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Aaron Brown was the supreme interviewer -- on CNN or anywhere. He knew what questions to ask and how to ask them. Every good interview, just getting started, ran out of time.
I had my own problems with his looking at the monitor for three seconds too long when coming out of a taped piece, mugging for the camera with hand-on-chin, and thinking we don't know. I also had a problem with the, let's face it, environmentally-unfriendly laminating of a dozen or so newspaper front pages for the time-filler, end-of-show piece.
And what's with his embarrasing on-air lecturing of at least one reporter during a live-shot, in the name of "only the facts" journalism?
But Aaron Brown, if his rumored ego and arrogance are either untrue or now history, has a solid PBS presence written all over him -- possibly as an occasional Lehrer contributor just for starters.
Otherwise, yes, cable news will be cable news. But at least Keith Olbermann and his staff rescue it for us nightly!
