CNN’s primetime “fade”?

In a must read, The Politico’s Michael Calderone writes about CNN and primetime and seeks answers from Jonathan Klein…

Current and former CNN staffers, though, say there’s definite concern inside about how Cooper and Brown are faring against the competition.

Brown’s show has been billed as the antidote to Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” — which continues to gain viewers post-Inauguration — and Olbermann. But her show’s lack of traction begs the question of whether there’s a way to bring in ratings without the ideologically slanted hosts that have pulled in partisan viewers on the left and right.

Holy Crap. This is the kind of stuff you just don’t see coming out of CNN; anonymous staffers leaking bad news. MSNBC? All the time. FNC? Occasionally. CNN? No. Do not underestimate the significance of these rumblings. They’re huge.