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‘Crossfire’ Cancelled – Again – As CNN Pulls Programs And Slashes Staff
Deadline.com ^ | Oct 15, 2014 | Lisa de Moraes

Posted on 10/15/2014 5:20:56 PM PDT by RBStealth

The first time it went out with a bang — this time it went out with a whimper; CNN’s Crossfire is no more. Again. The show had been missing in action for weeks and already some of its co-hosts — Stephanie Cutter, Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp and Van Jones — have been popping up as contributors around the network’s landscape. Some staff have been moved to other programs, and the remainder have been encouraged to apply for open positions within the bureau, source say — surprising, given that CNN is in the process of slashing about 300 positions.


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1 posted on 10/15/2014 5:20:56 PM PDT by RBStealth
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To: RBStealth

...but CNN says we’re living in an economic boom!


2 posted on 10/15/2014 5:22:05 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: RBStealth; GraceG; cripplecreek

Though I have a soft spot for S.E. Cupp, Van Jones still needs a pair of cement shoes.


3 posted on 10/15/2014 5:22:39 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: KC_Lion; GraceG; ebb tide; cripplecreek

LOL


4 posted on 10/15/2014 5:24:30 PM PDT by RBStealth (--raised by wolves, disciplined and educated by nuns.)
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To: RBStealth

When CNN flushes in a forrest does anyone hear?
Freegards
LEX


5 posted on 10/15/2014 5:24:49 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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When is Erin gone?


6 posted on 10/15/2014 5:24:53 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
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To: RBStealth

Newt and Mitt, ‘The RINO Hour’.


7 posted on 10/15/2014 5:25:30 PM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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To: RBStealth

Maybe the budget could afford just one side, they could call it “Fire”


8 posted on 10/15/2014 5:26:19 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: RBStealth

By all these lost programs and staff, they should sub-let their network to conservative talk-show hosts like Rush, Levin,Savage, Hedgecock,etc. I like it when Doug Urbanski fills in for Rush; he holds my attention. They can all Skype it in.


9 posted on 10/15/2014 5:26:21 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: KC_Lion

What little respect I had for Newt ended when he appeared with Van Jones and even wrote an article together.


10 posted on 10/15/2014 5:29:59 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: RBStealth

Used to plan my day around Braden vs. Buchanan. Novak was good too.

AFTER HOURS on Channel 9 in DC preceded it. It was the best! Naturally, Braden was drunk. But, sometimes Pat was ... silly too and just pulling Braden’s chain. I remember him just flat-out making fun of Eleanor Smeal. And the radio show was great. Buchanan was funnier tha Limbaugh ever was.


11 posted on 10/15/2014 5:30:10 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: RBStealth

lol I didn’t even know it was still on the air.


12 posted on 10/15/2014 5:30:36 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Those were the days.


13 posted on 10/15/2014 5:33:01 PM PDT by donna (Pray for revival.)
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To: donna
I think my two faves from years ago are Michael Kinsley and John Sununu.

Both were razor smart and funny.

14 posted on 10/15/2014 5:37:40 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: RBStealth

In the pre Fox days, I used to watch “Crossfire” regularly. I hated the yelling and talk-over format, but it was the only place you could hear any conservative voices at all. Now that there are alternatives with a whole lot better format, I have never seen it again.


15 posted on 10/15/2014 5:39:58 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: KC_Lion

S.E. Cupp is two shows down now. She was on a feeble attempt of a clone of “The Five” on MSNBC. She left that program (I think it too is gone) for CNN’s Crossfire, which is now gone also. Two strikes down, one to go. Her only ship left in the port is Fox and who knows if they want her. So, unless she goes on an internet program, or on one of the alphabet channels like CBS, NBC, ABC, she’s walking on thin ice. But who knows. Cable hopping is what they all do.

Tucker Carlson did the MSNBC, CNN circuit and now seems to have found a pretty secure home on Fox, but of course Tucker was well seasoned, and S.E. Cupp is pretty new to the game. Will be interesting to see where she pops up, but she must be very frustrated about now.


16 posted on 10/15/2014 5:43:52 PM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: billorites

You can’t beat Buchanan for over all knowledge.


17 posted on 10/15/2014 5:44:09 PM PDT by donna (Pray for revival.)
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To: RBStealth

CNN should just cover the Buffaloes at Ted’s ranches 24/7. It’d be more useful.


18 posted on 10/15/2014 5:48:56 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: billorites
"Both were razor smart and funny. "

Must be the jokey part that got Souter on The Court.

19 posted on 10/15/2014 5:50:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Forgotten Amendments
Used to plan my day around Braden vs. Buchanan. Novak was good too.

I remember those days well.

I planned my dinner so I could eat while watching the fireworks. I thoroughly enjoyed that version of Crossfire.

20 posted on 10/15/2014 5:50:54 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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