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CNN PLANS SHAKEUP AT HEADLINE (response to dumpster ratings)
NY POST ^ | 2/20/05 | TIM ARANGO

Posted on 02/20/2005 3:09:00 AM PST by Liz

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To: Qwinn

My thoughts exactly... they will go all-out al-Jazeera now, this is their latest excuse.

When they bring some non-flaming-liberals on board, I might tune in again.


21 posted on 02/20/2005 3:52:25 AM PST by thoughtomator (If Islam is a religion, so is Liberal!)
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To: Liz

Wasn't the whole point of Headline News to be a place where the news was read through a half hour cycle continuously so there was somewhere to go to catch up if the main network was doing one of their talkfests or other non news programs?


22 posted on 02/20/2005 4:13:18 AM PST by xp38
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To: dirtboy

Ecellent comment. I heartily agree.


23 posted on 02/20/2005 4:21:20 AM PST by Banjoguy (The party of Democrats is not democratic.)
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To: xp38

Yeah, back in the "Stone Age," it was.


24 posted on 02/20/2005 4:25:12 AM PST by Liz (Wise men are instructed by reason; lesser men, by experience; the ignorant, by necessity. Cicero)
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To: tongue-tied
The few times I've seen CNN's version recently they were trying too hard to be hip, and cool.

No kidding. Hip and cool? Damn, I missed it (/sarc).

25 posted on 02/20/2005 4:27:46 AM PST by Liz (Wise men are instructed by reason; lesser men, by experience; the ignorant, by necessity. Cicero)
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To: Liz

I hope Grace moves on totally to CNN. It would be good for both. Meanwhile Court TV could develop legal shows along the lines of trading places -- with real-world lawyers and real-world legal advice.


26 posted on 02/20/2005 4:30:28 AM PST by bvw
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To: stopem
A WHOLE hour of Nancy Grace? That should boost ratings. Not!

That woman (cause she sure ain't no lady) has nothing but a hate-on for anything and anyone who crosses her. She is less concerned about whether her judicial observations are correct, than she is about coming across as some sort of crusader (since her fiance' was murdered many years ago).

Anytime I see her mug glaring out of my TV screen, it's an automatic 'click'.
27 posted on 02/20/2005 4:30:48 AM PST by Mad Mammoth
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To: Liz

im taking bets that six months from now their ratings between seven and nine will tank
any takers?


28 posted on 02/20/2005 4:50:47 AM PST by JohnLongIsland
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To: Miss Marple

FOX cnn


29 posted on 02/20/2005 4:51:03 AM PST by Vaduz (and just think how clean the cities would become again.)
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To: Qwinn

Yep -- CNN // Ted Turder.. its not the format!!! Its the dishonesty. They will never ever ever GET IT !


30 posted on 02/20/2005 5:03:07 AM PST by A message (yep)
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To: JohnLongIsland

....there's no surer way to cash in then betting on that eventuality....


31 posted on 02/20/2005 5:04:11 AM PST by Liz (Wise men are instructed by reason; lesser men, by experience; the ignorant, by necessity. Cicero)
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To: Liz

Rearranging the deck chairs....


32 posted on 02/20/2005 5:04:41 AM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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To: Miss Marple

Amen!


33 posted on 02/20/2005 5:13:20 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: Liz
will begin airing "Showbiz Tonight" ... the legal talk show "Nancy Grace,"

So they're going from news to fluff. Good solution. (As if the world needs Nancy Grace on yet another channel)

Reporting the news is too much work anyway.

34 posted on 02/20/2005 5:14:33 AM PST by angkor
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To: driftless
They always emphasize U.S. military and civilian Iraqi deaths and casualties while underreporting objectives and triumphs.

Underreporting triumphs? They don't report anything but body counts. That is it, nothing else.

CNN isn't exceptional in that reagard, but it's still disgraceful.

35 posted on 02/20/2005 5:17:45 AM PST by angkor
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To: Liz

Hey CNN. Whatever shakes out at the shake up...every breath you take, every step you make, we'll be watching you.


36 posted on 02/20/2005 5:22:34 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Liz
The network will launch a new primetime lineup tomorrow — the first time in the network's 20-plus years on the air that it's making a break from airing straight newscasts.

Just re-arranging the liberals
37 posted on 02/20/2005 5:25:28 AM PST by uncbob (Yep just watching a bunch of millionaires having fun almost like watching POLO)
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To: tongue-tied
They could start a network where the anchors were professionals and simply read the news, without slipping editorial statements in.

Here in Metro DC we have the Mhz Network which runs 30 and 60 minute daily news shows from all around the world.

Some are in the native language, some are in English, and some with English subtitles.

But I kid you not, even the French and German news broadcasts are more interesting, less biased, and more globally comprehensive than the swill that pours forth from CNN.

Most of the shows include one or two newsreaders who announce a story, then allow a 2 to 5 minute in depth report to be shown. No phony jocularity, no smart quips, no false repartee. Just the news.

Really, the state of American news broadcasting is a disgrace.

As for BBC News, that's not shown on Mhz but is relegated to the PBS evening feed, where it belongs. It is by far the most sneering anti-American news broadcast out there (again, even compared to France and Germany).

38 posted on 02/20/2005 5:27:50 AM PST by angkor
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To: Mad Mammoth

"That woman (cause she sure ain't no lady) has nothing but a hate-on for anything and anyone who crosses her. She is less concerned about whether her judicial observations are correct, than she is about coming across as some sort of crusader (since her fiance' was murdered many years ago)."

I do not have a problem with her. She is smart, articulate, and well-informed. She was on 'our' side during the Simpson debacle.


39 posted on 02/20/2005 5:29:45 AM PST by rawhide
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To: Liz

"OMG, the prospect of CNN airing the Jackson family story in-depth is enough to make my skin crawl. "

What liberals really mean when they say it's 'for the children'.


40 posted on 02/20/2005 5:33:01 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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