Aaron Brown TOTALLY OUT at CNN: "Spending time with his family"

[Bluebear]

Aaron Brown is out at CNN, and Anderson Cooper will take over Brown�s 10 p.m. time slot, effective Monday.

The shakeup comes as a result of some prime time scheduling moves that CNN made official Wednesday. Cooper will take his 7 p.m. showcase, Anderson Cooper 360, to the 10-midnight spot, formerly occupied by Brown's NewsNight. Cooper's old spot will be filled by an additional hour of The Situation Room, hosted by Wolf Blitzer.

In a memo to staffers, CNN president Jon Klein said the veteran anchor "will be leaving CNN and is very much looking forward to some well-deserved time off with his family."

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001432804

[thebigidea]

1. bwhahahaha.

though he was really never too horrible onair, he was an outright jerk via email. And I never could withstand much of his pious heavy sighing.

And now, lets take a look at tomorrow's headlines...

[Im with Rosey]

24. On the few occassions I sent

emails, he was a hugh a##. Extremely conscending and rude. I can't say that I'm sorry although he hasn't been quite as bad lately on air.

[RedEarth]

2. barf.....one more hour of wolf

[Avalux]

I always liked Aaron Brown.

Guess he shoulda been flashier and stood out in 100 MPH winds to keep his job.

[buzzard]

5. I liked him as well.n/t

[underpants]

11. I did too. At least he had Wes Clark on every night PRE war

Of course I disagreed with him from time to time but mostly he covered the whole story or as much as they will allow on American media.

[WiseButAngrySara]

21. I agree! I had suspected that this was coming, but I really had no idea

that he would be permanently replaced. He was reasonably reasonable. Wolf Blitzkrieg extra hours is not goods news!

[papau]

28. I also like Aaron - but he is making a guaranteed $1 million/yr thru 7/07

I don't think he will be hurting.

The producer has been pulling his chain for last 2 years - preventing selection of any stories that were negative on the GOP/Bush, and indeed doing "for the hell of it" instructions over the earpiece to do this rather than that.

He deserves his time off after all that!

:-)

:toast:

:-)

[mod mom]

40. We need to get congress involved in this media manipulation. No more

RW talking points pushed down our throats. Media should be objective and unbiased and free to speak the truth such as Aaron's outrage over Katrina. this was a breaking point for a lot of journalists-and rightfully so. It is the media's job to report truthfully and NOT TO PLEASE THE WH!

[papau]

41. I agree - and restoring the FCC "fairness" rules would be a start n/t

:-)

[MrMonk]

32. Me, too.

His was one of the few news shows that I could watch for an entire hour without wanting to pound nails with my forehead.

[truebrit71]

3. Wow, that didn't take long...

...Obviously wasn't toeing the line.... :eyes:

[Sanity Claws]

4. Makes you wonder what he did

I don't watch CNN so I don't know how he could have pissed them off.

[librechik]

7. or wouldn't do n/t

[goclark]

30. Welcome Anderson Cooper!

I want some one with more passion for justice.

[Loonman]

6. So Brown's on "hiatus"

He badmouth Bush?

[Frustratedlady]

17. He seemed to hint that the * administration

was a joke, but never actually said as much. I liked Aaron and will miss him, as he seemed a bit more human than the rest. Above all, he didn't yell the news! Dang!

[Sequoia]

22. GASP! I'll miss him though I didn't always watch.

He was calm and collected and nice looking.

[Loonman]

25. That's too bad

That means wads like Blitzer will always have a job at CNN.

[napi21]

19. He has been critical of the administration.

Not as obvious as Jon Stewart or Jack Cafferty, because that's just not Aaron. I suspect most of this is because of ratings. It almost always is. I'm thinking that Cooper isn't going to do very well in the 11 to 12 segments of his new spot though. Way too many people watch TDS, and they're not about to give that up for Cooper.

[itzamirakul]

8. Get rid of that stinking Wolf Blitzer! eom

[Sapphire Blue]

36. 2nd that.

[jane_pippin]

9. That's too bad. I like Aaron Brown. n/t

[OhioChick]

10. Awwwww.............

I liked Aaron Brown. Wonder who he pissed off?

[Pithy Cherub]

12. Aaron was thoughtful and more willing to go in depth

rather than doing soundbite news or sucking up to the right wing. Brown was famous for the dramtic pause and sighing. From time to time he would say something mocking towards his profession. As long as he does not end up at Faux. Wish him well.

But now CNN has decided to punish America with even more Wolf.

[Walt Starr]

13. Brown going is bad enough

but Blitzer getting another full hour makes me want to spew!

:puke:

Well, less cable news that I'll be watching.

[last_texas_dem]

37. That's what I'm saying

Why FAUX News hasn't yet made Blitzer an offer he can't refuse, I don't know.

[indepat]

14. Well duckie-poo

[Nordmadr]

15. I always found him to be a little pompous and arrogant for my

taste. Just seemed a bit too full of him self and came across as a know-it-all. Sort of like the feeling I get when Rita Cosby comes on...doesn't matter what she is saying, it's how she is saying it. Thoroughly enjoy Cooper though. Seems to me like a 10:00 PM spot would be a demotion for him.

on Edit: Snooty, he seemed snooty, like he was talking down to me. I didn't like that, and because of that impression, I didn't watch him much.

Olaf

[brettdale]

16. Bye Bye Mr Brown

I will never forget the email you wrote me, after the first debate between Bush*t and Kerry, I asked you, why is CNN calling the debate a tie, when most other outlets said Kerry won handsdown.

You replyed, "different people see things differently"

Just one last question, ARE YOU GOING TO WORK FOR FAUX NOW?

[Lex]

23. I remember several nasty emails that Aaron Brown fired off

to some of our DU'ers.

[Jacobin]

34. Yeah. He was sniviling at me

via email when I suggested to him via email that we needed to stop and look at the evidence for WMDs before the invasion.

He dismissed that notion as simply foolish

[girl gone mad]

43. yep.

Mr. Brown could be very full of himself.

I liked him back when he did world news, though.

[WI_DEM]

35. actually he had a point

[Neocondriac]

18. This time....

spending time with the family may actually be true. I read an article on him in Golf Magazine {golf nut} last year and he mentioned it even then.I always found him even handed.

[mestup]

20. [e-mail]

Poor Aaron.

Anderson has his place, but he's the Oprah Winfrey of prime time news anchors.:eyes:

[kskiska]

26. The Situation Room is growing bigger and bigger

It seems it's on every time I turn CNN on - morning, noon, and night. Wolf is unbearable to watch.

[flying_wahini]

27. so what is that about, do you think?

[leftchick]

29. BARF! An Hour Extra Hour of wolfie?

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

Why oh why not leave anderson at 7:00 pm??

[lpbk2713]

31. I had the feeling while watching the CNN Katrina coverage

that there might have been just a little bit of friction between Brown and Cooper. If so, I wonder if things came to a head behind the scenes. Something we probably will never know about. It looked like CNN was marketing Cooper. He was recently on the Letterman show and a few other non-CNN shows. I liked Brown. I liked his style of presenting the news.

[UTUSN]

33. Aaaron Was Even-Handed. Too Much COOPER, WAY Too Much BLITZER n/t

[gatorboy]

38. Bah! I always likes Brown...

Does Blitzer deserve more air time? Ugh.

[lonestarnot]

39. WTF! First I had heard of this.

What happened?

[Libby2]

42. I liked Aaron

at times he would piss me off.

But wolf? For another freaking hour? Just kill me now.

[mandyky]

44. Jon Klein - the guy who said the media doesn't owe us the truth?

I watch as little of CNN as I can since that comment.

Sucks about AB!

[DemonFighterLives]

45. I don't know all of Aaron's bio

but Big Eddy said he is from MN and was perhaps speaking too much truth.
yippe, another hour of the Inflation Room :puffpiece:

[Kahuna]

46. WTF is with CNN and Wolf????

I don't get it. Who does he have the good on. :wtf: