Comments on: Anderson Cooper’s Ratings Plummet http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/02/anderson-coopers-ratings-plummet/ Since 2002, News, Technology and Pop Culture, 24 Hours a Day, Live and in Stereo. Editor of the PJ Lifestyle Website. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: furious http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/02/anderson-coopers-ratings-plummet/#comment-11764 furious Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:03:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=25976#comment-11764 <i>there’s heavy competition from <b>centrist</b> CNN’s noisier rivals</i> Come again? "Centrist"? Maybe on a relative spectrum between Fox and MSNBC, but either CNN and <i>Business Insider</i>, or both, can't identify target audiences, much less characterize them correctly. --furious there’s heavy competition from centrist CNN’s noisier rivals

Come again? “Centrist”? Maybe on a relative spectrum between Fox and MSNBC, but either CNN and Business Insider, or both, can’t identify target audiences, much less characterize them correctly.

–furious

]]> By: Barefoot Doctor http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/02/anderson-coopers-ratings-plummet/#comment-11750 Barefoot Doctor Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:34:54 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=25976#comment-11750 CNN is doomed anyway... CNN is doomed anyway…

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/02/anderson-coopers-ratings-plummet/#comment-11749 David Thomson Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:06:07 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=25976#comment-11749 Anderson Cooper was born twenty to thirty years too late. He has the looks, the right family connections, and adheres to the correct lefty doctrines. But that's simply not enough in 2009. The era of the mere newsreader is over. One can no longer pretend to be “objective” and above the fray. Audiences expect a TV news personality to have opinions---they can defend in a public forum. Cooper is an idiot. His pretty face will only take him so far. Try to imagine what would have happened to Dan Rather’s career had it begun in today’s market? Anderson Cooper was born twenty to thirty years too late. He has the looks, the right family connections, and adheres to the correct lefty doctrines. But that’s simply not enough in 2009. The era of the mere newsreader is over. One can no longer pretend to be “objective” and above the fray. Audiences expect a TV news personality to have opinions—they can defend in a public forum. Cooper is an idiot. His pretty face will only take him so far. Try to imagine what would have happened to Dan Rather’s career had it begun in today’s market?

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