On the 30 August 2010 edition of CNN's Rick's List, anchor Rick Sanchez apologized after making a racially-tinged "faux pas," as he called it, by calling Barack Obama the "cotton-picking President of the United States."
On the 18 August 2010 edition of CNN's Larry King Live, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons inaccurately identified the conspirators behind the World Trade Center bombing as being Christians: ""If you're blaming Muslims for the attack on 9/11, then you need to change your mind. We didn't- did we blame Christians at the first World Trade attack? We didn't."
On the 18 August 2010 edition of CNN's Rick's List, anchor Rick Sanchez labeled Fox News "way, way, way to the right." He also stated that MSNBC leaned left, but went on to claim that his own network was "in the middle."
On the 17 August 2010 edition of CNN's Rick's List, correspondent Jessica Yellin ran pro-abortion organization EMILY's List's anti-Sarah Palin ad without providing anything from the pro-life side and/or fact-checking its talking points.
On the 16 August 2010 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, anchors Mika and Joe Scarborough acted as apologists for President Obama's defense of the planned mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. They brought on The Washington Post's David Ignatius, who agreed with them.
On the 12 August 2010 edition of CNN's Rick's List, Victor Choban, a supporter of California's Prop 8, which outlawed same-sex "marriage," was interviewed on-air by CNN. Choban cited his experience of living under the rule of the communist Soviet Union as one part of his critique of the judge's ruling against Prop 8
On the 10 August 2010 prime-time edition of CNN's Rick List, during an interview of former New York Governor George Pataki, anchor Rick Sanchez bizarrely wondered if the Catholic and Mormon churches should be investigated if the funding into the New York City mosque near Ground Zero was investigated.
On the 10 August 2010 edition of CNN's American Morning, correspondent Jeanne Moos lightly jabbed the Boy Scouts who booed President Obama's taped message to their National Jamboree.
On the 5 August 2010 edition of CNN's Rick's List, anchor Rick Sanchez used an interview of outgoing Rep. Bob Inglis, who criticized the Tea Party and conservative media after his defeat in the Republican primary, to target his top three boogiemen: Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh.
On the 2 August 2010 edition of CNN's Rick List, anchor Rick Sanchez again hinted that Fox News wasn't a legitimate news organization.