Letters to the Editor

Brown out CNN dumps drippy Aaron Brown for whippersnapper Anderson Cooper. It might boost ratings -- but will it help the quality of TV news? By Richard Speer [2005-11-03]

• Damn You, CNN! Aaron Brown Should Have Stayed!

  Don't get me wrong. I like Anderson Cooper. I might even love Anderson Cooper. But it's getting harder for me to think that CNN hasn't gone right off the edge in recent months. Aaron Brown out! Are you kidding? Mr. Brown, to my mind, was among the very best in the business. I watched him every night, and enjoyed every minute of his show. Thoughtful. Interesting. A great take on the day's events. No b.s. I love Aaron Brown, too. Can't I love them both? It's hard to believe that there wasn't enough room at CNN for both Brown and Cooper, particularly when you consider that CNN kept Larry King, Lou Dobbs, Paula Zahn, Nancy Grace and all the idiot women on CNN in the morning, all of whom are distinguished by their ability to make me laugh right out loud. Not because they're funny, but because they are incapable of an intelligent interview, follow up questions, or a sense of the news. Apparently they can "read" the news, they just can't understand it. Klein fired Bill Hemmer and kept Solidad O'Brien. That was the beginning of the end for me. Miles O'Brien is supposed to make me want to watch the news in the morning? Get real. There's something wrong with this picture, and there has been something wrong for a long time at CNN. Apparently, it's not going to get any better anytime soon. Where's a girl to go? If Bill Hemmer was the beginning of the end for me, Aaron Brown's firing is definitely the end of the end. It looks like MSNBC will be getting more of my time -- hello Keith Olberman, goodbye CNN.

  -- Janice Griffin O'Reilly
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