This summary of an interview with Jeff Zucker's boss (Phil Kent, CEO of Turner Broadcasting) seems like a good example of what is wrong with CNN, not a prescription for fixing it:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/turner-broadcasting-ceo-phil-kent-on-jeff-zucker-and-fixing-cnn_b172091 I understand that news is a business, and CNN needs enough viewers to justify ad rates and subscriber fees. But if the top decision-makers really do think of their business as creating stars that generate fans, then any hope of CNN ever coming close to again deserving the dignified voice of James Earl Jones is completely gone. Another bad sign is that Kent seems to see the number one problem as convincing a significant number of viewers who left because they bought into FN propaganda that CNN was too liberal to come back. That strikes me as Playboy spending a lot of energy trying to convince guys who left it for Hustler that it can be raunchy and tasteless too. CNN lost me as a viewer (not a "fan") when I finally became convinced that the CNN brand was no longer a reliable indicator of actual news content. It does not look like there is any reason for me to think that might change in the foreseeable future. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
