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Can Tucker Carlson Become an Impartial News Anchor? [Tucker to Substitute for Aaron Brown]
Studio Briefing / IMDb ^ | 23 December 2004

Posted on 12/23/2004 9:23:17 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

CNN has tapped its conservative commentator Tucker Carlson to substitute for Aaron Brown on its primetime (10:00 p.m. ET) program NewsNight next week, Daily Variety reported today (Thursday). CNN's move comes as Carlson is being wooed by MSNBC to replace Deborah Norville in her 9:00 p.m. slot. It also comes as Carlson's verbal slugfest with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart on CNN's Crossfire, the show Carlson currently co-hosts on CNN, was making many critics' lists as one of the most memorable moments in TV during 2004.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aaronbrown; cnn; tuckercarlson
Anybody is better than Aaron Brown. Even Tucker.
1 posted on 12/23/2004 9:23:20 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative
ROTFLMAO!!!!

They never asked the same questions when Georgie Snuffleupagus jumped into The MickeyMouse News Outfit from the Clinton administration...

What a joke!
2 posted on 12/23/2004 9:25:13 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Democrats: Tolerant of all people and opinions. Except me & mine - Conservative, Christian.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

I don't get it. Are they afraid Tucker will be too liberal?


3 posted on 12/23/2004 9:30:41 PM PST by Always Right
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To: West Coast Conservative

I agree.......Aaron is one of the sneaky ones that is so dead pan that I wonder sometimes if he has a pulse. He trys to be funny when reading the next day headlines but doens't pull that off very well..........any good conservative can see thru his B.S. instantly......all his questions are designed to get the interviewee to bad mouth the admin........


4 posted on 12/23/2004 9:34:33 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: Keith in Iowa

Sure was funny when he slapped down that moron John Stewart.


5 posted on 12/23/2004 9:37:57 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: West Coast Conservative; imintrouble
Can Tucker Carlson Become an Impartial News Anchor?
No, but then neither can anyone else. Objectivity or impartiality is merely a sneaky way of implying wisdom without saying it. Claiming to be wise leads directly to sophistry, and claiming to be objective is no different in effect.

6 posted on 12/23/2004 9:43:37 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Many things come to mind regarding Aaron Brown, but impartial is not one of them. Tucker Carlson does not amuse me, but he isn't quite the stick-in-the-mud Brown is. We can't set our goals too high for the Clinton News Network.


7 posted on 12/23/2004 9:49:31 PM PST by AZ_Cowboy ("Be ever vigilant, for you know not when the master is coming")
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To: West Coast Conservative

If there's anything worse than Sucker Carlson its Aaron Blown.


9 posted on 12/23/2004 10:00:02 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: West Coast Conservative

LOL

My tagline says it...........


10 posted on 12/23/2004 10:16:01 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (I can no longer discern real stories from satire on this site. America is losing her common sense.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Can Tucker Carlson Become an Impartial News Anchor?

Well, he ain't exactly a broken glass Pubbie. The very few times I've seen Aaron Brown he seems somehow weasely(to coin a phrase). I think it's really tough for a leftist to act neutral, and it shows up as them being uncomfortable in their own skin.

FGS

11 posted on 12/23/2004 10:17:02 PM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
The more relevant question is whether Carlson can stop being an idiot.
12 posted on 12/23/2004 11:16:35 PM PST by Mike Darancette (MESOCONS FOR RICE '08)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Can Tucker Carlson Become an Impartial News Anchor?

He's on CNN. Comeon! CNN has never heard of Impartial...or News for that matter. But they know Anchor, because they are sinking fast, thanks to Fox!

13 posted on 12/24/2004 4:13:29 AM PST by Bommer
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To: West Coast Conservative
Can Tucker Carlson Become an Impartial News Anchor?"

...that's why they call them "new anchors" - because they're not journalists. They simply read what the bosses tell them to read.

14 posted on 12/24/2004 4:22:46 AM PST by patriot_wes
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