Wow, am I the only one who will not miss Aaron Brown on CNN. I am so tired of entrenched anchors in network news. Goodbye Brokaw, Rather, and the rest of them. Take Jim Lehrer and the whole crew from 60 Minutes and while you are at it. These so-called journalists have been turned into inane celebrities. Get some new blood into these networks. There must be innumerable talented hard-working journalists who can do just as good a job as these stale donut heads. Why not get new talent in every few years like a Saturday Night Live cast, who cares? I want to watch the news, not a bunch of pampered self-important personalities which is what most of these entrenched anchors eventually turn into.

I am very sad to see Aaron Brown leave. I do not have cable, and yet if I was ever anywhere that I could see Aaron Brown, I would. He and Ted Koppel were the two I watched. Aaron Brown IS different, and isn't that the point? I think CNN is making a mistake. As a 39 yr old woman, yes, I can say Anderson is attractive.. but is that what I want with my news? No. He does a good job as a reporter. Aaron was an anchor. There is a difference. I will follow Aaron Brown wherever he goes... and shoot, I was just about to get cable.

Aaron, gone, Ted leaving. A sad day in TV news.

If I do get cable, there will be no need for CNN. They lost me.

If I were Anderson Cooper, I would enjoy a very brief honeymoon period over this and I use the word loosely, promotion.

If network brass are capable and eager to oust a respected and prominent anchor like Aaron Brown, does Cooper, Zahn, or anyone else have a secure future on network television? The answer is a resounding, NO.

Network television is very much like the fashion industry, what is the flavor du jour is not necessarily the flavor of choice tomorrow.

We are no longer reside in the era of true journalism. We have entered an embarrassing pantheon of photo journalism. Edward R. Murrow was hardly a photogenic icon, heck, he used to smoke on the air. For that matter, neither was Cronkite, Severeid, Brinkley, Reasoner, Downs, you get the picture.

The on-air personas today have to look like a particular type of runway model first and report news secondly. After all, the demographic is what these changes are all about; well that and the income of said demographic.

This is not to disparage younger news anchors or reporters. The truth of the matter is, the priority in television journalism today is looks, then, ability. I think, I may just stick to my papers or even the radio.

I completely disagree with your analysis of Aaron Brown. He was the only person of any substance on CNN. The rest are just hacks. I am not shallow enough to judge news anchors based solely on their looks. In fact, I don't care about their looks at all. I don't have time to watch TV during the day and I depended on Aaron Brown to give a summary of the day's most important events without sensationalism and without any mention of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton or any other of the moron celebrities that the media fixates upon. Aaron Brown is not a "drip" because he is not swearing about the inadequacies government's disaster response. Now I will have to add Brown to the list of newscasters that I miss: Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley,Peter Jennings.....and Aaron Brown. You can bet that I will be looking for Aaron Brown on another network.

I'll admit up front I am one of the Aaron Brown fans in the world. I was introduced to him for the first time on September 11, 2005 and found his commentary both comforting and insightful. He remains the only TV journalist I know of who knows when to stop talking and let the picture tell the story. I appreciated his low-key delivery, the sardonic humor and the respect he had for his viewers. Mostly, I appreciated "Newsnight's" willingness to not be sucked into to the popular and flashy, but spend time asking the questions and debating the issues that confront us. I thought all along Aaron needed a two hour program. As CNN moves Anderson Cooper into the 10-midnight time frame, I am left wondering where consumers of actual news (as opposed to entertainment) are suppposed to go in television journalism. I don't need hip-hop music, flashy graphics and stories that are 2 minute sound bytes. I am an intelligent and informed citizen - to stay that way I need information - which is why I am heading back to the print media until such time as Aaron re-surfaces on the airwaves.