I'm actually perfectly fine with CNN wanting to seek programing options to avoid the 24-hour news cycle. It saves them from throwing a bunch of opinionated talking heads onto the screen, and -- since they aren't willing to invest money in local bureaus or experts in related fields -- they frankly shouldn't be trying to program news shows in every block, every day. I could easily see them doing a fun end-of-day show like fx's long defunct BackChat (the vehicle that launched Jeff Probst) where viewers provided feedback via email and video. And I actually enjoyed D.L. Hughley's show on CNN a few years back, but it was never given the chance to expand (anyone remember the first season of two of Politically Incorrect when they had a tiny studio audience and too many ideas going too many directions? but someone gave Bill Maher time to work out the kinks).
If there is an event requiring expanded coverage, CNN ought to be able to do that, but when the news runs at its standard pace (and as long as CNN underfunds news programing, thus preventing it from being effective), thrice-a-day newscasts are more than enough. But since CNN clearly isn't committed to news, having a lineup containing all news programing makes no sense. Better to throw other things into the mix. On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Wesley (in Texas) <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the New York Post, so we can't entirely discount the story being > fabricated in order to embarrass a News Corp. rival, but given how messed up > CNN is, this seems entirely plausible and sad. > > http://goo.gl/is3HT > > Screw the news, lets get us some of that reality money with the "Search for > America's Next Top Newsmodel". > > -- > Wesley McGee > http://www.ambivi.com > http://sterlingnorth.vox.com > http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com > > Twitter: @westwit > G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
