TVNewser has learned, and a CNN spokesperson confirms, that in his morning editorial meeting today, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein asked his show producers to avoid booking talk radio hosts. "Complex issues require world class reporting," Klein is quoted as saying, adding that talk radio hosts too often add to the noise, and that what they say is "all too predictable." (Via BC)Looks like they've decided to alienate a potentially large audience.
I understand that complex issues require world-class reporting and that's why I quit listening to CNN years ago. CNN quit being a world-class agency sometimes after Desert Storm. All they do is add to the noise, and they're all too predictable.
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I think it was General Patton who said that if everyone is thinking the same, a lot of people aren't thinking.
There may not be a dollar's worth of difference among the various talk radio hosts (and I am not willing to concede that point, there are significant differences between, say, Hannity and Prager), but there is not a dime's worth of difference among all the network news programs, or even their commentators. They are not merely predictable, they are predictable to 12-year-olds.
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