CNN Finally Lands Robin Meade…
Although it was only for about half an hour. This morning on HLN Meade had an interview with Herman Cain. The Cain interview was set up well beforehand but he stuck with it despite yesterday’s ruckus over the sexual harassment allegations. Well CNN, deciding to really play up what its estranged sister network* did, brought Meade over to talk with Suzanne Malveaux as they replayed almost the entire HLN interview. To add further weight to the seriousness the network was taking this Wolf Blitzer was brought in from Washington for analysis.
Typical CNN overkill? Yes but also a shrewdly smart tie-in opportunity to feature Meade on CNN and show CNN news viewers what Morning Express has to offer even though in theory that could mean CNN viewers defecting to HLN which doesn’t help CNN’s morning woes any.
The interview can be seen here. Video of Meade’s appearance on CNN is not online apparently.
* – By “estranged sister network” I mean HLN is moving further and further away from CNN in terms of subject matter and content and CNN is paying less and less attention to HLN as a result of this move, except when it suits it. Like today. It’s not as bad as the bad old days of the NBC News MSNBC relationship but it’s still pretty bad.
Update: Before anyone emails me or comments, yes I know this wasn’t really Meade’s first time on CNN. Work with me people!
