

Rep. Gaetz chastised CNN’s hiring of McCabe in a tweet Friday, saying, “It’s not every day CNN can hire someone with “failed coup attempt on their resume.”

And yet: CNN's Max Boot Rips Pro-Trump Media as 'Demagoguery'

"CNN analysts agreed with each other . . . "

CNN Bias and Credibility Rating

LEFT BIAS 

"These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.  They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources." 

Analysis / Bias

CNN has a left bias in story selection that often favors the left while being critical of the right. For example, during the 2016 Presidential Election Pew Research concluded that the majority of CNN stories covering President Donald Trump were negative. While less dramatic, Pew also determined that more stories were negative toward Presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012.

CNN typically utilizes loaded emotional words in sensational headlines such as this: Trump pounces on Justice Department report findings. They usually source their news properly through credible reporters/journalists and through hyperlinking to credible media sources. However, CNN has failed numerous fact checks from Politifact. It should be noted that these fact checks were almost exclusively from guests on their numerous talk shows and not from the reporting of actual news, which tends to be factual. TV hosts have also failed fact checks by IFCN fact checkers. Further, CNN has retracted published stories that have been deemed as lacking evidence. Finally, CNN has published misleading information regarding GMO’s that utilize loaded fear based headlines such as this: FDA allows genetically engineered ‘Frankenfish’ salmon to be imported to US. CNN has also utilized known purveyors of pseudoscience as experts on discussion panels such as the Food Babe.

Overall, we rate CNN left biased based on story selection that often favors the left. We rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to misinformation and failed fact checks from guests and pundits. However, CNN’s straight news reporting would earn a High rating for factual reporting. (5/16/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 5/24/2019)  . . .

• Overall, we rate CNN left biased based on story selection that often favors the left. We rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to misinformation and failed fact checks from guests and pundits. However, CNN’s straight news reporting would earn a High rating for factual reporting.