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CNN fades in prime-time picture (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
Politico.com ^ | May 30, 2009 | Michael Calderone

Posted on 05/31/2009 5:02:41 AM PDT by abb

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1 posted on 05/31/2009 5:02:41 AM PDT by abb
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2 posted on 05/31/2009 5:03:15 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/middle_of_the_road_and_back_of_the_pack_for_cnn_in_prime_117733.asp#disqus_thread
Middle of the Road and Back of the Pack for CNN in Prime


3 posted on 05/31/2009 5:06:13 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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LOL!!!!! Politico says:

======raising doubts about whether the network’s middle-of-the-road strategy===========

Bwahaha, CNN isn’t anywhere the middle of the road.


4 posted on 05/31/2009 5:06:20 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (Barack Obama is a tax predator and for now we are not protected)
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To: abb

CNN middle of the road??? While CNN didn’t descend into the orgiastic Obama love fest exhibited by MSNBC, they were biased as hell in the 2008 elections.


5 posted on 05/31/2009 5:07:23 AM PDT by The Great RJ (chain.)
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To: abb
the network’s middle-of-the-road strategy

network remains committed first and foremost to high-quality journalism.

whether there's a way to bring in ratings without the ideologically slanted hosts that have pulled in partisan viewers on the left and right.

And while being “nonpartisan” is something most journalists strive for

“We don’t wake up in the morning with an ideological focus the way the other two clearly do,”

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! (deep breath) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! (deep breath) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! (deep breath) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! (deep breath) Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! (deep breath)

6 posted on 05/31/2009 5:08:19 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (I long for the days when advertisers didn't constantly ask about the health of my genital organs.)
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Bwahaha, CNN isn’t anywhere the middle of the road.

They are. Right between Stalinism and Maoism.

7 posted on 05/31/2009 5:10:51 AM PDT by SolidWood (Palin: "We do not want to become slaves of Washington.")
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To: abb
As long as Anderson Cooper relies on his smarmy junior-high-school-cool-guy routine, CNN can expect numbers to drop as more people get tired of it.

Of course, the really dedicated moon-bats will hang their TV's upside down so they can watch Keith Olbermann in their night-time perch.

8 posted on 05/31/2009 5:10:59 AM PDT by Bernard (If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
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Klein acknowledged the recent decline, but said it indicated that the audience missed Brown while away

CNN's viewers are racists/sarc

9 posted on 05/31/2009 5:11:36 AM PDT by rabidralph
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If there are no viewers, being in the middle of the road doesn’t matter


10 posted on 05/31/2009 5:14:38 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
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I wonder does CNN count as viewers all the people in the airport terminals? Kinda like USA Today counts as circulation all the folks staying in motels/hotels.


11 posted on 05/31/2009 5:16:37 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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Since Obama took office, CNN’s prime-time audience has dropped sharply, raising doubts about whether the network’s middle-of-the-road strategy can be effective against more opinionated programming on Fox News and MSNBC.

Who does Calderone think he's kidding?

12 posted on 05/31/2009 5:16:38 AM PDT by sauropod (People who do things are people that get things done.)
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I’ve bitched about that for years.

Especially when changing planes in Atlanta.


13 posted on 05/31/2009 5:18:16 AM PDT by sauropod (People who do things are people that get things done.)
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CNN? Middle of the road?

Don’t think so.


14 posted on 05/31/2009 5:20:32 AM PDT by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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To: bert

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/05/28/after-aol-is-time-warners-next-deal-to-sell-itself/
After AOL, Is Time Warner’s Next Deal to Sell Itself?


15 posted on 05/31/2009 5:22:38 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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cnn has shown both sides during the campaign..they showed those who worshipped obama..and then those who only thought obama walked on water..


16 posted on 05/31/2009 5:23:13 AM PDT by BerniesFriend (no no..arrrrwwwhhh..as in surprise..)
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To: abb

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17 posted on 05/31/2009 5:23:45 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: sauropod

“Middle of the road” to Politico’s Mike Calderone is somewhere between Obama and Castro.


18 posted on 05/31/2009 5:28:14 AM PDT by CivilWarguy
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To: The Great RJ
CNN middle of the road???

That was the first thing that caught my eye, too.

If you buy that CNN middle of the road, you'll buy the rest of their bullsh*...

lol
19 posted on 05/31/2009 5:31:18 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: The Great RJ
While CNN didn’t descend into the orgiastic Obama love fest ...

Oh sure they did. It was the Cult-of-Personality all the time, with "experts" like Jeffrey Toobin and Hillary Rosen fawning 25/7. And they're still doing it, along with the rest of the wimpified cast - Rick Sanchez, Roland Martin, Anderson (I'm not Gay) Cooper, etc. etc. It never stops.

CNN is freaking unwatchable right now, it's so one-sided.


20 posted on 05/31/2009 5:33:35 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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