"Fickle CNN slouches to the right: Should stand for something!"

[DeepModem Mom]

Jon Friedman's Media Web
Fickle CNN slouches to the right
NEW YORK (MarketWatch)


....The cable network's Headline News outlet is poised to give a primetime slot to radio talk-show host Glenn Beck. He goes against everything that CNN has claimed to stand for -- a first-rate pedigree, a non-biased point of view and understated excellence. Beck's chief qualification is that he personifies controversy.

Then again, who do I think I'm kidding with this high-minded blather? OF COURSE, controversy alone is enough. In fact, it's PLENTY. If Beck catches on with his own unique audience, he'll get a shot to go on CNN. Then CNN will reckon that Bill O'Reilly will no longer be a factor on Fox and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough can go find himself a new country....

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It's no secret that CNN has been panicking as rival Fox News relentlessly widened the ratings gap between itself and the former "Clinton News Network." Rather than stick to one journalistic style and let an audience gravitate to it (the secret to Fox's success), CNN changed approaches and personnel regularly and, naturally, failed to establish a clear identity with the public and the critics....

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The talk-radio host Beck, as the witty Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out, "is just to the right of Attila the Hun." This is the guy who criticized some people who lost loved ones on 9/11 because they didn't agree with his political views. For good measure, he blasted some of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

CNN shouldn't be running a news supermarket. It should stand for something -- anything. Not only would it be a better network, but the morale of its beleaguered troops would go up. Pssst -- so might those precious ratings.


http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B696E0CD1%2D94E8%2D4AF6%2D80C6%2D40BC8E05EC2B%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

[no_more_rhyming]

1. This guy will do nothing but show

how far you can get from here. He will illustrate what moonbat really means.

[AX10]

2. CNN= Fox "News".

[gratuitous]

3. "Slouches" to the right?

First time I've ever seen one of those slow-motion, wind-in-the-hair, running-towards-each-other-on-the-beach embraces called a "slouch." C'mon Jon Friedman: Do a smidgen of research and open your eyes to CNN's relentless courting of Faux viewers to its own detriment.

[RamboLiberal]

4. CNN's defense of hiring this jerk in LA Times

"We did not set out to do a political show or a show from any political point of view or ideology," said Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN Worldwide, who runs the channel. "We set out to find an entertaining, engaging talk show host, and his brand of humor and lighthearted approach was one we liked.

"We like to think of this as Glenn conducting a conversation, not a confrontation," Jautz added. "We want a cordial atmosphere. It's not hot; it's not aggressive."

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Beck said comments he had made satirically had been taken out of context, describing his style as the kind of "harsh comedy" employed on the Fox television show "The Simpsons." He called himself a conservative but not a partisan, noting that he once voted for Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.

"I'm a guy who has opinions, who is a conservative, but I am not a guy who believes you should listen to me and guide your life by what I say," the 41-year-old talk show host said. "I do say controversial things, but I don't believe I'm a hate-filled guy."

He said that although he planned to discuss politics on the program, it was not going to be the main thrust of the show.

http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-beck23jan23,0,3173530.story?coll=cl-calendar

BTW, this jerk debuts in April - I bet he lasts less than 6 months.

[orwell]

5. How about...

...if CNN "stood" for journalism.

Now there is a crazy thought...

[Odin2005]

6. MSM is owned by Multinational corporations.

they won't say anything that hurts the profits of the parent company.