Wednesday, November 2, 2005
I have been nothing but CORRECT about this entire situation
I know I am CORRECT about everything else.
The Problem was Aaron wasn't the Bigot they expected him to be.
CNN started their 'Christian Rant' again with commercials such as "Joseph Banks." Those are the commercials they ran when Bush was running for office in 2004. Since Anderson Cooper was promoted with the Katrina Campaign of Popularity there has been issues of tension between him and Aaron mostly at the insistance of Anderson Cooper.
Needless to say there has been a desire to rid themselves of Aaron's broadcast talent and honesty for some time.
My experience with Aaron Brown has been one of insight. Aaron has mostly come to my awareness of a man of integrity and honesty when he wasn't intimidated by the Executive Producers there. During a time in 2004 there was an e-mail that came stating there would be a presentation by Beth Nissan from the airbase where the casualities from the Iraq War were taken. I wrote Aaron and asked if he knew by some chance what the casualities were at that point. I find the reference sometime in my notes. Right after Beth gave her presentation, Aaron came back on the aire live stating there were a total of 10,000 wounded, transported and treated.
That was his dedication to the truth he had regarding the issues of the war. He felt people with reasonable and good questions should have the information regarding issues.
The very next night there was another measure of untruth handed down by the Propaganda Queen in that the total casualities other than those dead was only 1000. Needless to say Aaron got in trouble for being the Managing Editor and didn't hide the truth enough to please the likes of people of Rove's caliper.
I wrote Aaron and David Bohrman some time ago and stated I thought Anderson Cooper should have his own news hour as he was doing weekends at that time. Little did I know this would become the end to a quality news hour at 10:00 PM.
After years of at least half the public demanding 'the truth' regarding the war in Iraq, the Republicans and their pundits at CNN are running scared. With Rumsfeld demanding more troops to deploy and recruitments falling Anderson Cooper comes along to sell enlistment through hero worship of the Emergency Personnel in New Orleans.
See you on Monday Anderson. E-mail of course !
CNN Ousts Aaron Brown and Gives Slot to Anderson Cooper
By BILL CARTER
CNN ousted its longtime prime-time anchor, Aaron Brown, today in favor of Anderson Cooper, who has received extensive media attention in the wake of his widely publicized coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S., said today that he and Mr. Brown had mutually agreed that Mr. Brown would leave the cable news network because the new CNN lineup left "no options" for a program that would include Mr. Brown. "It is, unfortunately, a zero-sum game," Mr. Klein said.
The realigned CNN lineup will place Mr. Cooper's program "360," which had previously run at 7 p.m. Eastern time weeknights, in the 10 p.m. time period that had been occupied for the last four years by Mr. Brown's program, "Newsnight." Mr. Cooper's program will also expand to two hours, from 10 until midnight. CNN has experimented with that two-hour format over the past month, with Mr. Cooper joining Mr. Brown to serve as co-anchor of the program.
The audience levels for that program have increased markedly in the last month, a development that CNN attributed to Mr. Cooper's presence. In the 7 p.m. hour, where Mr. Cooper had previously worked, CNN will insert the final hour of its three-hour-long "Situation Room" program with Wolf Blitzer. That program has been running from 3 to 6 p.m. Eastern time each weekday. Now it will run from 4 to 6 p.m., leading into an hourlong newscast anchored by Lou Dobbs, with Mr. Blitzer coming back at 7 p.m. for one more hour.
Paula Zahn's program will continue to run from 8 to 9 p.m. and Larry King's show will remain from 9 to 10 p.m.
Mr. Klein said the moves were made chiefly to elevate the profiles of the two news figures that he said have been growing in popularity at CNN, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Blitzer.
"We want to expose Anderson and Wolf to more people," Mr. Klein said.
He said that Mr. Cooper, who is 38, had so stood out for his "passion and enthusiasm" - especially during the coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - that "his name has been on the tip of everyone's tongue."
Mr. Klein also complimented Mr. Brown, who is 56, saying "he is a first-class news talent, no question." But he repeated that CNN simply had no program to offer Mr. Brown.
Mr. Brown did not respond to telephone calls and e-mails requesting comment. A CNN spokeswoman said Mr. Cooper was on vacation and unavailable for comment.
Needless to say there has been a desire to rid themselves of Aaron's broadcast talent and honesty for some time.
My experience with Aaron Brown has been one of insight. Aaron has mostly come to my awareness of a man of integrity and honesty when he wasn't intimidated by the Executive Producers there. During a time in 2004 there was an e-mail that came stating there would be a presentation by Beth Nissan from the airbase where the casualities from the Iraq War were taken. I wrote Aaron and asked if he knew by some chance what the casualities were at that point. I find the reference sometime in my notes. Right after Beth gave her presentation, Aaron came back on the aire live stating there were a total of 10,000 wounded, transported and treated.
That was his dedication to the truth he had regarding the issues of the war. He felt people with reasonable and good questions should have the information regarding issues.
The very next night there was another measure of untruth handed down by the Propaganda Queen in that the total casualities other than those dead was only 1000. Needless to say Aaron got in trouble for being the Managing Editor and didn't hide the truth enough to please the likes of people of Rove's caliper.
I wrote Aaron and David Bohrman some time ago and stated I thought Anderson Cooper should have his own news hour as he was doing weekends at that time. Little did I know this would become the end to a quality news hour at 10:00 PM.
After years of at least half the public demanding 'the truth' regarding the war in Iraq, the Republicans and their pundits at CNN are running scared. With Rumsfeld demanding more troops to deploy and recruitments falling Anderson Cooper comes along to sell enlistment through hero worship of the Emergency Personnel in New Orleans.
See you on Monday Anderson. E-mail of course !
CNN Ousts Aaron Brown and Gives Slot to Anderson Cooper
By BILL CARTER
CNN ousted its longtime prime-time anchor, Aaron Brown, today in favor of Anderson Cooper, who has received extensive media attention in the wake of his widely publicized coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S., said today that he and Mr. Brown had mutually agreed that Mr. Brown would leave the cable news network because the new CNN lineup left "no options" for a program that would include Mr. Brown. "It is, unfortunately, a zero-sum game," Mr. Klein said.
The realigned CNN lineup will place Mr. Cooper's program "360," which had previously run at 7 p.m. Eastern time weeknights, in the 10 p.m. time period that had been occupied for the last four years by Mr. Brown's program, "Newsnight." Mr. Cooper's program will also expand to two hours, from 10 until midnight. CNN has experimented with that two-hour format over the past month, with Mr. Cooper joining Mr. Brown to serve as co-anchor of the program.
The audience levels for that program have increased markedly in the last month, a development that CNN attributed to Mr. Cooper's presence. In the 7 p.m. hour, where Mr. Cooper had previously worked, CNN will insert the final hour of its three-hour-long "Situation Room" program with Wolf Blitzer. That program has been running from 3 to 6 p.m. Eastern time each weekday. Now it will run from 4 to 6 p.m., leading into an hourlong newscast anchored by Lou Dobbs, with Mr. Blitzer coming back at 7 p.m. for one more hour.
Paula Zahn's program will continue to run from 8 to 9 p.m. and Larry King's show will remain from 9 to 10 p.m.
Mr. Klein said the moves were made chiefly to elevate the profiles of the two news figures that he said have been growing in popularity at CNN, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Blitzer.
"We want to expose Anderson and Wolf to more people," Mr. Klein said.
He said that Mr. Cooper, who is 38, had so stood out for his "passion and enthusiasm" - especially during the coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - that "his name has been on the tip of everyone's tongue."
Mr. Klein also complimented Mr. Brown, who is 56, saying "he is a first-class news talent, no question." But he repeated that CNN simply had no program to offer Mr. Brown.
Mr. Brown did not respond to telephone calls and e-mails requesting comment. A CNN spokeswoman said Mr. Cooper was on vacation and unavailable for comment.
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