SELF-INFLICTED. Liberal Media Scream: ‘CNN’ has become a laugh line. “This week’s Liberal Media Scream features talker Bill Maher mocking CNN and its hosts for viewing the lefty cable network as politically centrist, citing unending ‘gushing’ over Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential nomination acceptance speech the night before. ‘I watched from 8:09 to 8:23. There was just gushing about how great a speech it was,’ the talk show host and comedian told CNN host Kaitlan Collins.”