December 2nd, 2009 // comments (2)

CNN RATINGS SLIDE

Outside of a few minor wins during the daytime (I think ALF reruns could beat Dr. Nancy and Co.) CNN is in major trouble. Bye-Bye Anderson Cooper?

November 22nd, 2009 // comments (0)

BEHIND THE SCENES

Ed Henry documents his interview with the President in China last week. He’s not a very exciting guy but it’s an interesting window into his world. Note the off-camera crowd watching him like a hawk.

March 27th, 2009 // comments (0)

CNN Journalist Arrested In Fargo

I’m not sure what ‘interfering‘ the reporter did… but here:

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A CNN journalist and seven other people have been arrested for standing on top of sandbag levees in flood areas in the Fargo area.

Fargo Police Sgt. Ross Renner didn’t have many details of the journalist’s arrest, but said the man appeared to be taking pictures at the time.

He says officers made the arrests Wednesday and Thursday after seeing people climb up on the

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March 10th, 2009 // comments (0)

A Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy?

Probably not, but the ‘get-our-message-in-line‘ campaign organization by the left passed the creepy peg a few rotations ago. Does Media Matters have this much power?

The vast new left-wing conspiracy sets its tone every morning at 8:45 a.m., when officials from more than 20 labor, environmental and other Democratic-leaning groups dial into a private conference call hosted by two left-leaning Washington organizations.

The “8:45 A.M. call,” as it’s referred to by members, began three weeks ago, and it marks

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February 5th, 2009 // comments (0)

CNN Live Stealing Your Bandwidth

I was wondering how CNN handled the inauguration traffic…:

Many people who watched live streaming video of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Jan. 20 may not realize that their PC was used to send the video to other PCs, too.

Clicking “yes” to a CNN.com dialog box installed a peer-to-peer (P2P) application that uses your Internet bandwidth rather than CNN’s to send live video to other viewers.

The P2P application is called Octoshape Grid Delivery and

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January 19th, 2009 // comments (0)

CNN Makes Good On Guam Mistake

Guam – CNN has agreed to provide free air time for commercials touting Guam as a tourist destination to make up for the networks mistake in airing footage of Yap last year and calling it Guam.

The Guam visitors bureau says the TV commercials promoting Guam as a world-class destination will begin airing on CNN and CNN International next week.

The commercial are being provided at no cost, after GVB complained to CNN about the erroneous report that aired

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January 6th, 2009 // comments (0)

CNN Host Heads To Obama Post?

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details of moving his family from Atlanta to Washington but is expected to accept the offer.

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December 17th, 2008 // comments (0)

‘Planet In Peril’ Sequel Is A Dud

NEW YORK — It’s not just the “Planet in Peril.” The ratings for CNN’s two-hour environmental special last week were also in crisis.

The second installment of the series landed in third place in the adults 25-54 demographic and fourth place in viewers for its 9 p.m.-11 p.m. Thursday premiere, Nielsen Media Research said.

That is despite strong ratings for the original four-hour series “Planet in Peril,” in October 2007, as well as reported pieces by Anderson Cooper, Dr.

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November 28th, 2008 // comments (0)

CNN Reporter Attacked On TV

In the second day of the siege in Mumbai, some members of the media are finding themselves in the middle of local anger. CNN’s Sara Sidner is the network’s New Delhi correspondent. Sidner was reporting about the situation at the Taj Hotel when several locals began interrupting her live shot. Sidner would later report, “As we were standing outside a large group of people came around, many of them young, with the smell of alcohol on their breath, frankly.

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November 3rd, 2008 // comments (0)

CNN’s Hologram Coverage Plans

Reporting from New York — CNN will use hologram technology to beam three-dimensional images of its field correspondents onto its Election Center set. NBC News will project a U.S. map on the Rockefeller Plaza ice skating rink, where the states will turn blue and red as the votes come in. ABC News will put the results up on three massive screens in Times Square.

Anticipating massive viewer interest, the broadcast and cable television networks are pulling out all the

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October 15th, 2008 // comments (0)

Say What?: CNN Host Slips Up

CNN’s Kyra Phillips has a little slip of the tongue.

Did she just say what I think she said? Twice? To the Republican lady?

October 5th, 2008 // comments (0)

CNN Host Redefines ‘Overwhelming’

Not quite so ‘overwhelming’, is it?

Sure, it’s a few days old but I pointed out when Fox News did it — it’s CNN’s turn.

September 25th, 2008 // comments (0)

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Is Terrible

23/6 has shortened a couple days of Twitterview-interviewee Rick Sanchez’ broadcasts to two minutes.

When he’s not getting wasted and killing people on bikes on the way home from Dolphin’s games, Rick Sanchez likes to talk about Twitter. Bizarrely enough, after watching his program, I envy the guy on the bike. Enjoy this hilarious video from The Huffington Post’s comedy site 23/6.

August 5th, 2008 // comments (4)

Lou Dobbs Has A Really Big House

It’s a pattern if not a rule in politics: the more populist the politician, the more lavish the personal lifestyle. John Edwards—son of a millworker and champion of the other, forgotten America—has the most valuable home in the North Carolina county in which he lives. Since cable news has become an extension of politics, it should be no surprise that a news anchor can maintain a double life. CNN’s puffy-faced Poujadist, Lou Dobbs, saved his TV career by channeling

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August 1st, 2008 // comments (0)

The Inappropriate Nuts Commercial

OK, so I’ve got the TV’s on monitoring all of the news channels. This is the normal procedure for me here at the office. I have a massive computer setup and several televisions. I’m watching CNN and I have the audio up as the commercial above is playing. Can this company be so clueless as to think ‘an extraordinary nut sack’ wouldn’t ruffle some feathers? And if True North was aware of the double entendre, why would CNN air…