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Topic: CNN Makes It Official:
Zucker to Be New President |
CNN Makes It Official:
Zucker to Be New President
New York Times, by BILL CARTER and BRIAN STELTER
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Posted By:FlyRight, 11/29/2012 4:27:08 PM
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| CNN made official Thursday morning its decision to install Jeff Zucker, the former chief executive of NBC, as the new president of CNN Worldwide. The announcement was the culmination of monthslong search to find a replacement for Jim Walton, who had led CNN to record profits even as ratings for its American network, CNN/U.S., hit record lows. The network announced in July that Mr. Walton would step down at the end of the year.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
engrpat, 11/29/2012 4:59:20 PM (No. 9040005)
Hmmm, looks like they are just rearragning the deck chairs.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Goose, 11/29/2012 6:13:55 PM (No. 9040132)
CNN would be better off hiring the Zucker Brothers who made the Airplane! and Police Squad movies.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
gesundheit, 11/29/2012 6:46:18 PM (No. 9040177)
There´s no reason for liberals to watch the news anymore, since no matter what happens in the economy, the world, or with their own livelihoods, they will always support Obama and the Democrats.
Do liberals care about Benghazi, our towering national debt, or the fiscal-cliff deliberations? Even the President himself doesn´t seem to care about those things.
So the prospect of a liberal news network improving its ratings cannot be favorable. The only people who care about what´s going on the world are Conservatives and moderates, who are already being served by Fox News.
Unless CNN changes its political perspective to at least one ´´fair and balanced´´ enough to attract moderates and Conservatives, they might as well sell the network to someone who will, before its ratings and value decline into nothingness.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
shamus, 11/29/2012 6:47:46 PM (No. 9040181)
Epic fail.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
reddfroge, 11/29/2012 8:44:15 PM (No. 9040345)
You must remember, ´Liberalism´ comes first...no matter what.
Zucker is a complete failure, but that cannot, ever damage Liberalism...he must be held up and promoted because he is a Liberal.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
M Stuart, 11/29/2012 8:46:25 PM (No. 9040351)
WHY? Because he did such a great job at NBC?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
john56, 11/29/2012 9:01:58 PM (No. 9040370)
MSNBC2.
Maybe Obermann can get a job there.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Pinchem, 11/30/2012 6:25:44 AM (No. 9040677)
Hey be careful. Looking at the ratings MSNBC has higher ratings than CNN. CNN´s ratings are really pathetic.
One thing they must learn, twisting stories, outright lying or not telling all the news to cover up for Obama is no way to enhance their image. The saddest part is that Liberals cannot comprehend how pathetic this network is but they believe every word they put out.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bad Dog, 11/30/2012 7:25:35 AM (No. 9040750)
Conservative to Liberal: What do you think about Benghazi?
Liberal response: Who´s Ben Gazi?
Welcome to CNN, Jeff. Please do with it what you did for NBC. And if it doesn´t work out for ya, there´s always Current.
Cheers.
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