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CNN looking up
posted by Kara Miller on January 31, 2010
There's an ebb and flow to everything, even cable news.
And with the 2010 election season beginning to gear up - we've certainly kicked it off here in Massachusetts - CNN has made a couple of solid programming decisions.
First, there was the decision to drop John King into Lou Dobbs' chair when Dobbs decided to flee the network in November. On Sunday's "State of the Union," King has proven himself capable, well-informed, mild-mannered, and entirely watchable. In a year in which both civility and objectivity look to be in short supply, King's 7 p.m. show will be a strong addition to CNN's nightly line-up.
Second, the network has followed up King's departure with today's announcement that Candy Crowley - one of the best political reporters on television - will take over King's Sunday program. Crowley does things her own way, and her talent is finally earning her what she has long deserved.
Meanwhile, over an MSNBC, fortunes seem to have shifted. Keith Olbermann, who has been riding high for so long, has watched his ratings plummet. And Chris Matthews has come - is it possible? - increasingly untethered.
But that's another story for another blog post.
Comments
Am I the only one who finds CNN to be too Washington-centric. Almost every story seems to get spun through a political washer. I think some stories, and CNN, would be better served with a show hosted in a non-eastern time zone by an anchor who has never been assigned to Washington or New York.
Kory,
That's a good point. I think if I lived in California or Iowa I'd probably notice it more.
Ralph