tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post8280474680533795531..comments2023-08-19T05:57:04.215-04:00Comments on All Things CNN: Sunday Night on CNN: Debt Crisis CoverageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-26791475104540847692011-08-01T16:52:25.096-04:002011-08-01T16:52:25.096-04:00CNN's being utterly ridiculous now. They'...CNN's being utterly ridiculous now. They're interviewing Donald Trump about the debt ceiling. Who cares what he thinks about anything? Why give him airtime after he played everyone during his phony running for President shenanigans. Why do they seek out these useless, egotistical, desperate for attention blowhards like Trump? He has nothing to offer anyone. He should be IGNORED and they don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-74942559077052014722011-08-01T15:50:13.144-04:002011-08-01T15:50:13.144-04:00Someone mentioned MSNBC's Luke Russert on anot...Someone mentioned MSNBC's Luke Russert on another post. I was initially skeptical about him making the move to reporter on MSNBC so soon after his father passed away but he's turned out to be one of the better correspondents on that network. CNN needs more people like Luke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-13044161333993270022011-08-01T12:31:01.913-04:002011-08-01T12:31:01.913-04:00It will be interesting to see the ratings for
CNN...It will be interesting to see the ratings for <br />CNN, FNC & MSNBC for their debt ceiling<br />coverage. Does anyone know why CNN is<br />waiting a week to move 360 to 8. Are they<br />coming up with a new open, graphics and<br />music ? I don't understand the delay. I think<br />CNN gave a huge assist to MSNBC with bad<br />decisions and not having a vision or plan.<br />If you fire Jon Klein, why would you stick<br />with his plans. It is not like the guy had a<br />good track record.<br /><br />You guys might want to look into HLN. Is<br />Mike gone from HLN ? Since Friday i have<br />noticed that HLN is going with the ensemble<br />format and added Joe Carter into the mix.It<br />would be cool if they added some news topics<br />into the mix; I am just wondering if changes<br />will be coming to HLN. I am so over politics<br />right now so I need a break from the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-63091264587284995452011-08-01T11:31:51.593-04:002011-08-01T11:31:51.593-04:00Just out of curiosity we ran some preliminary
numb...Just out of curiosity we ran some preliminary<br />numbers for CNN ratings for July 2011. Well,<br />here is the data. We are doing this because we<br />know CNN will release a bogus press release<br />that says they are topping MSNBC form 9-5.<br />It won't matter. It's bad news. We focused on<br />prime time and not the rest of the shows but<br />it is a given that AM and others suffered hits<br />in the ratings. Also, we left out FNC because<br />it is not even close and we are concerned that<br />there are signs that MSNBC is pulling away <br />from CNN. Data is form TV Newser and some<br />days we did not count. So they could be a<br />little off. CNN will try to go with specials to<br />up the numbers but we are leaving them out.<br /><br />As usual 360 is CNN's highest rated show<br />averaging 810,000 viewers with 279,000<br />in the demo. Not bad but Ed topped AC in<br />viewers :913,000 & demo : 284,000. This <br />week is a toss out since nothing matters<br />until August 8 when 360 moves to 8 PM.<br />We'll keep an eye out for what happens <br />this month.<br /><br />ITA averaged 570,00 viewers with 163,000<br />in the demo. Meanwhile, TLW averaged <br />883,000/220,000. Not even close. CNN is<br />moving 360 to 8 PM hoping it will get some<br />viewers form MSNBC & HLN to get 360 closer<br />or over 1 million. We will get some picture<br />as to wether this works at the end of August.<br /><br />PMT averaging 716,000/218,000 and being<br />badly beaten by the TRMS 973,000/293,000.<br />Plus it will be interesting to see if Dr Drew's<br />numbers will hold this month. Viewers might<br />be looking for something new.<br /><br />Overall CNN averaged 699,000/221,000 in<br />viewers and demo in prime time vs MSNBC's<br />923,000/267,000.TLW causes MSNBC's demo<br />to take a hit. MSNBC got closer to 1 million<br />than CNN. CNN is under 700,000 viewers.<br />HLN got record ratings with Casey Anthony.<br />MSNBC pretty much held on to their viewers.<br />No matter how you slice it, CNN is heading<br />in the wrong direction.<br /><br />The big picture : when you get 100,000 plus<br />in viewers you've got problems,CNN went heavy<br />with Casey Anthony and MSNBC largely ignored<br />the story. There was only a 4,000 difference<br />in the demo between 360 and Ed, not bad.<br /><br />It is not even close between Rachel and Piers<br />period. She is beating him by more than <br />200,000 viewers and 75,000 in the demo.<br /><br />ITA is going away so it does not matter at<br />this point. But there are troubling signs for<br />CNN overall in prime time with signs that<br />MSNBC is solidifying. Without a doubt CNN<br />will have to make more changes before it is<br />too late. We can't see this current prime time<br />lineup making it through 2011. Much is going<br />to depend on how 360 performs.<br /><br />HLN will likely top both MSNBC & CNN but<br />how often do you get trials like Casey Anthony.<br /><br />Things have been moving this way for at least<br />4 months now. The 3Q numbers are shaping<br />up as bad news for CNN. This could be a year<br />in which CNN is badly beaten and bruised.<br /><br />No way can CNN spin this as good news.<br />Yes 360 likely went up but that is not enough.<br />Come August 8 we will be watching and keeping<br />and eye on the data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-63068598560777093592011-08-01T09:16:37.915-04:002011-08-01T09:16:37.915-04:00CNN has a Piers Morgan problem.WSJ has an
article ...CNN has a Piers Morgan problem.WSJ has an<br />article focusing on CNN and how they hired<br />Morgan.CNN looks bad here. The management<br />seemed to be too willing to overlook the ethical<br />issues with hiring Piers Morgan.<br /> <br />CNN claims they gave him slack because he is<br />not handling news. CNN just got caught in yet<br />another lie. Piers Morgan does breaking news<br />on CNN and it is video to prove this.<br /><br />This is going to raise several issues about the<br />judgment of the people in charge of running<br />CNN. Someone at CNN greenlighted a faux<br />ad campaign that is now shown to be lies.<br /><br />This is the first of a series of hard hitting<br />articles about a failure on the part of CNN<br />management.WSJ raises more questions like<br />paying for interviews.<br /><br />The reason this is happening is that many<br />media/business publications are asking some<br />questions. Something just does not pass the<br />smell test when it comes to the hiring of<br />Piers Morgan. Questions are being raised <br />about CNN's management.<br /><br />This is bad timing for CNN management as <br />they get ready to move 360 to 8 PM. At some<br />point advertisers are going to move from CNN.<br />It is clear from the WSJ article that Piers Morgan<br />has too much baggage. He is going to drag<br />down CNN. This is going to be ugly. It is starting<br />to look like a coverup on the part of CNN. Clearly<br />they tried to keep all of the details hidden, now<br />the media is digging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540471114822045290.post-22660017239318046952011-08-01T08:14:15.044-04:002011-08-01T08:14:15.044-04:00The July 2011 ratings will come out today and
look...The July 2011 ratings will come out today and<br />look for CNN to be 4th.HLN rose due to Casey<br />Anthony. The way CNN covered the debt man<br />made crisis is going to come back to haunt<br />the network. Not only did the tea party hijack<br />our political process, they hijacked CNN as well.<br />Since Nov 2010 CNN has been repeating tea<br />party talking points as news. Look for viewers<br />to move away from CNN. They were blindsided<br />when they found out that the American public<br />actually understood what was going on. It has<br />to do with the public moving towards. NPR,PBS<br />BBC, CBC and even Al Jazeera. People will tell<br />you that they like these news organizations <br />because you find out what is really going on<br />and you can't get that from CNN.I don't see<br />CNN changing nor fixing their problems. The<br />erosion will not just happen with CNN. For<br />the next 2 yrs watch how all will lose viewers.<br />There is no legitimate 24/7 news channel <br />anymore. Big mistake. Smart TV's permit me<br />to stream news channels right into my home.<br />One thing this whole debacle shows is that<br />the public will get the facts even if it is not<br />being offered on CNN. There has been a huge<br />shift away from information, reporting and<br />facts to opinion and that is boring and useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com