Everything Mark says about CNN’s strategy being doomed to narrow, rather than broaden their audience is correct. They are alienating not just liberals, but moderates with their hard right turn, and have almost chance to attract a significant fraction of the Fox News audience.
I think the way to make sense of this is to understand that Licht’s mandate is not really to either increase ratings or improve journalism; instead it is very simply to please John Malone, who just wants to dilute an independent news voice. On Thu, 18 May 2023 at 4:06 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > The question is this: The right have been told for years and years by Fox > News how CNN is evil. Does Licht think he can get them to change their mind > when that's all they've heard for years--and unless they can get Tucker > Carlson to join them and maybe Hannity or Ingraham? I'll bet that if > Carlson joined them tomorrow, the right would be calling him a traitor. > > And let this be said: If Licht is so right wing, why did he stay with > Colbert so long? As much as us in the group didn't like what he did to the > Late Show, it still has to be said that Colbert wasn't a ratings hit on CBS > until LIcht took over. It's not exactly like Republicans came flocking to > guest on Colbert when he was a hit (and is--"Gutfeld!" is only successful > in the ratings when everybody else is on vacation or on strike, plus he's > on at 11 and has the built-in advantage of viewers who leave the TV on Fox > News all day and won't switch unless Meemaw wants to watch Andy Griffith > reruns on MeTV). > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:50 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Traditionally liberal CNN personalities like Anderson Cooper and >> Christiane Amanpour are going to find themselves without an audience as >> Licht steers the channel rightward and everyone stops watching. Cooper and >> Amanpour are going to pretend to be above it all but they can’t escape the >> consequences of the editorial choices. >> >> On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:14 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Speaking to journalism grads at Columbia and accepting their namesake >>> award, Christiane Amanpour called somebody at the recent CNN town hall a >>> "nasty person"... >>> >>> https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/christiane-amanpour-cnn-donald-trump-town-hall-1235617260/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>> Kevin M, May 17th: >>> >>> If there’s any justice, the series will be called “Soft Ball with >>> Kaitlan Collins” >>> >>> >>> https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/media/cnn-kaitlan-collins-new-show/index.html >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7a0c0120-b0aa-43b9-8977-4fb3eac79d96n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7a0c0120-b0aa-43b9-8977-4fb3eac79d96n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFVbb%2B6W5xjzJb2Ue2aeGBYh732McfW5XN6EPOQFanR1A%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFVbb%2B6W5xjzJb2Ue2aeGBYh732McfW5XN6EPOQFanR1A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-XMhunPcR9u-3QReFGHwKETt_%3DeM_ud-hy0gOx8nkAHQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-XMhunPcR9u-3QReFGHwKETt_%3DeM_ud-hy0gOx8nkAHQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJMqHXv-BV1N5HDubP7Bzse20_V37nktfn8bdtRFX-hKg%40mail.gmail.com.
