Must See: Bill Maher Calls Out CNN Host To Her Face Over Network’s Blatant Bias

CNN has long claimed to be a straight news network, but viewers from across the ideological spectrum can identify the clear bias that dictates its political coverage.

This week, even leftist comedian Bill Maher couldn’t help but point out the fact that CNN frequently shares only one side of the story, albeit with a “token” conservative sometimes thrown into the mix as an inauthentic nod to bipartisanship.

Best of all, he made that argument while interviewing Kaitlan Collins, one of the network’s top personalities.

According to Fox News:

“CNN is the place where both sides can watch,” Collins firmly responded. “My show is evidence of that. We have lawmakers from both parties. We’ll have Elizabeth Warren on one night, we’ll have Ted Cruz on another night… I mean, look at what just happened in Chicago. WE had 300 people from CNN on the ground covering that convention. There were several reporters from just our team alone on the floor bringing it in real time to people. And I think CNN puts resources behind things, and just brings a level of news that you don’t get anywhere else.”

“I’m talking about the people on CNN,” Maher clarified. “And I know what the conservative side of America thinks. And I don’t blame them.”

Maher then pivoted to CNN’s coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris’ convention speech Thursday night, noting that she wrapped her speech at “11:09” ET.

“It wasn’t until 11:23 til the one conservative guy. What’s his name?” Maher asked.

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“Scott Jennings,” Collins answered.

“Lonely Scott I call him,” Maher quipped. “From 8:09 to 8:23 (PT), they were just gushing about how great a speech it was. And I think she did fine. I didn’t think it was as good as they were making it up to be. But if I’m a conservative in America and I’m watching CNN just for the straight middle of the road, that’s what I hear for 15 minutes. It’s great. And then Lonely Scott.”

Of course, CNN has long faced similar criticism for not simply going all in on its leftist slant like outlets such as MSNBC have done.

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Collins was recently involved in a similar on-air incident during an interview with “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, but that time it was the audience who chimed in to tacitly call out the network’s bias.

As The Wrap reported:

“Trump has been thrown on his heels, and he’s not really sure how to go after Vice President Harris,” Collins said. “He knew his attack lines on President Biden. He really has struggled with how to go after someone who’s 20 years younger than him, a different gender, different race. It’s kind of been this moment where he has not been able to coalesce around a single attack line.”

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That’s where Colbert said, without irony, “I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is.”

Cue sustained live-audience laughter.

Colbert tried to pull it in: “No, CNN…” he said, but it was too late.

Collins looked genuinely flabbergasted.

“Is that supposed to be a laugh line?” she said.

“It wasn’t supposed to be,” Colbert said, “but I guess it is.”

Here’s a clip from the Maher-Collins exchange from the latest episode of HBO’s “Real Time.”

Bill Maher asks CNN's Kaitlan Collins why CNN's reputation is so poor that Colbert's audience laughed at the idea of CNN being an impartial news source:
Bill Maher: "You were on Colbert's show, and he said 'You guys at CNN just report the news straight' and the crowd burst into… pic.twitter.com/2sE964CGvr

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 24, 2024