On Friday, May 13, 2005, NewsNight continued with '...an at the movies' evening. A very odd profile for a one hour news program. It was an old content documentary, "Infidelity" played for the hour with an occassion appearence by Aaron Brown to let everyone know he was still alive. The commercial content and "The Then and Now" segment was the only aspect of the program that fell under the Executive Producer's control. The "Then and Now" segment featured a teenage surfer girl that lost an arm to a shark bite.
On Monday, May 16, 2005, Aaron Brown was nowhere to be found but only another '...at the movies' program about 'forensic science' that has played over every other possible hour in the programming except perhaps Paula Zahn. She was replaced tonight by Anderson Cooper.
CNN is abandoning the concept of delivering the news except for their second station "Headline News.' Checked out briefly Nancy Grace tonight. I don't know the complete hour content but the last segment of the show was a missing girl. The screen presence of the material, the hostess and guests is very busy with dual screen display. I suppose it is interesting on a large screen plasma television.
I suppose everyone is allowed some vacation.
One other thing.
CNN is getting 'into' uniforms for it's anchors. The color of the day today was ORANGE. All the women looked like popcycles. They've been doing this for some time now, with form fitting design, leather apparel, Y necklaces and dipping necklines. I am surprised the women haven't declared 'a hostile work enviroment' yet, but perhaps they are waiting for the e-mail that requires them to wear 'cat suits.' I don't know who is generating this 'directive' but it is intended to amuse men both at the studios and in the audience as if in control of a woman's sexual appearance. This 'chronic tone' is of a dominatrix who is 'in control' for sexual excitment of men. The Dominatrix is a perferred sexuality for Christians on the 'rhythm' method. Maybe Dr. Phil who states he would like to interview Jesus Christ (It is unclear the purpose, perhaps for a session.) or Robby Ludlow came up with this together.
There is a great deal of the subliminal message that is dominated by Christian Heirarchical values that Ms. Bigot von Zwieten believes no one notices. Dominatrix sexuality, Christian Rock and Roll for Muslims as it was intended not to lure them into the faith.
CNN has always been very fluid and cutting edge in it's conceptual content and that is a strength but in this political environment it is proving to be their undoing. Nancy Grace's program is probably interesting on a big screen plasma television but for the average viewer with a 19 inch screen it is a very 'busy' television screen with smaller than average images. The content of the show keeps moving and provides a continual visual image with the dialogue but provides smaller than usual pictures of both.
I don't know where all these programming 'pauses' are taking the average viewer but it doesn't seem to me into a cohesive environment whereby all faiths and lack thereof can operate under one roof in harmony. There still plays through an under current of 'faith preference' and I just wish it would all be normal like it was before the bigoted evangelical Sharon von Zwieten arrived as an authority. She questionably has a healthy focus to the expression of focus of the programming which is AIMED at women and the fear that can be instilled there creating a 'helplessness' that has been witnessed in 'the real world' by America's Runaway Bride.
When is NewsNight coming back to be NewsNight? Where did Aaron go?
