CNN - Continues to Dissappoint

CNN has seen their ratings plummet, but there are reasons why. One may be they can't take the heat.

I loved the show "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News". His show was interesting, different, and offered a different take/perspective on issues of the day.

It has been canceled, and I will miss the show.

The show didn't fit the normal mold, caused some stirring, some controversy...and I like that. Just because he's a comedian, didn't mean his opinions/views were any less valuable than a "journalists."

Indications are CNN has other plans for him and they are hanging onto him via his contract, but I hope MSNBC gets off their fat ass and hires him...though I'm sure they won't. MSNBC's weekend and late night programming is piss-poor and eternally shitty. Those documentaries about the prison system or whatever are canned and no one watches them...at least put on some talent 24/7 to cover the daily news (this is one thing FoxSnooze and CNN are doing right).

Part of the problem in America media today is the concept of not wanting to cause some waves...it's almost like a country group-think paralysis. I'd argue this is why media companies are tanking left and right. They have abandoned hard-hitting journalism and in-depth reporting and they have fallen into the trap of scooping themselves. By releasing breaking stories on their internet page before a paper or magazine comes out, they are cutting their own throat.

Case in point concerning the paralysis: Obama was criticized for being too dour and dark about the economy during press conferences and speeches. Then he went on CBS' "60 Minutes" and was laughing with Steve Kroft and he got bashed for taking it too lightly.

Bill Maher was fired off ABC in 2002 for speaking his mind. Whether you agreed or not with him at the time, (I did...as it does take courage to knowingly fly a plane into a building and have a firey death) he shouldn't have been. Censorship, see the previous post on Rep. Michele Bachmann, has NO place in this country. It's pathetic what has happened to us.