tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post3397249286274639042..comments2023-08-19T05:57:04.215-04:00Comments on All Things CNN: Your Views on the News 5/28/11Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-7012556692771093082011-06-02T21:06:16.119-04:002011-06-02T21:06:16.119-04:00When Joy Behar on HLN gets better ratings on an of...When Joy Behar on HLN gets better ratings on an off nite than AC/360,<br />there is something wrong with the show that ultimately put Mr.Cooper in the limelite.<br />Perhaps more time should be spent improving what you have, rather than looking for more of what you haven't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-447439686193012582011-06-01T08:57:34.111-04:002011-06-01T08:57:34.111-04:00Anon 1:50 , love the idea. Sounds pretty
ambitious...Anon 1:50 , love the idea. Sounds pretty<br />ambitious and nothing like that exists now.<br />Sure technology can help . You can use an<br />Iphone for live shots and steaming live news<br />and events. Yes lets see all of the people it<br />takes to make the news come to us. How do<br />you pull something like this off ? I say also<br />have still photos and people take photos with<br />a phone or other means. It might actually get<br />viewers to stick with CNN longer than usual.<br />CNN needs to modernize and evolve. I hope<br />the plan would also include CNN International.<br />I also say have sub titles for all of the people<br />you will see. Yes the anchors and the reporters<br />you might know but not the others. Just a<br />simple first name and job description. Along<br />with the time this all went down. Hope it<br />really happens. Cable news can be boring<br />but this might actually get viewers to stick<br />with CNN for longer periods. Hope it really<br />happens. Would definitely DVR this. This<br />could be the new show for 8 PM. It can<br />have kind of a Wire vibe to it. It must be<br />fast paced and edited like a drama you <br />could see on HBO. Soundtrack included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-79860353770028127542011-06-01T02:07:10.417-04:002011-06-01T02:07:10.417-04:00Folks, whether you like Sarah Palin or not, and I ...Folks, whether you like Sarah Palin or not, and I don't, she still IS NEWS.<br />If Jon Stewart thinks she's news, and has a bit about her, then she's news.<br />Tonite his piece was as good as it gets.<br />His caption under her tour bus was:<br />"Driving Miss Crazy" and Samantha Bee was the reporter and as clever as ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-47345481924942345432011-05-31T20:19:48.014-04:002011-05-31T20:19:48.014-04:00I'm a longtime CNN viewer and, usually a fan. ...I'm a longtime CNN viewer and, usually a fan. Has anyone else noticed that John King has a habit of repeating himself to make a point? It's beginning to annoy me a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-30824702048207265072011-05-31T14:22:28.158-04:002011-05-31T14:22:28.158-04:00CNN is about to have a major league
embarrassment...CNN is about to have a major league <br />embarrassment. The kids are light<br />years ahead of CNN. Already, they<br />have traced the tweets to one guy<br />and the race is on to reveal who he<br />truly is. C'mon CNN Andrew Breitbart.<br />When someone comes on your network<br />and makes accusations about underaged<br />girls , you better have proof and not just<br />make stuff up. By the way is CNN admitting<br />it employs some Breitbart employees. On<br />air apologies coming soon. As Bugs says<br />what a moron, what a dope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-55412168915108165072011-05-31T13:50:15.923-04:002011-05-31T13:50:15.923-04:00I always thought that CNN should just turn on
the ...I always thought that CNN should just turn on<br />the cameras in the news room and out in the<br />field everyday and turn it into a daily news<br />show/drama if you will. Let's see all play out.<br />Conversations, tweets, live feeds, interviews.<br />Follow the story as it makes it 's way to the<br />air for viewers to see. Cameras everywhere.<br />Capturing moments all day long unfolding <br />live right before our eyes. Unscripted moments<br />can be the best stuff ever. Do we have to see<br />people just reading a teleprompter all day long.<br />Even the meetings of the shows producers<br />deciding on the stories being featured on CNN<br />shows all day long and out in the field footage<br />of reporters and photographers en route to<br />the stories you will see on CNN all day long.<br /><br />A real, raw behind the scene looks at the<br />daily gathering of news. Show it as it is<br />actually coming together and show the<br />finished products during the show and if<br />it is not done or is playing out all day long<br />just use a stay tuned banner. I call it real<br />time news. All day long tell viewers when<br />they can see the final product and on <br />which shows the various stories will be<br />featured on CNN. Stream all of this live<br />in the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-92229796488605274582011-05-31T12:42:34.106-04:002011-05-31T12:42:34.106-04:00Here is my say. CNN should have learned after
the ...Here is my say. CNN should have learned after<br />the Donald Trump episode that Sarah Palin is<br />not news. Morning Joe said it best. AM was okay<br />when it was Tj & Kiran. The duo had were able<br />to grow the numbers and what happens. CNN<br />kicks Tj to the curb and bring on Christine and<br />Ali. What ? CNN is following Breitbart again and<br />giving him face time on the network. It is so easy<br />to punk CNN. Trump, Palin & Breitbart make this<br />pretty clear. You find yourself asking are they <br />really that dumb at CNN. Boycott CNN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-87306275875435260542011-05-31T11:53:34.619-04:002011-05-31T11:53:34.619-04:00Anticipating the May 2011 numbers. Let's
see w...Anticipating the May 2011 numbers. Let's<br />see what really happened. CNN needs to<br />think out of the box. Do you really have<br />to see the same shows each night. Heck,<br />how about movies related to news events<br />sometimes on the weekends. Too Big Too<br />Fail could be on CNN in the fall. A few years<br />back there was an HBO movie about how<br />CNN covered the first war in Iraq. I mean<br />movies that they have that are related to<br />the news and other HBO docs and Real <br />Sports.CNN has got to start thinking more<br />like USA, TNT and other cable outlets. A<br />movie on Saturday from 8- 10 just<br />might work. Not to even mention all of the<br />movies that TW own. Hello, Turner Classic<br />movies and Warner Bros. Let me be clear :<br />movies that are tied to actual events and<br />historical events like Midway. Since TW<br />already owns these. It would cost CNN<br />zero and it is a huge vault CNN can reach<br />into and have on Saturdays. Try once a<br />month in the fall and see what happens.<br />CNN is a cable news channel so keep it<br />news related and topical. I really don't<br />understand the repeats on CNN.<br /><br />Suzanne Malveaux is a better anchor than<br />Kyra Phillips and Carol Costello. With you<br />on Randi Kaye. Agree about TJ and Don.<br />Brooke is getting better. I saw something<br />about 2 weeks ago that said Suzanne and<br />Randi were winning their time slots.<br /><br />Toure would be interesting. I have seen<br />his shows on Fuse and it could be a type<br />of franchise show for CNN. Toure has<br />interviewed Lady Gaga. Lil Wayne and<br />others. I noticed that AJ Hammer has<br />a Jackson 5 special this weekend. I am<br />sure our moms might find the Jackson 5<br />interesting. Not my speed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-65888657851908817302011-05-31T10:26:03.763-04:002011-05-31T10:26:03.763-04:00Erin Burnett as a permanent host with alternating
...Erin Burnett as a permanent host with alternating<br />female reporters at CNN networks to target women<br />with a news show at 8 PM. Yes. music is vital to<br />the show and is used to connect with a particular<br />news item. Pick a different opening/closing song<br />each day and have song in and out of breaks.<br />The possibilities are endless and it won't be the<br />same thing over and over again.<br /><br />If CNN can get George Strombo, we say yes.<br />Have checked out the show on line, would be a<br />good fit being it strikes the right mix of being<br />a news/interview show. Put him on at 9 PM.<br /><br />360 from 10 PM to midnight. It is the hottest<br />show on CNN and it could get better ratings if<br />CNN keeps the content interesting.<br /><br />At midnight switch to CNN International. Give<br />viewers as much live news as possible. <br /><br />At 7 stick with John King, but make the show<br />title fit. America is bigger than Washington.<br />Stop being an inside the beltway show with<br />talking heads. Give us news from all across<br />the U.S. mixed with global news and interviews.<br /><br />Do the current Sit Room at 5 but at 6 have<br />Wolf Blitzer do a completely different version<br />of the Sit Room with a different format. Make<br />it a competitor of the big 3 evening newscasts.<br /><br />CNN needs only 1 show with the title News<br />Room. If you go to the website it is the same<br />except for they change the anchors.<br /><br />Right before Wolf have a show based on news<br />in social media ,tech and digital media and<br />people who are actually changing the world<br />with apps, gaming, innovation and the next<br />big thing.I say give all of the tech people<br />who are on CNN during the weekends the<br />show. Mario, Katie, Mark and tech people<br />from CNN.dot.com. 3- 5 PM. CNN does not<br />have a decent business show. CNN overall<br />misses too many news stories that you see<br />on Bloomberg, ABC, CBS & NBC.<br /><br />We have to put some thought into dayside but<br />it is clear American Morning like most CNN<br />shows is in trouble. Do you really have to go<br />with permanent anchors from 9-5. Mix things<br />up each day and stop going with tired old<br />formulas for the news. VH1's Morning Buzz<br />is better than American Morning.<br /><br />Without a doubt CNN really should use music<br />all day long. Nobody reads news or books<br />with out music in the background these days.<br />Of course this is because of mobile devices.<br /><br />There are very few personalities in the cable<br />news universe that people tune in to see.<br />You either have it or you don't. It is essential<br />to have anchors and hosts on the air that<br />won't turn viewers off. Sadly, that is the big<br />problem with Piers Morgan and Eliot Spitzer.<br />They just are not good at tv and you are not<br />interested in the shows and turn the channel.<br /><br /><br />CNN needs to focus on content. Use the<br />resources of CNN, CNN I , Time, SI and<br />all of the other Time Warner properties.<br />Get away from ideology and do some real<br />reporting. I am sorry but the reporting and<br />story-telling needs some attention. The<br />writing is lacking.<br /><br /><br />Why CNN wants to put more crap on the<br />screen with HD is beyond me. Video is<br />really important for a visual medium.<br /><br />CNN needs new faces. Go for a Chris Cuomo<br />for a new morning show along with Toure,<br />who used to be with CNN by the way.<br />Mabye Isha Sesay as the female anchor<br />along with some digital journos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-56509149841096719332011-05-31T08:21:15.271-04:002011-05-31T08:21:15.271-04:00CNN is a joke, They are the Sarah Palin, tea
party...CNN is a joke, They are the Sarah Palin, tea<br />party, right wing crazies network and it is<br />destroying CNN's brand. Once upon a time<br />you could believe the news you saw on CNN.<br />Not any more. First, they must fix the credibility<br />issues. CNN must split from Dana Loesh and<br />Breitbart and RedState. These are not legit news<br />orgs and they need to recognize the difference.<br />CNN is treating the Anthony Weiner story like<br />it is his problem. It is clear he did not send the<br />photo and if you know anything about social<br />media and fake photos you know it was just<br />peddled by right wing activists. CNN must<br />get these people off of the payroll. I don't<br />think CNN ever went heavy with John Ensign<br />and he is facing possible jail time. Don't <br />waste your time watching CNN, they can't<br />get the facts straight. The fact that this is<br />being pimped by right wing blogs and Dana<br />Loesh is right in the middle of it with tweets<br />along with some guy on Twitter should send<br />up red flags. Funny how CNN failed to say<br />anything about Dana Loesh in their story.<br />These are the same birther folks back again<br />trying to get the media to follow a fake news<br />story rather than real news. CNN is nothing<br />like what Ted Turner envisioned. Turner<br />understood news on a global scale. The<br />current people running the network are<br />not visionaries .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-33059430942727973722011-05-31T07:58:52.410-04:002011-05-31T07:58:52.410-04:00CNN needs to start from scratch with AM and
go wit...CNN needs to start from scratch with AM and<br />go with an all new team. The 2 hr news shows<br />are not working. Go back to the hour long news<br />show with fresh updates to stories that really<br />matter and add new material all day long, If<br />people are not getting decent ratings, you<br />don't promote them. CNN ruined Suzanne's show<br />with worthless segments and trying to make it<br />like TSR. Eliot Spitzer. Piers Morgan. Ali Velshi,<br />Kiran Chetry, Christine Romans, Carol Costello<br />and others are not working for CNN.<br />CNN had better find a way to promote Don <br />Lemon and TJ Holmes before they lose them<br />to other networks. These 2 clearly deserve a<br />higher profile. They are getting better numbers<br />than their daily counterparts at times. I like<br />Fredricka on the weekends. With the exception<br />of 360 , I would not watch any of the other<br />teams. The assembling of teams for news <br />shows has to have a certain chemistry and<br />many of those names just don't have them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-84016674498763976572011-05-30T19:22:38.309-04:002011-05-30T19:22:38.309-04:00According to TVN, Sarah Palin "doesn't wa...According to TVN, Sarah Palin "doesn't want to accommodate members of the news media, except for Fox."<br />With that said, she is NOT going to run for President.<br />When you run for President Sarah, you can't pick and chose who asks you questions.<br />You are another Donald Trump, afraid of full disclosure...like Katie Couric didn't prove you were dumb last time around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-48319971247874226602011-05-30T12:45:49.317-04:002011-05-30T12:45:49.317-04:00Anyone know who will be anchoring CNN Republican d...Anyone know who will be anchoring CNN Republican debate on June 13th?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-80602781660826286862011-05-29T19:00:59.365-04:002011-05-29T19:00:59.365-04:00John McCain really is a nut case if he thinks stup...John McCain really is a nut case if he thinks stupid Sarah can win over Obama who is absolutely brilliant.<br />The scary part is that there are people who are just as stupid as she who will vote for her because they don't want a black man in the White House.<br />Even Chris Christie is better than she and I never thought I'd say that. At least he can read a map.<br />The woman knows absolutely nothing except how to market herself!<br />It was frightening enough having her a heartbeat away from being President.<br />In this country, even Snookie can run and people would vote for her.<br />What a travesty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-12676600066197333362011-05-29T15:52:47.400-04:002011-05-29T15:52:47.400-04:00I am not enjoying the lower-cased graphics on CNN,...I am not enjoying the lower-cased graphics on CNN, especially because it is now in HD, everything looks smaller. I thought it was better when it was all capitalized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-60668875114252462092011-05-29T01:42:48.291-04:002011-05-29T01:42:48.291-04:00Although you seem to have given this schedule alot...Although you seem to have given this schedule alot of thought, I disagree with some of the line up.<br />Ali Velchi should NOT be given a morning spot.<br />He is a business anchor and we should hear from him on weekends ONLY.<br />I agree that Suzanne Malveux should return to covering the White House with Ed Henry.<br />But to have Wolf Blitzer who has proven himself for decades on CNN, sharing his 2 hours, which was 3, with John King is ridiculous.<br />Both are star performers and if anything, John King should take over Eliot Spitzer's spot or go back to weekends and do away wtih Candy Crowley. King did a much better job with that show and traveled the country while Candy sticks like glue to the studio.<br />The worst combo had to be Soledad with Eliot. <br />I like Eliot but now agree, he is not ready for primetime. And Soledad should stick to documentaries or co-host with Kiran.<br />As for Kyra, let her join her hubby on Fox.<br />Do agree with the AC combo with Isha now that AC is "flexing his muscles" in daytime.<br />Also like the fact that the "Moron" is relegated to the weekends.<br />Give TJ a morning spot, perhpas with Kiran.<br />And at twelve NOON we should go back to Ted Turner's idea and see CNNi for one hour if only because the world is now more global than ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-37122673001556517822011-05-29T01:05:16.768-04:002011-05-29T01:05:16.768-04:00Christine Romans should stick to financial news an...Christine Romans should stick to financial news and Suzanne Malveux, who I am a big fan of, should return to reporting for the White House with Ed Henry. I think the CNN schedule should look more like this:<br /><br />6AM-10AM: American Morning with Kiran Chetry & Ali Velshi<br /><br />10AM-2PM: CNN Newsroom with Kyra Phillips & Carol Costello<br /><br />2PM-6PM: CNN Newsroom with Randi Kaye & Brooke Baldwin<br /><br />6PM-8PM: The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer & John King<br /><br />8PM-10PM: CNN Tonight with Soledad O'Brien & Eliot Spitzer<br /><br />10PM-12AM: CNN360º with Anderson Cooper & Isha Sesay<br /><br />12AM-6AM: CNN International<br /><br />Weekend mornings with TJ Holmes & Fredricka Whitifield. Weekend afternoons with Alina Cho & Drew Griffin, and weekend evenings with Don Lemon & Hala Gorani. Have Piers Morgan do one celebrity interview a week, airing Saturday with a Sunday repeat or move him to HLN. No reason to keep the same show format as Larry King. Keep Candy Crowley, Fareed Zakaria, Howard Kurtz, Sanjay Gupta, etc. with their shows on the weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com