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On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, Speaker of the House John Boehner spoke about his relationship with Barack Obama, one that he described as “good” despite the president “picking fake fights” to score political points. (more)

During Sunday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” correspondent Susan Candiotti — the reporter covering the recent shootings of five black men in Tulsa, Okla. — used a racial slur on live television. (more)

On “CNN Newsroom” Thursday afternoon, Drew Griffin of CNN’s special investigations unit used a racial slur while explaining phone call evidence from a recent case where the federal government charged three Mississippi men with a hate crime for running over a black man with a truck after severely beating him. (more)

In a reversal of a collective decade-long ratings slide, viewership at all three broadcast news divisions grew in 2011. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the Media report, evening news viewership across ABC, CBS and NBC increased by nearly 1 million viewers to 22.5 million for an aggregate gain of 4.5 percent. And while evening newscast audiences are much grayer than those watching the networks’ entertainment programs, all three newscasts – ABC World News, NBC Nightly News and CBS Evening News – added viewers in news’ target demographic of 25-54-year-olds. In the morning, where the broadcast news divisions pull in the lions share of their ad revenue, viewership was up 5.4 percent across ABC, CBS and NBC to 13.1 million viewers. (more)

Pete Cashmore fell in love with the internet as a 13-year-old while recovering from an operation in his native Scotland. It was, he said, something useful he could do while laid up in bed. (more)

Ever since Breitbart.com released a video of then-Harvard Law school student Barack Obama introducing controversial Harvard Law professor Derrick Bell, one of the most stalwart defenders of Bell has been CNN “Starting Point” anchor Soledad O’Brien. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN and longtime talk show host Larry King are cutting ties 14 months after his prime-time series ended. (more)

Even the optimistic numbers the Obama White House is floating don’t make this claim, but CNN is willing take a leap and give the administration a lot of credit. (more)

First Rick Sanchez and now Roland Martin? (more)

Looks like someone has played a dirty campaign trick on Newt Gingrich. (more)

Rick Santorum, who has essentially lived in Iowa for much of the last year, may finally be taking off in the Hawkeye State. (more)

Reports that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stormed out of a CNN interview earlier this week seem to be dramatically over-exaggerated. (more)

LONDON (AP) — CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan was an extremely hands-on tabloid editor who must have known that phone hacking was rife at his paper, a former employee claimed Wednesday. (more)

Since sexual harassment allegations emerged against him last month, Republican presidential contender Herman Cain has seen an erosion of support in polls. In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO conceded that his drop in the polls could be attributed to the allegations and what he views as the false perception that he has been unclear in his policy positions. (more)

The Daily Caller brings you a behind-the-scenes look at the “spin room” for Tuesday night’s CNN foreign policy-focused Republican presidential primary debate in Washington, D.C. (more)

1.) Steered science — As we all know, scientists are mighty, infallible wizards whom we mere mortals may not question. Once “scientific” “consensus” has been reached in a certain area of sorcery — such as, say, global warming — you can just shut up about how your taxes are being spent if you know what’s good for you. (more)

A CNN reporter asked several congressmen on Tuesday why they think Attorney General Eric Holder should resign now instead of waiting for a long-overdue inspector general report on Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

In a classic 2009 video that history may record as the best cable news segment of all time, the owner of a truck dealership defends his decision to give a free AK-47 with each new purchase. When the CNN host presses him to explain why he includes God in the promotion’s “God, guns, guts and American pick-up trucks” slogan, he asks her, “you don’t have a problem with God do ya?” (more)

“This Week” anchor Christiane Amanpour isn’t getting along with the bosses at ABC News, and has reached out to the honchos at CNN to return to the network where she started her career. (more)

1.) Another GOP debate already? — Didn’t they just have one? How many is this now, 157? Oh well. TheDC’s Jamie Weinstein reports: (more)