Believe it or not, Pat Robertson's CBN News 700 Club - Christian Broadcast News has great potential. It's political correspondent, David Brody, was traveling with Trump o'seas - and appeared on Meet The Press in olden days of Tim Russert. Security / terrorism authority Eric Steckelbeck started out on CBN. Their Middle East reporter, Chris Mitchell, and Roaming reporter(s) around about are world class - and I can make that statement based on my years in network news.
Unhappily, Pat Robertson is letting aging catch up with him, and his son, Gordon Robertson, appears to not care a flip about news. Also, when Pat is on set, he gives commentaries on some stories; his perceptions are not what they used to be, and tend to wander into the mists of Avalon sometimes. 😩
The potential is there, but the future looks a bit bleak. Sad to see a top class news organization possibly fading to black.
I’ve watched the work of David Brody and Chris Mitchell and agree with your assessment. However, I don’t think CBN is the foundation for a new conservative network; the Christian message of the network would turn off a lot of viewers, despite the fact the world desperately needs to hear that message.
Beginning to think the real solution is to take an existing platform—like OAN—and “merge” resources from other networks, including Newsmax, the Blaze and even CBN News, and use that as the foundation for a new conservative news network. Lot of talent currently on the beach, and with sufficient funding, an expanded OAN could attract significant viewership—and sooner than you might expect. They would need enough backing to sustain losses for upwards of five years, but after that, they should be in the black and profitable.