The problem CNN has is that they are far too conservative. The country is hard left. Has been since 2980 when Reagan stole the election.
If the bosses at CNN don’t realize their hard right programming is at the core of their financial woes, they need a new line of work. I mean come on. A 2 year old can figure this out. Advertizers can see the level of highly controversial programming on that network and they simply don’t want their products associated.
Why would people watch them? For the few thousand extremists, there’s Fox news. CNN can’t out fox Fox. They have to abandon that idea, fire everyone involved and go where the audience is. It worked for MSNBC. Their ratings are at an all time high since Maddow took command.
In sum, I think we can all agree that:
1: Fire anyone to the right of Bill Ayres
2: Institute litmus tests for basic news coverage using Democratic Underground for focus groups and rely wholly on their recommendations.
3: Go where the eyeballs are. Leftist programming has dominated radio and it will dominate television if some forward looking CNN exec has the guts to ever try it.
It is that simple.
1: Fire anyone to the right of Bill Ayres
2: Institute litmus tests for basic news coverage using Democratic Underground for focus groups and rely wholly on their recommendations.
3: Go where the eyeballs are. Leftist programming has dominated radio and it will dominate television if some forward looking CNN exec has the guts to ever try it.
It is that simple.
You're right Norm - it's that simple. If CNN would take your advice they would be back on top in no time. I fear some of their usual advisers are offering somewhat similar advice but you've said it far better than anyone. Your logic is impeccable... Norm, I see a job at CNN in your future...