Re: CNN

[Scott Saloway <saloway@bu.edu>]

It's kinda strange that they've been, to my mind, downplaying the man who
was their big gun during the election (Wolf). But, I don't think Brown and
Zahn have been that bad. Then again, as I indicated in my original post, I
haven't been watching CNN as much this week as I usually do. (And
definately not after dark, when my TV has been stuck on ABC).


On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Dan Billings wrote:

> Wolf was anchoring early evening coverage yesterday.  They had Aaron Brown
> on for awhile in the afternoon then Wolf was on from around 4 to 8, then
> they brought back Brown.  I remember seeing Wolf on some during the week,
> but they seemed to be trying to feature the new guy, Brown, during
> prime-time most of the week.  IMHO, this crisis is not making him into the
> next Bernard Shaw.
> 
> During the Gulf War, I think it was the general consensus that CNN had the
> best coverage.  They had more people on the ground overseas and had the
> advantage of a having a bigger international infrastructure.  With the
> events this week in this country, they do not have that advantage.   In some
> ways, they are at a disadvantage because the networks are headquartered in
> NY, while CNN's main operations are in Atlanta and Washington.
> 
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Saloway" <saloway@bu.edu>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 5:04 AM
> Subject: Re: CNN
> 
> 
> > Here's a dumb question - and I admit I haven't been watching CNN 24/7 -
> > but where has Wolf Blitzer been hiding? Maybe I just haven't seen him, but
> > you'd think their supposed big-gun would be out doing something. (They did
> > give him his own prime-time news show - he must be important to the
> > network.)
> 
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