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Thursday, November 3, 2005 12:00 AM

Brown out

CNN dumps drippy Aaron Brown for whippersnapper Anderson Cooper. It might boost ratings -- but will it help the quality of TV news?

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  • Thursday, November 3, 2005 06:04 PM

    Real issue at the bottom of the column

    I could not agree more with what was said in the column, both on the Brown/Cooper switch and on the Prince Charles interview. (Wish now that I had watched it.) If I were to clriticize this column it would only be on the point that the I thought the Prince Charles comments were much more more important than the rejiggering of anchors for reasons having absolutely nothing to do with journalism and everthing to do with ratings.

    As a mid 1960s journalism school graduate, I still have romantic notions that journalism -- even TV journalism -- can and should be substantive, investigative, and serve a public interest. Changing out Aaron Brown for Anderson Cooper or anyone will never lead to the return of such documentaries as Harvest of Shame, or newspeople of such stature as Huntley, Brinkley, Cronkite and similar.

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