CNN Drops to LAST Place in Cable News

[DarkStarrRingo]

Surprised?

I am not.

CNN invented cable news - Last place
Rush Limbaugh invented talk radio - First place

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...news-networks/

[UK Glenmont]

ther're still on the air?

[ModerateVoice]

I am surprised. It used to be a good cable news station.

Admittedly, I haven't really tuned them in with any consistency in a couple of years, but how could they possibly have LESS ratings than MSNBC?

[DarkStarrRingo]

I wonder if they are covering this on CNN ?

[ogibillm]

Originally Posted by ModerateVoice

I am surprised. It used to be a good cable news station.

Admittedly, I haven't really tuned them in with any consistency in a couple of years, but how could they possibly have LESS ratings than MSNBC?

first, you don't gauge how good a news organization is by viewership.

second, the reasons given for the drop in viewership is they've gone to more news, less commentary, moving their commentary shows to hln.

so their new broadcasts are losing to the entertainment punditry of other networks.

surprise surprise. americans would rather be entertained than informed.

[KYConservative]

CNN needs to clean house. The shows and anchors they have are not trust worthy since they have been so opinionated in favor of the Demcrats.

Cnn can never regain popularity with Americans with their current cast and crew.

[ogibillm]

Originally Posted by KYConservative

CNN needs to clean house. The shows and anchors they have are not trust worthy since they have been so opinionated in favor of the Demcrats.

Cnn can never regain popularity with Americans with their current cast and crew.

on the contrary. cnn doesn't have viewers now because they aren't opinionated.

[UK Glenmont]

Originally Posted by ModerateVoice

I am surprised. It used to be a good cable news station.

Admittedly, I haven't really tuned them in with any consistency in a couple of years, but how could they possibly have LESS ratings than MSNBC?

they were the gold standard in the early 90's

[ohknow35]

Originally Posted by ogibillm

......is they've gone to more news, less commentary, moving their commentary shows to hln.

so their new broadcasts are losing to the entertainment punditry of other networks.

surprise surprise. americans would rather be entertained than informed.

Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown, Larry King, Anderson Cooper.

Sounds like less punditry to me.

[ogibillm]

Originally Posted by ohknow35

Lou Dobbs, Campbell Brown, Larry King, Anderson Cooper.

Sounds like less punditry to me.

compare their shows to the prime time lineups of other networks.

there is more news programming and less commentary on cnn than on the other networks, including hln, by design.