Like Susan Roesgen?
Posted on 03/31/2010 7:05:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The future of CNN, never exactly bright the past couple of years, suddenly looked dire this week when ratings came out showing a 40 percent decline in prime time viewers since 2009.
Jon Klein, the network president, has consistently defended the network’s down-the-middle news strategy despite the increasingly large ratings leads opened up by MSNBC and particularly Fox, ..
So is it time for a radical re-thinking of “the most trusted name in news,” the network of Larry King, Anderson Cooper, Campbell Brown and Wolf Blitzer? We asked a dozen or so prominent media watchers, former industry executives and CNN personalities for their recommendations.
Their near-consensus: It has to change, get more personality, no longer be — as one media critic called it — “the view from nowhere.” ..
Bring back “Crossfire”
Ask a couple of former “Crossfire” hosts for a solution to CNN’s ratings troubles, and maybe it’s not a surprise what their answer is: Resurrect their old show.
Both Michael Kinsley and Bill Press — each of whom had stints taking the liberal side of the right vs. left political slugfest — think it’s worth a shot.
By bringing back “Crossfire,” they argue, CNN could continue with its strategy of not falling squarely on the left or the right in prime time, ..
Five years ago, one of Klein’s first orders of business after becoming network president was killing off the long-running show, a pioneer in high-decibel political debate which had been the recipient of harsh on-air criticism from "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart just a few months before.
“When he unceremoniously dumped it, Jon Klein said he wanted straight news and not commentary or opinion,” Kinsley told POLITICO. “And now he's got everyone expressing opinions left and right — because that's what people like.’
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
They lost the respect of the viewers because they don't show any respect when it comes to reporting both sides.
Are they brothers? They look so much alike!
What do you have against sharks?
Only thing I ever watched was Crossfire on a rare occasion...CNN could disappear and I wouldn't notice it for weeks.
Like Susan Roesgen?
Ya can't. Best to tear it down & start over again.
I know how CNN could soar in ratings — Tell the whole story, top to bottom, inside and out, and don’t spin it one way or the other. IOW, BE JOURNALISTS!
But CNN is the network of Campbell “The science is settled” Brown, daughter of a crim-o-crat icon ... and they wonder why less and less people buy into their BS.
Don’t.
If it can’t manage in the free market, let it tank.
close it
Of course that would be right down the middle of the leftmost lane.
Fix it??
Let Rush buy it and run it like a good news channel.
Crossfire was great with Buchanan, before he went psycho, Tom Braden, while he was psycho, Kinsley, Sununu, and a daily electronic food fight that was smart, vicious and hilarious all at the same time. Quite entertaining.
CNN is splitting up the pie of America-hating socialist goofballs with MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc. Meanwhile, Fox News has normal Americans all to itself. It’s not fair. President Ubanga should do something about this
No. Let it crash and burn.
There is only one way to fix CNN. Fire Jon Klein.
Tom Braden and Bob Novack were always hating on each other . .
You can’t polish a turd
That will bring ratings up to 100% of those people whose whereabouts are still known...
George Orwell, we hardly knew ye...
bttt
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