On CNN, Entertainment Weekly Writer Slams Conservative Criticism of Oscars

Matthew Balan | February 24, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican blasted conservatives on the 23 February 2015 edition of CNN Tonight for criticizing actress Patricia Arquette and others for their politicized acceptance speeches at the Oscars. Breznican actually went after host Don Lemon for stating that "winners and presenters bring their often-liberal-leaning political and social issues to the ceremony." Breznican asserted, "I can't really think of anything last night that was actually liberal." He also ran to the defense of Michael Moore later in the segment, after Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson cited the far-left director's anti-George W. Bush acceptance speech in 2003 as an example of "preachy" celebrities

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