Whether out of exhaustion with the current state of television or annoyance with the celebrity-like status most news anchors seemed to strive for. We had long ago left TV news for the real news online and in print. We had whittled down our tivo-worthy newscasts to two, The Daily Show and Aaron Brown. Jon Stewart because fake news has often been more truthful than the real news and Aaron Brown because he had, in our perception at least, a genuine dignity and feeling for the subjects he covered. Anderson Cooper will surely do well and deserves a promotion. But why CNN would choose to relieve Aaron Brown instead such long-running disasters as Larry King and Lou Dobbs (or any of the bobble head dolls over on Headline News, for that matter) is hard to comprehend. Could it be Mr. Brown has more interesting options? Oh, and is �drippy� what you get when you stand out in hurricane force weather to add that genuine sense authenticity to storm reporting?

I've enjoyed his reporting since I was eleven years old (fourteen years now)and he was on "Channel One". I do believe he has helped news at least for people my age. I grow up watching "Sixty Minutes" with my parents and always wondered why there was nobody my age raising questions the way those folks do.

Above all, we need the people in power within media conglomerates to believe deep down that if they build it -- thoughtful, quality programming -- we, the viewers, will come.

I couldn't agree more. If more journalists behaved like journalists and not gossips pandering to scandalous stories for higher ratings and, actually worried about things like integrity, honesty, and non-bias, the news media would be a vastly better place.

I have to admit that I'm a Cooper fan and I'm happy that his show, 360, will get the primetime slot vacated by Brown and will be expanded to 2 hours. Cooper tends to report on stories that need attention but are underreported. His piece on the famine in Niger in late-July/early-August was incredibly poignant and meaningful. I had no idea about what was going on in Niger until Anderson reported on it. If this means, that he'll have more time to report on things like that, then I'm excited about the changes.

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.

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!

I am one of Aaron Brown's faithful viewers who right now is not feeling silent rage, merely sadness. As of yesterday, I won't be depending on Aaron to end my news day and certainly won't be watching CNN during his time slot. Like other news junkies have commented, I won't be boycotting CNN, and I've come to admire Anderson Cooper as a reporter, but Anderson is much too hyper for my taste at 10pm or later. CNN has let go one of its best.

Since first seeing Aaron Brown on ABC's overnight newscast, I've been a big fan, admiring his droll wit and intelligence. As anchor of News Night, he brought to the day's news a context all too often missing during original reporting during the day, a literary writing style and a curiosity enough like mine that he asked questions I wanted answers to. And more often than not, he wouldn't let interviewees avoid answering without a challenge, a rare quality in today's journalists. Actually, I think guests actively enjoyed being on his show because he asked probing and substantive questions related to their reason for being there rather than silly gossipy, or breathless "how did it make you feel," questions.

CNN also will suffer for the loss of Aaron Brown's gravitas/personal sources, which I'm surprised Mr. Speer sought to question. What more does one need than a long, distinguished career to establish credibility and connections? CNN's coverage of the goings on in the Bush Administration already is so weak since Judy Woodruff left. I've started watching a lot more MSNBC because the coverage there is so much better informed.

For me and his legion of fans, I hope that some other television news outlet very soon finds a place for Aaron Brown's style and quality of journalism. Learning about what's happening and how it may affect our world is stimulating in itself and is Aaron Brown gives us.