CNN cancels 'Connie Chung Tonight'

AJC ^ | 3/25/02

[deJaz]

Actually I thought she was a lot better before.She seemed so boring since her comeback.Times have changed and new faces will take over.So long Connie.

[gorebegone]

"...they don't want people associated with the old crowd."

Does that mean we'll see a fair and balanced Connie in the future?

[Paul Atreides]

[kellynla]

Another leftie bites the dust...

[ErnBatavia]

You're hitting your stride again!

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

DECLINE OF RAT-ISM

Dennis Prager

The New York Times just published one of its most revealing articles in memory: "Outflanked Democrats Wonder How to Catch Up in Media Wars." Apparently, the Democratic Party is gravely concerned that its liberal message is not being heard. And the reason Democrats give is that conservatives dominate talk radio, Fox News, and the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times. Because of talk radio, two editorial pages and one cable news channel, liberals just cannot get their message across to Americans. Full disclosure demands that I acknowledge a vested interest here. I have been a radio talk show host for 20 years -- 16 in Los Angeles and the last four in national syndication (through the Salem Radio Network). So I read with a big smile how influential my profession is perceived to be. But all this begs two questions: why is talk radio so powerful, and why is it dominated by conservatives? The first question is particularly fascinating. That Democrats chafe at conservative dominance in talk radio is almost incredible -- because liberals dominate everything else. Liberals dominate television: Aside from some Fox News shows (remember the conservative Sean Hannity is paired with the liberal Alan Colmes), the liberals dominate everything on TV (with the exception of John Stossel's specials on ABC). They dominate CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC and CNN news broadcasts, and they dominate all television entertainment...

[Paul Atreides]

LOL! That one is an oldie!

[dadokane]

Hmnn, this Connie, she looks maybe North Korean, no?

[T. Jefferson]

Chung has a contract, worth about $2 million a year, that has more than a year left.

Chung will seek free agency in the ILL, the Irrelevant Liberals League, at most CNN can hope to obtain a conservative player to be named later. This is series....hugh stuff.

[Naspino]

I forced myself to sit through a couple Chung shows. I could not believe how unprofessional she was. I could not keep track of the number of slips and mistakes she made (looking at the wrong camera, mispronouncing common words, not able to construct a coherent sentence.) Aaron Brown should be next. All I can remember of him is his interview of Michael Moore. Moore suggested Bush should be killed while Brown nodded with neither agreement or disagreement. Journalism to CNN is never challenging our enemies and always challenging our patriots.

[Fishing-guy]

Her rating has been rising, yet they canned her. That really makes lots of economic sense. NOT.

[HoneyBoo]

Everybody have fun tonight...
Everybody wang Chung tonight

[eeman]

I have no opion on Connie Chung since I have not seen her since she interviewed Tonya Harding in 1994(although I would be happy to take the reminder of her salary for her contract).

I cannot believe they did not start "the new CNN" by getting rid of that smarmy little twerp Aaron Brown. I was channel sufing through the cable news coverage last night and he and Gen. Clark were on. If people watch this bilge on CNN, it is no wonder the DOW and NASDAQ tanked yesterday. They interpret every news item the most negative way. I would swear it was a modern day Dunkirk the way they were describing the various news item coming in

[Consort]

I hope they replace her with reruns of Fernwood Tonight.

[SevenofNine]

What took them so long I thought they cancel LONG TIME AGO Tumbleweed
I be honest here

Well I been watching Law and Order on TNT at that time

War Det Lennie Briscoe

[Timesink]

"Connie was hired by the old CNN crowd," the associate said. "There's a new crowd at CNN now, and they don't want people associated with the old crowd."

This is exactly bass-ackwards. Connie was hired by the new CNN crowd, the AOL lackeys, who so totally FUBARed the place that they all got fired. Then all the old CNN crowd came back.

Of course, the old crowd doesn't really have a clue on how to beat Fox any more than the AOL drones did, but at least they're getting rid of the bigger embarrassments.

By the way, ten bucks says she files an age discrimination suit.

[bart99]

Her ratings were high only within CNN shows...... but she was failing miserably against O'reily.

[PhilDragoo]

Come on, Connie, whisper in my ear, just our secret.

[capitan_refugio]

Yes, in the Los Angeles market she was up against Bill O'Reilly too. His numbers were usually 3 or 4 times her numbers.