Word: cnn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent
Viewers expect pundits to dispense b.s. on cable-news debate shows. But it's considered poor form to use the actual word. Hence the big hoo-ha last week over conservative columnist Robert Novak's performance on CNN's Inside Politics. After Democratic commentator James Carville teased him for trying to show fellow right-wingers that "he's got backbone," Novak shot back, "Well, I think that's bulls___." He then pulled off his mike and stormed...
Inside Politics host Ed Henry, who said he had planned to ask Novak about Plame later in the show, won't get to any time soon; CNN quickly asked Novak to "take some time off." It may want to reconsider, though. People drop the b.s. word on HBO all the time, and the ratings are huge. --By James Poniewozik
Sources: Hannity and Colmes; AP; Philadelphia Inquirer; CNN; New York Times...
Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent