Posted on 07/03/2005 4:50:22 PM PDT by CHARLITE
When Al Gore said he was out to take on Fox News with his new cable network, we thought for sure he'd be lining up the likes of Teddy Kennedy, Howard Dean, John Kerry and their ilk for 24 hours of non-stop "Hate America First" programming.
No so fast.
Broadcasting & Cable magazine reports that after buying the small cable news channel Newsworld International, Gore may be taking a completely different tack.
Gore has hired David A. Neuman to be president of programming for his network, now called the Current Network.
The magazine says Neuman has laid out a less political, more younger and hip programming lineup.
"An overhaul of the modest news channel Newsworld International, Current appears likely to disappoint many Gore critics when it launches Aug. 1," the magazine says. "They had assumed it would be a bastion of preachy, liberal-leaning news. But the network initially aims to be a montage of short videos packaged into theme programs. Subjects could range from skateboarding to a chronicle of a young immigrant's visit to family back home. Neuman expects some of the material to be submitted by the channel's young-adult target audience."
Neuman has a varied background in entertainment and news programming. His last gig - heading CNN's programming - didn't go so well. Fox News has pummeled its rival in the ratings wars.
Perhaps there is a silver lining in all of this. Neuman did complete a one-year fellowship at the Reagan White House. B&C says the position "horrified" Neuman's liberal father.
I can't wait to see who is going to be the Liberal's NEXT "next Limbaugh." ROTFL!!!! We've had about a hundred of them over the last year.
And to think this idiot was so close to being POTUS...
Scary...
Gore still claims he created the net, I do know that he confirmed my theory that the dead can walk.
I predict that this network will stumble along until Gore "relents" and agrees to "the demand" for him to host his own show. "The Al Gore Dour Flower Power Hour" will be the biggest ratings grabber since The Chevy Chase Show.
Stop, don't ever bring that up again, it will bring back the nightmares. Oh, I hope I can sleep through the night.
A dumbed down liberals dream come true!
I once heard a quote attributed to Albert Einstien that defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Is this that new gay channel I've been hearing about?
Uh no, he was instrumental in bringing the ARPANET to the public though.
A news channel showing skateboarding? Oooooh....that will rank right up there with Fox and Friends cooking on the streets! Can't wait!!! LOL
Step one, when reloading, aim the weapon at the place where, if it accidentally discharges, it will do the least amount of damage.
Hope he gives Dean some a lot of airtime..
Now you can attribute it to A.B. Normal - check the tag line
I thought it was the Twilight Zone
actually he did mention one good idea he wanted to copy from someplaces else, ...
bypass the MSM by giving ordinary citizens cameras and let ordinary citizens do the reporting.
Journalism is a fraud as a profession. It is a craft ANYONE can do.
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