What’s Hot/What’s Not: 06/07/09
What’s Hot:
Tiller/O’Reilly/Olbermann – It dominated the first half of the week. O’Reilly pontificated. Olbermann “retired” O’Reilly’s name, picture, and “voice”. And the MSM took sides.
GE and Nielsen Business Media – This story is just heating up. So far no official comment from GE or NBCU that I’ve seen. But it’s probably all the talk of elements at FNC. And if it isn’t, it will be starting tomorrow.
MSNBC stays in 2nd in Primetime Demo – May saw the 3rd consecutive month of MSNBC beating CNN in the primetime Demo. The clock may not yet be ticking on Jon Klein but it certainly is being wound.
Starbucks and Morning Joe – It got a lot of press, which is I guess the whole point.
What’s Not:
No Bias, No Bull – No more. Opinion is now not in vogue apparently at 8pm on CNN. At least not blatently pushing it.
Ed Schultz – The long knives came out for Schultz via the Observer’s Felix Gillette, who wrote a piece question the talker’s long term situation at MSNBC.
Talking Head Primetime Invades Daytime – Et tu, Tamron? Taking one for the team, eh?
Sanchez vs. O’Reilly – Why CNN? Why?
June 7, 2009 at 5:42 pm
At least Bill didn’t address Rick by name. For those that don’t read the blogs or watch CNN, even for a second, they’ll have no idea who the “snide and surly guy on CNN” is. It could be Jack Cafferty, for all they know. So, I liked that.
June 7, 2009 at 6:50 pm
From the clip, it sounds like O’Reilly is going to go after CNN again, showing “the comparison” between CNN’s coverage of Pvt. Long and Dr. Tiller. Should be interesting.
As for CNN’s prime time – they need to drop Campbell Brown and get someone in who can compete with the bombast on the other two networks. Brown is a solid anchor but is in the wrong time slot given who she is competing against.
June 7, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Brown is a solid anchor
Brown is a solid reporter. I’m not sold on her as anchor. But then I’m not sold on a lot of people as anchor.
June 7, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Not: Hannity-Limbaugh interview somehow harder hitting than Rush’s exchanges with Greta. She lobs a softball and he monologues two minutes. Sean looks tough by comparison.
June 8, 2009 at 10:15 am
I’ve been watching Campbell’s show this week, and I think it has improved immensely since she has come back and reformatted the show. Her ‘No Bias…’ show was trying too hard and seemed gimmicky. Roland Martin’s show was just unwatchable, especially since he seemed to have 3 or 4 co-anchors every night. Now, the show is much more “newsy” and I really like the panel of pundits and journalists she brings in. I think it’s becoming a solid and legitimate alternative to O’Reilly and Olbermann.
June 8, 2009 at 2:01 pm
ICN2, i totally agree with you. Brown as an anchor is just tough to watch. Thats not her strength.
I still think CNN is going to move AC to 8pm sometime in the future.
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