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Another Shakeup at CNN |
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CNN - Slip Sliding Away |
| Date Posted: |
06/07/2005 |
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from the happier world which is any place other than CNN; but granting that, it seems obvious, after the door has revolved so many times on the 6th floor (and in nyc), that when CNN did what it could do best, it won; now, it tries to do what Fox does best, and, not surprisingly, is being handed its head. And while it may be true that O'Reilly is losing audience (possible proof for the existence of God?) CNN is not gaining. Denied a dying Pope or cosmically inclement weather, Mr Klein's network seems powerless to do anything substantive -- be it news, or audience-building. But it does do one thing, under Jim Walton's cold-eyed and small-hearted aegis: make a ton of money. So even if purportedly new use of on-line technology is just another iteration of what CNN was doing a decade ago, and even if TW keeps importing eps that may have finally begun to fail down, as long as the coffers swell, little will change -- including the well-deserved slide into declining audiences and decreasing relevance. |
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"now, it tries to do what Fox does best, and, not surprisingly, is being handed its head."
True words... It seems that all the scrambling and changes over at CNN are really indicating the desperation to find the right combination.
Sadly, you get the feeling that they wil never figure it out. All the changes may in fact be counterproductive.
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