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.
I agree but it seems to be a pipe dream for now. I have predicted to family that CBN News will start losing talented newsies who cannot sit around in the wings waiting for an opening in the curtain. Pat is fading and his son Gordon does not value newscasting - perhaps for the reasons you mention. For my part, I enjoyed a Christian perspective on the news; that has pretty much been lost at CBN today. For some strange reason I am able to maintain an open mind - to a point.
Brody has a web page - The Brody File - although I have never visited it. We are talking about broadcast news and I do not have that much time to skim over numerous web sites. Same with some web broadcasts like Beck, Levin, etc. We have about three hours or so at Mi Casa in the evening for TV, and we like to watch more than depressing news revelations every day.
Do you remember Paul Weyrich? He tried an OANN sort of experiment - at a time when there was nothing like it on the air - National Empowerment Television cum America's Voice. He was eventually forced out by his own Board... a true conservative pioneer.