Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Blitzer says “a lot of people think” John McCain “might emerge as the new Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/27/09 6:35 PM EDT

From the August 27 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:

Video file

Previously:

Blitzer still can't stop calling McCain a “straight-talker”

Blitzer on McCain: “I know he's a straight-talker”

Matthews, Blitzer call McCain “maverick,” “straight talk[er],” for calling for Craig resignation

Blitzer claimed McCain “likes straight talk”

Blitzer baselessly promoted McCain, Graham as “a little bit of mavericks”

The Latest

  1. Megyn Kelly calls CNN's Scott Jennings a “fool” for parroting Trump official's claim that Iran was planning preemptive strikes

    Video & Audio 03/02/26 1:20 PM EST

  2. In Iran, the most consequential test of the Fox-Trump feedback loop yet

    Article 03/02/26 1:12 PM EST

  3. Benny Johnson: “If there could be silver linings in all of this, it must be that mass deportations have to happen. Remigration has to happen for people that are incompatible with Western civilization.”

    Video & Audio 03/02/26 12:26 PM EST

  4. Fox News correspondent says Pentagon briefing on Iran war was heavily controlled by the administration

    Video & Audio 03/02/26 11:59 AM EST

  5. MAGA media feud erupts over Trump’s war against Iran: “We're not supposed to be running around doing this anymore.”

    Narrative/Timeline 03/02/26 8:02 AM EST

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 17
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • CNN

    CNN-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. With Paramount set to take over WBD, Trump just steered a major news outlet into the hands of a crony

    Article 02/26/26 8:14 PM EST

  2. Trump escalates his corrupt campaign to gift CNN to the Ellisons

    Article 02/23/26 1:59 PM EST

  3. Media Matters weekly newsletter, February 20

    Narrative/Timeline 02/20/26 11:19 AM EST

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS