tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post5535719579912090453..comments2023-08-19T05:57:04.215-04:00Comments on All Things CNN: Your Views on the News 5/14/11Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-60157142765613301322011-05-16T16:23:06.570-04:002011-05-16T16:23:06.570-04:00Donald Trump is not running for President because ...Donald Trump is not running for President because he looked like a stupid fool after Obama's announcement about bin Laden.<br />He realized there was no way he could ever win running against him.<br />No matter what he thinks of the POTUS, Obama's star has risen and he will become very hard to beat in '012. Trump became a joke, a man who judges a game show on TV as opposed to the Commander in Chief and the leader of the free world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-44370427773629137412011-05-16T16:03:38.174-04:002011-05-16T16:03:38.174-04:00According to TVN and the NYPost, Don Lemon has rev...According to TVN and the NYPost, Don Lemon has revealed that he is gay.<br />This by no means diminishes his work. However, he goes on to say that every gay person "needs to come out at their own time."<br />Call me old fashion, but there are people who, like myself, feel that this is totally a private matter and no, we don't NEED to know and embrace your sexuality.<br />In some cases it may well be the end of a career, even in the 21st century. And some "stars" already are aware of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-52900990387688039772011-05-16T15:52:31.426-04:002011-05-16T15:52:31.426-04:00I take issue with the statement:"CNN was the ...I take issue with the statement:"CNN was the highest ranking news network."<br />You fail to quote the source.<br />According to TVN Fox News is always is the top ten of cablers.<br />#22 is not the top ten.<br />If you state something as fact there has to be a source or it is not relevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-69947045513327962602011-05-16T13:47:06.334-04:002011-05-16T13:47:06.334-04:00Just last week there was a survey released
of the ...Just last week there was a survey released<br />of the must have channels. CNN was # 22.<br />It was the highest ranking news network. It<br />likely is due to breaking news. If something<br />big is happening you turn to CNN. That is<br />shown in the ratings for CNN this year. I am<br />hoping Dr Gupta will interview the kid in <br />Canada who might have found a cure for<br />cystic fibrosis. I am in favor of more stories<br />that are positive than negative. CNN needs to<br />keep an eye out for Bloomberg. Recently,<br />Bloomberg announced it will be getting into<br />Nielsen ratings. I don't take CNN serious for<br />business news. I don't think Ali Velshi or<br />Christine Romans understand the difference<br />between the deficit and the debt. They have<br />zero credibility on business matters. If they<br />did the business shows would not be political.<br />Maybe this will change with Erin Burnett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-39548648563615596742011-05-16T12:58:42.409-04:002011-05-16T12:58:42.409-04:00CNN needs to be chasing the real news
stories and ...CNN needs to be chasing the real news<br />stories and not Donald Trump. He is the<br />latest example of how easy it is to punk<br />the 24/7 news channels.<br /><br /><br />MSNBC has a banner at the top/bottom and<br />they have no issues with video. CNN needs to<br />fix the aspect ratio. I agree about ESPN. They<br />all of the info on the screen look great and not<br />clunky and in the way.<br /><br />CNN can only say we got pundits and that<br />is what makes them boring. This is the age<br />of Youtube, Facebook & Twitter. People just<br />offering their opinions played out last century.<br />Someone has to bring CNN into the 21st<br />century. We have an everchanging world and<br />cable news needs to reflect modern society.<br /><br />Even NBC gets it. Brian Williams will have a<br />Nightline type show in prime time. Nightline<br />is a hit with 18-49 year olds who really are<br />not into Leno or Letterman.CNN needs a<br />news magazine show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-19757036111786148592011-05-16T10:50:13.447-04:002011-05-16T10:50:13.447-04:00IMHO the news should be getting better and
not wor...IMHO the news should be getting better and<br />not worse. Journalists have so many tools now.<br />Technology has changed everything. CNN really<br />needs a Tech Show with Katie, Mario & Mark.<br />Why are the only on during the weekends. Tech<br />is way more popular than politics. CNN is so <br />clueless. Go to the CNN website and you will<br />notice that Tech is behind politics, justice and<br />entertainment. Bloomberg is way ahead of CNN<br />with Bloomberg West.CNN <br /><br />What happened to HLN. Now I can't even tune<br />in for half an hour to find out what is going on.<br />That is the problem with cable news. News is<br />lacking. Story-telling, original reports and<br />in depth segments.<br /><br />BY the way CNN Dr. Kaku is in , Bill Nye is out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-14055900834498255192011-05-16T09:27:49.333-04:002011-05-16T09:27:49.333-04:00Can CNN, CNN I & HLN shows be available
like w...Can CNN, CNN I & HLN shows be available<br />like with HBO GO ? It is the best thing ever.<br />Time Warner needs to do the same with it's<br />news channels if you are a subscriber , it <br />should come with benefits. Not only that<br />take a step further with live streaming. Think<br />multi-platform,accessibility and mobile<br /><br />I really like News Stream but the show is not<br />widely available in the U.S. Please make full<br />episodes available to all of the news shows<br />just like HBO GO. In the future I hope to see<br />CNN Go featuring shows from CNN, CNN I<br />& HLN. Online viewing is becoming so big<br />that Nielsen is considering adding it to the<br />television ratings for shows.<br /><br />Okay, I have a Game Of Thrones addiction.<br />More than 8 million have viewed the show<br />online. I have Direc TV, internet and mobile<br />devices as do millions of others. If you pay<br />for it, you should have easy access.<br /><br />HBO has a brilliant idea with Game of Thrones.<br />After Episode 6, you can go watch an advance<br />copy of Episode 7 on the web. I have read<br />that Jeff Bewkes is a fan of TV Everywhere. So<br />am I. It is a way for cable companies to compete<br />with HULU & Netflix. It is your product. You have<br />to work it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-47035740491253658592011-05-16T07:59:21.983-04:002011-05-16T07:59:21.983-04:00CBS,ABC & NBC get how to use HD during the
new...CBS,ABC & NBC get how to use HD during the<br />news.Is there a written rule in cable news that<br />makes the banner a permanent fixture. TV is<br />a visual medium. All video should be run full<br />screen with the exception of a media bar like<br />you get when you watch news on the internet.<br /><br />FOX is having some troubles on weekends and<br />with Hannity and Greta. They are losing viewers.<br />I agree about CNN and resources. It would cost<br />nothing for CNN to do this. Move the show title<br />to the right and have it animate from CNN logo<br />to show title all day long.. No crawls. Go with<br />infographics for crawl replacements. Just have<br />a video or pics with a sentence saying the news<br />during the breaks not using headlines that are<br />not a part of the show and can be used for <br />updating stories. Heck even show tweets from<br />your reporters on the stories they are working<br />on that will be seen on CNN. Same thing with<br />Face Book posts from reporters.<br /><br />CNN does need to add more international news.<br />Why they underuse CNN International is beyond<br />me. That is a no brainer.<br /><br />CNN become the world's largest source for<br />news, information and conversation. Debate<br />is one of the overused words on CNN. Have<br />an intelligent discussion. You can talk without<br />yelling or eye rolling. Make sure it is factually<br />based and not lies to viewers. For example,<br />the debt and deficit are 2 very different things.<br />Last week someone wrote an interesting item<br />on cable. news. One point raised in the article<br />was wether the people on cable news really<br />understand the news they deliver and sadly<br />the conclusion was no. Reporter should do<br />research and know the facts.<br /><br />Which leads me to another problem for CNN.<br />They have the worst packaging in the world.<br />Your money means it is tangible not taxpayers<br />money. That is money that is not even in the<br />system. The government does not use any<br />bill under 500 dollars. Why is the weather<br />extreme. Smart is the new rich makes no sense<br />at all. The slogans are horrible.<br /><br />I hope that before the 2012 campaign CNN<br />comes up with a new approach to politics.<br />I am hoping they bring back Tom Foreman<br />for Raw Politics.<br /><br />Fix HLN. Guess they could not stop at doing<br />damage to just CNN. Eliot Spitzer & Piers <br />Morgan never should have made it to tv.<br /><br />I could go for the best of CNN.dot.com on<br />weekends but edited down versions so that<br />you will still visit CNN for more. I really like<br />the Discovery idea. I watch all their channels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-27484038664124330792011-05-16T01:11:12.873-04:002011-05-16T01:11:12.873-04:00I meant "commanding presense," when I sp...I meant "commanding presense," when I spoke of Katie Couric's interview.<br />anon: 8:31pmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-42851956835099837182011-05-15T23:02:09.803-04:002011-05-15T23:02:09.803-04:00CNN needs to reformat all of it's shows.
All o...CNN needs to reformat all of it's shows.<br />All of the so-called news channels are<br />getting stale.CNN needs programs with<br />mass appeal. Cable news has to come up<br />with original programming. People could<br />care less about Casey Anthony or celebs.<br /><br />CNN needs to start experimenting on weekends.<br />Try going with an anchor free hour at 9 instead<br />of Piers Morgan, which people don't watch during<br />the week. CNN could use material from CNN Go,<br />Eco Solutions , I-list , Inside Africa, Backstory,<br />etc. to come up with Discovery type shows.<br /><br />If they are looking to go with a live audience,<br />they have have to go after people like George<br />Strombo. Not sure if they could pull this off<br />but hey the got Conan in the TW family.<br /><br />CNN could also do a news show based on<br />news from the web and social media. Quit<br />being too repetitive.<br /><br />TW is a huge media company. The own<br />mags and websites. Engadget is one of the<br />most popular sites. Guess who owns it and<br />Time video is awesome as well as the Time<br />Newsfeed. Being a part of TW makes a ton<br />of resources available for CNN. They just<br />don't know how to use what they have.<br /><br /><br />FNC viewers are older than 65. They don't<br />get large numbers of baby boomers. It is<br />not a model for the future. The future of<br />cable news has yet to be created. I don't<br />see anyone being creative are innovative.<br />It is the music and newspaper industry all<br />over again. <br /><br />Don't even get me started on graphics and<br />banners. Do they really need to cover a <br />quarter of the screen. It makes me regret<br />HD while watching the news. CNN should<br />drop the banners after 10 seconds and not<br />have on during the whole story. ESPN knows<br />how to make it look good and not block the<br />video.<br /><br />Also, get rid of the pundits. Talk about<br />a lack of imagination. It shows laziness. it<br />should be conversation and discussion not<br />ideology. Same for Piers Morgan and Eliot<br />Spitzer. They are bad tv.<br /><br />I can't take AM. Don't like any of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-31080958034747392362011-05-15T20:31:11.606-04:002011-05-15T20:31:11.606-04:00Have to say that Katie Couric has a demanding pres...Have to say that Katie Couric has a demanding presense.<br />Anybody who watched her 60 Minutes interview with Secry.of Defense Gates would have to agree.<br />She interrogates without anyone even realizing and gets responses like the POTUS did a "gutsey" thing. Something that is completly unexpected....as with Palin.<br />ABC will probably pick up her option on a syndicated talkshow if CBS still hasn't. They would be silly not to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-6447235983589795102011-05-15T12:42:56.905-04:002011-05-15T12:42:56.905-04:00@2:03AM - I totally agree! Keep all the great anch...@2:03AM - I totally agree! Keep all the great anchors and journalists and send all the others to HLN which has become more of a news talk show channel. However, it would be awesome to bring Larry King to do an hour interview once a week with a newsmaker and air it Saturday night with a Sunday repeat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-12471980059900203232011-05-15T02:03:24.438-04:002011-05-15T02:03:24.438-04:00Let's have all the hard news reporters like AC...Let's have all the hard news reporters like AC, John King, Wolf Blitzer, etc. stay at CNN and wipe the slate clean sending everyone else to HLN.<br />Piers belongs with Dr Drew. All great minds think alike.<br />He can join Nancy Grace and Joy Behar and everyone can interview each other.<br />This way CNN, can start hiring REAL journalists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-13006926645628688112011-05-15T01:30:55.583-04:002011-05-15T01:30:55.583-04:00I agree about the cluttered CNN graphics and disag...I agree about the cluttered CNN graphics and disagree about Piers Morgan Tonite, "getting better."<br />How could it get any worse?<br />The man is totally out of his relm when it comes to delivering the "News."<br />He has ALWAYS been a gossip columnist<br />and cannot handle hard news.<br />Having Chaz Bono on was like having<br />a "freak show," for entertainment in the middle of serious discussions in prime time.<br />It was pure sensationalism and DID belong on HLN and that's where Piers should be.<br />As for the graphics, under the visual, the font is way too small and usually I find myself reading the graphics and not listening to the main story.<br />Yes, it is distracting and there is entirely too much clutter on the screen.<br />Christine needs to go, along with Ali Velchi. She's useless and Ali also needs to be on HLN doing business reports. He seems out of place no matter where they place him on CNN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-90132390779221583502011-05-14T20:22:52.015-04:002011-05-14T20:22:52.015-04:00Piers Morgan Tonight is getting better but needs t...Piers Morgan Tonight is getting better but needs to move to weekends considering it's mainly a celebrity interview show. It's odd to have In The Arena cover news regarding Bin Laden, have an interview with Chaz Bono on Piers Morgan, then have Anderson Cooper continue with the Bin Laden news. Not sure why CNN chose to continue with the interviewing style of Larry King. I understand that Piers Morgan does cover breaking news at times but he just seems unmatched too CNN Primetime. Move to weekends, or HLN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-83240066845756446052011-05-14T20:02:05.735-04:002011-05-14T20:02:05.735-04:00In an article in NYT print edition,
advertisers ha...In an article in NYT print edition,<br />advertisers have finally acknowledged the fact that demographics have changed because of the recession, and baby boomers are to be recognized as the class with "the money."<br />Younger people have found it increasingly difficult to obtain/retain high paying jobs with college degrees and have less spending power. Older adults are just as willing to buy digital items as those formerly targeted in the 25-54 group.<br />This is something that Cablers have to reconsider as well.<br />Fox News, for example, figured this<br />out along time ago.<br />People 55 and older, still have pulses, buy flat screen TV's, and trendy items, if only to look and feel younger...and they have the buying power to do it, and many of them are retired, living on good pensions and watch TV.<br />CNN are you listening???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-86541537410375283652011-05-14T19:21:44.461-04:002011-05-14T19:21:44.461-04:00I understand that CNN has gone HD but I hate their...I understand that CNN has gone HD but I hate their on-screen graphics! I cannot read anything because the graphics are too small! Not only that, they are lowercased at times and long sentences are written out now and change frequently, distracting me from listening to people speak. It's needs to be bigger and simple. Get rid of the animated box that contains show logo/segment and replace it with a bigger CNN logo and LIVE tab above it to the far left, which would expand the subject/headline banner box. Also get rid of the time box, too pointless. I can barely even read the city location tab that appears on top of the screen. The graphics need to be redone and better. It plays a big part in watching CNN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-51976123175827586262011-05-14T19:15:14.529-04:002011-05-14T19:15:14.529-04:00I'm a little confused about American Morning. ...I'm a little confused about American Morning. Ali Velshi responded to a tweet a few weeks ago saying that he would only be co-anchoring with Kiran Chetry until the end of April. It's mid-May now and he is still on with Kiran and Christine. So is it permanent? I like him on American Morning, but Christine needs to go. She is trying too hard, and you read on Kiran's face sometimes "why is she anchoring with me?" CNN's anchors are mixing up too much. What's the point in hearing "I'm so-and-so in for Kyra Phillips" or "I'm so-and-so in for Ali Velshi".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com