An anniversary no one at CNN is ready to celebrate

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[auboy]

**Jim Walton, who will replace Isaacson (who leaves to join a think tank) this spring as CNN chairman, said he has four ways that he will measure success. Ratings is one yardstick, and the others are the quality of CNN's journalism, the network's profitability and the people who work there.**

Come on Jim, "the quality of CNN's journalism"? Don't you mean the quantity of CNN"s propaganda. If you're not smart enough to figure that one out, you won't be around for long either.

"and the people who work there"… ha… Woodruff… Begala… Carville. LOL

[Timesink]

I am still amazed that Aaron Brown is promoted as some sort of 'star." If memory serves me, he was a 2nd tier personality at ABC. Filled in for Koppel on Nightline, and was an weekend anchor, but was no 'star.'

Well, I wouldn't call him "2nd tier." He was very much on the front bench at ABC, but once you're on that bench, a weekend and Nightline anchor, there's nowhere higher to go but to be named permanent anchor of World News Tonight. And Peter's not going anywhere anytime soon. That's why Aaron moved to CNN; they offered to pretty much make him the face of the entire network. And along with him went the person responsible for hiring him at ABC in the first place, and many other members of the Aaron Brown/World News Now clique (the original WNN I mean, not the soulless CNN Headline News ripoff it is today).

Mr. Walton would do well to put "Little Gloria's" darling son (Anderson Cooper)in his place full time, not just on the weekend. The hour has a lightness of spirit, and a complete absense of "attitude" when he is filling in for Brown.

This will indeed happen ... when Aaron quits or dies. Mr. Cooper is very much a part of the Newsnight Mafia, and as you noticed, he's the permanent replacement anchor for Aaron. (They're also considering dispensing with the whole Atlanta-on-the-weekends thing and making Newsnight seven days a week, with Anderson anchoring from New York on Satuday and Sunday.) As for the attitude, believe it or not, but that's a big part of the reason Aaron's there in the first place; a lot of people really like his sarcasm.

[auboy]

You're welcome.

[FoxGirl]

Today is Daryn Kagan's 40th birthday!

There's just something annoying about her, I'm not sure what. Do you remember last year during her Emmy interviews (or Golden Globes, one of those, whatever), she was wearing a strapless gown. In the interview, the camera's angle made it look like she was nude. *snort*

[FoxGirl]

I try to avoid CNN, however, I have noticed lately that they manage to get a bit closer to the action during some of the LIVE coverage. Other than that, gag.

[quebecois]

CNN's underlying problem is that they are merely another left-wing propaganda outlet. What is the difference between them and ABC/CBS/NBC? Nothing. They were able to skate by so long as the long-suffering conservatives in the viewing audience didn't have a choice. But once Fox came along, the rationale for CNN's existence larely disappeared.

[skinkinthegrass]

Yeah, We'll hire Bubba's two most loyal, dogmatic, evil
talking heads, and call it balanced...CNN, an media ver-
sion of Monica Lew, Clintons' sycophant, away willing to
go down for party.

[FoxGirl]

Anderson Cooper...The hour has a lightness of spirit, and a complete absense of "attitude" when he is filling in for Brown

I've noticed this as well. He does seem to be a likeable guy.(or someone I can at least stomach)

[skinkinthegrass]

OH!, I Forgot 'Tailwind' and the Jesse Jackson Show.
GOOD GRIEF, Two more examples of 'good' programing @
the Ctinton News Network. :(

[skinkinthegrass]

Yeah, We'll hire Bubba's two most loyal, dogmatic, evil
talking heads, and call it balanced...CNN, an media ver-
sion of Monica Lew, Clintons' sycophant, always willing to
go down for party.

[Wait4Truth]

I must say I "drifted" away from CNN...I started watching Fox when I got it on cable but still watched CNN to hear the liberal side of things. It's good to know what the enemy is saying. However, two things happened:

1) Fox hired some liberals so I got the lib side from Fox. Maybe this is what Ailes had in mind.

2) CNN decided to go even more left when Fox started beating their butts. Bad move on their part.

CNN doesn't get just like MSNBC doesn't get it. When MSNBC's ratings got even worse, what did they do? They hired Donahue and Matthews turned into a screaming leftist liberal that fawned over hillary clinton. It is to laugh.

[billorites]

"In the interview, the camera's angle made it look like she was nude."

Really? Huh.

Think I'll draw a nice cold bath.

[desertcry]

It's the left-wing biase, stupid Just a small addendum: LIES, MANUFACTURING of NEWS, ANTI-AMERICANISMs, ENDLESS SPINs....

[antaresequity]

Executives at CNN tend to get exasperated when their network is defined narrowly in terms of its ratings race with Fox News Channel.

Hopefully these high paid college grads [yes I have a chip on my shoulder] can break out of the ratings focus. If they would only embrace their ideology then we can rejoice. Its the message...I hope they really embrace their message...

The road to irrelevancy and marginilization lies dab smack in front of them...I hope they embrace it.

Its the message stupid!

[antaresequity]

1) Fox hired some liberals so I got the lib side from Fox. Maybe this is what Ailes had in mind.

Have you noticed that the liberals on Fox cant help but moderate themselves and seem as if to gain new found common sense on issues?

All of the salaried liberals get saturated with common sense on a daily basis. They even have stronger character...Colmes for instance. He moderates himself...yet is true [to himself] in a logical and pragmatic sense. Gretta is another...

Most of the liberals on Fox have grown..matured if you will.

The same thing is happening with the public.

Constant propoganda will kill the left.

[537 Votes]

It's the left-wing bias, stupid.

Outside of academia and politicians, the vast majority of news-interested Americans are conservative. Those conservative Americans will watch unbiased news, but CNN's tendency to roll over and play dead for corrupt liberal politicos (eg Clinton) and murderous socialist politicos (eg Comrade Whathisname in N. Korea) doesn't digest well.

[2nd Amendment]

CNN is fair and balanced because they have the fire-breathing archconservative, right-wing fanatic Tucker Carlson facing the wily James Carville.

[Paulus Invictus]

CNN's problems? Hey, that's easy: heavily biased, leftists no longer get the audiences they once had. Another is the ghost of Terrible Ted Turner, Christian hater and far-left, former husband of the equally leftist Hanoi Jane.

Their problems will not go away. May they continue to lose viewers and listeners! Now, if we could only see the demise of USA Today, Time, Newsweek and US News and World Report---all left-leaners and irritating to us conservatives.

[Calvin Locke]

"But they're sitting ducks!"

I missed that. By design. I don't normally stay on CNN.

I hope the general responded something like:

"Okay, Wolf. We won't take out the ones that are planning to murder and commit mayhem only on the CNN family and audience. Happy?"