[Common Tator]

I am amazed by the change in Stuart Varney when he left CNN for Fox.

It was somewhere in the late 80's that Stuart applied for a job with my stations. He was badly in need of a job. I was impressed with him. I didn't hire him because I knew he would never stay. He was too good to be in my sized market. he would have only stayed until he got a better job.

It is funny. I never aggreed with what Stuart said on CNN but I have agreed with what he says on FOX.

They are changing graphics, they are changing pace, they are changing producers, they are changing talking heads,.. they are changing everything but what will fix the problem,.... they need to change the content... They will have to fall several more rating points before they finally figure out what is wrong.

CNN and its parent company havn't a clue about the problems.... they are not likely to have a clue about the fix.

It is really pretty simple if youwant viewers just put on what the people want to watch not what you want to program.

The problem is management is never a typical viewer. Yet much of management picks programmers that program to please the boss.

I used to tell my programmers that if I ever tune in and personally like what you are programming, you are just one notch away from being fired.

[skinkinthegrass]

..you are just one notch away from being fired.

I heard ya, but with ABCNNBCBS...you're talking to a wall

[tirednvirginia]

I think Fox should help CNN out a little by giving them back Greta.

[prairiebreeze]

Interesting insights.

Prairie

[Howlin]

David Bohrman, the executive producer of Aaron Brown's show "NewsNight,"

If there is a more boring news show on TV, I wish somebody would tell me what it is.

As for Varney, I saw him on Fox not long ago discussing Paul O'Neill. The only thing he didn't do was spit. It was fascinating to watch.

[martin_fierro]

You might be able to shed some light on this question:

WHY ARE 99% OF ALL NEWSREADERS NOWADAYS WOMEN?

They're easier to look at?

It's a crappy job that only they are willing to put up with?

They're willing to work for less?

[rewrite]

Rush made a point the other day that I hadn't thought about ,as he often does, the picture is just crisper and better on Fox News.CNN and MSNBC don't have the crispness of picture.I'll watch Scarborough and Hardball(I have a crush on Peggy Noonan!) long enough to get sick of looking at a bad picture,then it goes back to Fox News.

[Timesink]

You in news anywhere now, Tator?

[Timesink]

I used to tell my programmers that if I ever tune in and personally like what you are programming, you are just one notch away from being fired.

You should see how much time the "professionals" spend on the various news industry web sites, lavishing embarrassing amounts of praise on Keith Olbermann's show. They absolutely worship it, yet it's the lowest-rated prime time show on all three news channels. And your numbers have to really SUCK to earn bottom place.

[adam_az]

Interestingly enough, when CNN *DOES* figure it out, various and sundry leftists will use it and Fox as examples that "the media is Conservative" and that the liberal media is an invention of the VRWC.

BTW I don't consider Fox News remotely close to conservative. They just don't lie blatantly and intentionally to promote a political agenda as does CNN. If they want to consider relatively unbiased and truthful news reporting as conservative... that's fine by me. :)

[OldFriend]

CNN's idea of attracting new viewers was to run that digusting zipper ad when Paula Zahn defected from FNC.