CNN's Yellin Touts Wealthy Who Want Higher Taxes

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
Tuesday September 27, 2011 @ 09:42 AM ET

1. CNN's Yellin Touts Wealthy Who Want Higher Taxes
CNN's Jessica Yellin, reporting on President Obama's virtual townhall Monday afternoon, noted two wealthy persons who wish to pay higher taxes - but didn't mention the small businessman who during the townhall complained to the President about regulations and taxes. Yellin focused her brief report on a member of the audience who claimed to be a wealthy retiree and asked for higher taxes. She ran Obama's response added that the CEO of LinkedIn, the sponsor of the townhall, would be "open" to tax hikes on the rich.

2. NBC's Curry to Herman Cain: Was Fla. Straw Poll Win Just a 'Protest Vote'?; Cain: People More Powerful Than Media
In an interview with Herman Cain on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry declared: "The Washington Post is reporting that many of the delegates voted for you - are saying that they voted for you as a protest vote to express no confidence in the Republican field. Do you want to weigh in on this?" Cain fired back at the report: "I think that is absolutely false. I talked to a lot of delegates when I was in Florida all last week. It's not a protest vote. Look, the message coming out of that victory was quite simple. First of all, the voice of the people is more powerful than the voice of the media."

3. CBS, CNN Cater to Rep. Waters, Omit Ongoing Ethics Investigation
Both CBS's Early Show and CNN's Newsroom sought out Rep. Maxine Waters on Monday for her reaction to President Obama's "stop complaining" rejoinder to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday, but neither outlet mentioned the continuing ethics investigation into the ultra-liberal Democrat. CNN anchor Suzanne Malveaux even went so far to flatter Rep. Waters as having her "marching shoes" on. CBS's Erica Hill brought on the liberal politician just minutes into the 7 am Eastern hour and first asked, "What was your reaction to that when he [President Obama] said, 'Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying'?"

4. Media Silence on Allegations of Partisanship in Hiring Career Lawyers at DOJ
American Spectator senior editor Quin Hillyer appeared on the Fox News Channel Sunday to highlight the media's continued silence about the Obama administration's use of liberal ideology as a criterion in hiring lawyers for career Justice Department positions, even though the media leaped on similar accusations during the Bush years. Hillyer: "They are doing it far worse than the Bush administration ever did, without any, any attention until now, certainly from the big newspapers."