On the September 2 edition of CNN's Crossfire, syndicated columnist and Crossfire co-host Robert Novak claimed that “there was nothing non-factual” in Senator Zell Miller's (D-GA) September 1 speech at the Republican National Convention.

During post-speech interviews with Miller, as Media Matters for America has documented, CNN and MSNBC commentators pointed out a number of distortions, misrepresentations, and inconsistencies in Miller's speech.