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CNN Had One Woman and Eight Men on Its Women’s March Panel

by Marykate Jasper Jan 22nd

Perfectly illustrating why the March was necessary in the first place, CNN filled its roundtable on the 2017 Women's March on Washington with eight men and one woman.

That’s Not How it Works: CNN Thinks Google Earth “Blurred” Times Square After Bomb Scare

by Susana Polo May 2nd

Last night there was a bomb scare in Times Square, New York, that was less a scare than an actual, you know, bomb. The "amateurish" car bomb was an SUV carrying three canisters of propane, ten gallons of gasoline, and some fireworks. While it's a bit beyond our purview to cover the event itself (we'll leave it to Mediaite), we did notice something funky on CNN. Weekend CNN Newsroom anchor Don Lemon was alarmed that he was unable to get a clear picture of the Times Square area on Google Earth. After using blurred footage from Google Earth as an illustration of the tight security around the area, he asked his guest, Tom Fuentes, former FBI Assistant Director of International Relations, what this might mean. His guest's answer was not exactly... well. Informed.