CNN's new Crossfire: Gingrich/Cutter?

[RogueBeaver]

Headdesk is an understatement, though I definitely support Crossfire's return with different hosts.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/04/cnn-in-talks-with-newt-gingrich-stephanie-cutter-for-162439.html

[Marokai Backbeat]

CNN is an embarrassment.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

CNN is an embarrassment.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

CNN is an embarrassment.

[Lambsbread]

Seriously, The Onion is becoming a more reliable news source than CNN.

[BluegrassBlueVote]

http://youtu.be/aFQFB5YpDZE

[Lambsbread]

http://youtu.be/aFQFB5YpDZE

Jon Stewart f[inks]ing nailed it

[Lief 🗽]

This is a profoundly transformational development.

[Maxwell]

Yes, everyone, I agree with the fact that CNN is awful, but honestly, I would watch this. Gingrich is very entertaining in debate.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I still trust CNN more than the other two cable news networks.

[Franzl]

I still trust CNN more than the other two cable news networks.

That's like saying you would rather have pneumonia than AIDS.

[NVGonzalez]

CNN is an embarrassment.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Yes, everyone, I agree with the fact that CNN is awful, but honestly, I would watch this. Gingrich is very entertaining in debate.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

This makes me think of how "Cutter" is the TV news pronunciation of Qatar.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I still trust CNN more than the other two cable news networks.

That's like saying you would rather have pneumonia than AIDS.

They're better than the liberal hacks of MSNBC and the conservative hacks of Fox.  They are from perfect, though, but who is?

Plus, you can be cured of pneumonia, while as of now there is still no cure from AIDS...

[Franzl]

I still trust CNN more than the other two cable news networks.

That's like saying you would rather have pneumonia than AIDS.

They're better than the liberal hacks of MSNBC and the conservative hacks of Fox.  They are from perfect, though, but who is?

Plus, you can be cured of pneumonia, while as of now there is still no cure from AIDS...

CNN only appears like an unbiased news source in comparison to the other cable networks. That still doesn't make it worthwhile news.

[Goldwater]

Yes, everyone, I agree with the fact that CNN is awful, but honestly, I would watch this. Gingrich is very entertaining in debate.

[King]

There's such an obvious route for CNN to take to become #1 again and they're completely lost.

Cool/hip and opinionated news took down traditional reporting because it was so different and exciting, but now it's becoming part of the stale.  CNN should cancel all these stupid shows and put rugged, serious, hard anchors on camera.  Make their campaign about real news.

[Marokai Backbeat]

There's such an obvious route for CNN to take to become #1 again and they're completely lost.

Cool/hip and opinionated news took down traditional reporting because it was so different and exciting, but now it's becoming part of the stale.  CNN should cancel all these stupid shows and put rugged, serious, hard anchors on camera.  Make their campaign about real news.

That would take way too much effort.

[King]

There's such an obvious route for CNN to take to become #1 again and they're completely lost.

Cool/hip and opinionated news took down traditional reporting because it was so different and exciting, but now it's becoming part of the stale.  CNN should cancel all these stupid shows and put rugged, serious, hard anchors on camera.  Make their campaign about real news.

That would take way too much effort.

It would be so worth it, though, and the format would attract the cream of the crop in journalists.

It would at least cut into MSNBC ratings, as faux intellectuals who think Martin Bashir is interesting will flock to be seen watching Don Draper deliver the news.

[Oak Hills]

The trouble with CNN isn't bias, it's just how ridiculous it, the irrelevancy of many of the stories it covers, and especially the way it rushes to report stuff even if it has not been confirmed.

As for the going the serious route and attracting great journalists, Al Jazeera is already doing this.

[King]

The trouble with CNN isn't bias, it's just how ridiculous it, the irrelevancy of many of the stories it covers, and especially the way it rushes to report stuff even if it has not been confirmed.

As for the going the serious route and attracting great journalists, Al Jazeera is already doing this.

But Al Jazeera has a stigma attached to it with many Americans.  CNN is still a brand that can sell.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

There's such an obvious route for CNN to take to become #1 again and they're completely lost.

Cool/hip and opinionated news took down traditional reporting because it was so different and exciting, but now it's becoming part of the stale.  CNN should cancel all these stupid shows and put rugged, serious, hard anchors on camera.  Make their campaign about real news.

That would take way too much effort.

It would be so worth it, though, and the format would attract the cream of the crop in journalists.

It would at least cut into MSNBC ratings, as faux intellectuals who think Martin Bashir is interesting will flock to be seen watching Don Draper deliver the news.

So in other words, they go the Will McAvoy "Newsroom" route.

[Oak Hills]

The trouble with CNN isn't bias, it's just how ridiculous it, the irrelevancy of many of the stories it covers, and especially the way it rushes to report stuff even if it has not been confirmed.

As for the going the serious route and attracting great journalists, Al Jazeera is already doing this.

But Al Jazeera has a stigma attached to it with many Americans.  CNN is still a brand that can sell.

Yes, true, which is why commercial-supported CNN needs to go after this market before commercial-free Al Jazeera has it cornered.  I don't disagree with your assessment.
Plus, I'm somewhat conflicted on the topic of Al Jazeera anyway. I really like it, because it has great documentaries and serious newscasts, and it does a great job of giving a voice to those outside the mainstream without going off into conspiracy land; it is the only alternative media outlet I know of that isn't super-biased and/or nutty. On the other hand, I have reservations about it because it is owned by people affiliated with an undemocratic government that got all its money from petroleum. Sometimes, I like to think of its reporting as a kind of rebate for all that money we've spent on Middle Eastern oil.