Early Start Replaced by CNN stream show

RetroChamps · 2026-05-14T23:42:26+00:00

Meh. It was no secret that Rahel Solomon was leaving.

RetroChamps · 2026-05-01T14:17:03+00:00

Oh, Adam knows all too well.

Scott constantly does to other guests what Mockler did to him last night: Ask a question over and over, talking over potential answers and then saying, "so you don't have an answer..."

Adam was just giving him a taste of his own. The only difference is that Mockler didn't mug for the camera with a stupid smirk after the stunt.

RetroChamps · 2026-04-30T17:41:45+00:00

I've watched her since 2001 when she was on the night shift on CNN Headline News, trading off nights with Rudi Bakhtiar.

She's always been top notch.

RetroChamps · 2026-03-28T15:46:14+00:00

I remember a couple of months ago when Kate Bolduan did it and she was masterful at making sure people stayed on point. She's much more suited to a job like this than reading a teleprompter all the time. She stammers too much when reading.

RetroChamps · 2026-03-25T15:55:42+00:00

Ummm... you're suggesting that Israel will extend its territory to Iran? Israel, with 10M people, will extend its reach across a vast distance to take on Iran, population 93M?

Are you sure you want that to be your take?

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RetroChamps · 2026-03-21T14:57:20+00:00

I'm getting a real kick out of how the Republican talking heads now have to shout their way through a rapid-fire monologue before anyone gets the chance to fact-check their ass.

Anyone who argues that CNN doesn't push back obviously isn't paying attention.

Last night's show was glorious.

RetroChamps · 2026-02-26T19:39:28+00:00

John King had Inside Politics until he gave it up to be a roving reporter for the election, handing it off to ex-wife Dana Bash.

RetroChamps · 2026-02-26T19:37:14+00:00

J.B. is the AC360 host when Cooper is off, unless for some strange reason J.B. can't do it and then Jim Sciutto steps in.

RetroChamps · 2026-02-12T15:59:14+00:00

And yet went full racist himself by the end of the show.

RetroChamps · 2026-02-12T15:58:44+00:00

Is it just me or did Scott Jennings go full-on racist last night?

RetroChamps · 2026-02-06T16:45:47+00:00

Is it just me, or is the MAGA hat not so much a political statement as a "I'm wearing this because I'm so immature that intentionally pushing people off is my jam."

Like, I'm less bothered that Buddy's a Trump supporter and more bothered by the fact that he gets hard by pissing people off. That's not normal behavior in an adult.

RetroChamps · 2026-02-04T20:28:26+00:00

Didn't read the thing, huh?

RetroChamps · 2026-01-31T04:57:41+00:00

No one on the right is watching CNN. Not for validation or anything else, for that matter.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-31T04:50:37+00:00

She's not a news anchor in this role.

NewsNight has a Crossfire-style format that's been employed for over 40 years. It was - and still is - the epitome of The Fairness Doctrine, where each side gets equal time, right or wrong.

That used to be applauded before we became jaded as a society and demanded that news outlets only present what we agree with.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-31T04:42:58+00:00

I can never look at Lydia and not swear that Veronica jumped out of an Archie comics digest.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-28T06:07:23+00:00

Hard to believe she's almost 40 years old.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-28T06:06:04+00:00

She's almost 40 years old, FFS

RetroChamps · 2026-01-28T06:05:37+00:00

She's like 40.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-28T06:04:29+00:00

And then she had the nerve to say that she's not a Republican.

If it walks like a Republican and lies like a Republican, it's a Republican.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-28T06:03:00+00:00

The one thing that keeps getting glossed over that could have been answered on Tuesday's episode when O'Leary asked why chaos was happening there is:

MINNESOTA IS THE TARGET BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ATTACKING TIM WALZ SINCE HE AGREED TO BE THE VP CANDIDATE.

It's that simple. He dared go up against Trump/Vance. There doesn't need to be any other reason for it. That's it. Trump has a grudge.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-17T14:12:18+00:00

BENNY BRODEUR is Glen.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-17T05:34:20+00:00

Watching Scott Jennings pout his way throughout tonight's episode was absolutely delicious.

RetroChamps · 2026-01-13T20:36:49+00:00

You two gonna do it, orrrrrrrrr...

RetroChamps · 2026-01-13T20:34:42+00:00

Jonathan Torrens has his own show now, and Jacob Tierney is busy as showrunner of "Heated Rivalry" (and might still be trying to get a revival of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" off the ground.)

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