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 Amanpour Gets 
 Own Show, 
 Finally 

CNN honchos give in after correspondent raises stink over Zakaria's program

Nov 6, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - CNN honchos will “soon” announce that dedicated globetrotter Christiane Amanpour will be getting her own show. “She’s getting her own hour. She was furious after CNN gave Fareed Zakaria his own show on Sunday—especially since it’s all about international affairs, which is her specialty,”... More »

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CNN • television news • Fareed Zakaria • Christiane Amanpour

 Web, Cable 
 Topple Networks' 
 Election Ratings 

Big three see ratings fall 16% from 2004 election

Nov 5, 08 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - After proving itself indispensable in this year’s campaign, the internet won again on election night, Liz Gannes writes on NewTeeVee. Web users marked record traffic on several sites, while TV’s big three networks lost 16% off 2004 ratings, with cable and internet picking up the slack. During Barack... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • CBS • Fox News • CNN • Election 2008 • ABC News

OPINION

 TV's Gimmickry 
 Diminishes Election 

News operations aim for ratings, shoot viewers instead

Nov 3, 08 1:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tomorrow night will be a high-water mark for TV news gadget gimmickry as the networks try to hook some of the millions of viewers who will tune in for election coverage, Rick Kushman writes in the Sacramento Bee. Some, like the technology that will allow TV networks to have instant... More »

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television • NBC • TV networks • CNN • TV ratings • Election 2008 • television news



  Poll: Race Tightens Up 

Obama leads McCain by 5 points, down from 8

Oct 21, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The presidential race is tightening, with Barack Obama leading John McCain 51% to 46% among likely voters, down from an 8-point gap, a CNN/Opinion Research Center poll shows. McCain’s boost may be linked to a drop in the number of people who think he’ll continue President Bush’s... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • poll • CNN • Election 2008

 Glenn Beck Jumps to Fox News 


Oct 16, 08 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck, who has gained a sizable following with his nightly show on CNN's Headline News channel, is leaving for Fox News. Beck signed a multi-year deal to host Fox's 5pm weekday program beginning in the spring, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will also host a weekend... More »

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Fox News • CNN • Glenn Beck

 CNN Adds Laughs 
 to News Lineup 

Network recruits Hughley for Letterman-style talk show

Oct 16, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 24-hour news cycle will take a break for comedy with a Letterman-like talk show set to make its debut on CNN next weekend. Comic and actor DL Hughley, one of the "Original Kings of Comedy," will host. "When you watch as much news as our audience... More »

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stand up comedy • CNN • late night talk show • D.L. Hughley

 Obama Takes 
Round 2: Polls 

Dem grabs clear debate victory in CBS, CNN polls

Oct 8, 08 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was the clear winner of last night's debate against John McCain, two separate polls conducted for television networks found. Minutes after the debate ended, 40% of uncommitted voters identified Obama as the winner to 26% who said McCain came out on top, CBS News reports. Viewers found Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • CBS • CNN • debate • leadership • Election 2008 • economy • Opinion Research Corporation • uncommitted voters

ANALYSIS

iReport, But
Who Decides if It's Accurate?

Citizen reporting under fire after CNN site spreads Jobs rumor

Oct 4, 08 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bogus report about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reporters pointing fingers, investors fuming, and the SEC investigating, Greg Sandoval writes on CNET. The rumor, published by an armchair reporter on CNN's citizen journalism site, iReport.com, caused a brief 10% drop in Apple’s share price... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • CNN • Citizen journalism • iReport

 Apple Bats Down 
 Latest Jobs Death Rumor 

Report that CEO had heart attack is false, company says

Oct 3, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple again today was forced to quash rumors about the health of CEO Steve Jobs, refuting a report that the CEO had suffered a “major heart attack,” Bloomberg reports. Shares fell as much as 5.4% following a post on CNN’s citizen-journalist iReport site, but have since... More »

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Steve Jobs • shareholders • Apple • death • illness • heart attack • CNN • pancreatic cancer • iReport

OPINION

Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner

Broadcasters cede historic role as political pundits

Sep 1, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic Convention made it official, writes Scott Collilns in the Los Angeles Times: The broadcast networks have passed the political torch to the cable networks. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC not only delivered “wall to wall coverage” compared to the broadcast nets' paltry hour of nightly programming. Their... More »

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NBC • cable TV • MSNBC • Democratic National Convention • Fox News • CNN • PBS • broadcasting • CBS News • ABC News • Republican National Convention

(Newser) - Reporters scheduled to cover the Republican convention are preparing to move fast if Hurricane Gustav wallops the Gulf Coast. Anchors Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera are already headed for the storm, but hordes of journalists are stuck in St. Paul, Minn., where the RNC will start tomorrow unless it's postponed.... More »

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New Orleans • CNN • Fox • Anderson Cooper • St. Paul • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

analysis

Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn

Network hopes new anchor will translate into ratings, ad revenue

Aug 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rachel Maddow's promotion to prime-time at MSNBC more clearly draws the partisan lines among the cable networks, writes Brian Stelter of the New York Times: MSNBC on the left, Fox on the right, and CNN claiming middle ground. Now the big question: Will the Maddow move translate into more ads?... More »

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cable TV • MSNBC • NBC Universal • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • CNN • TV advertising • television news • network news • Rachel Maddow • Bill Maher Grid

 Bus Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad

Follows a series of bombings in the capital

Aug 3, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bombs ripped through a minibus this morning in Baghdad, reports CNN, killing 12 and injuring 22 after a string of similar bombings in the region. Two more roadside bombs injured nine near a hospital and two near a convoy of SUVs. Elsewhere, a soldier was killed in an unrelated accident,... More »

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civilian casualties • roadside bomb • bombing • soldier • CNN • wounded • casualties • Iraq war

ANALYSIS

Cable Dominates News by Blowing Up Stories

But print reporters dig up the stories that play on TV

Aug 2, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-four-hour cable networks set the news agenda by turning stories "from brushfire to raging conflagration," Paul Farhi writes in the American Journalism Review. Particularly during presidential campaigns, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC pull stories from newspapers and web sites and make them hot by running them day and... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • MSNBC • news • journalism • Fox News • CNN • print journalism • television news • network news

ANALYSIS

CNN Reporter: Corp. Execs Pushed Media to Play Up War

Jessica Yellin explains 'deferential' attitude Scott McClellan alluded to

May 29, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - CNN reporter Jessica Yellin charged on-air last night that “the press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives” to present the Iraq war consistently “with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings.” Responding to Scott McClellan’s complaint that reporters were... More »

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CNN • Scott McClellan • media bias • Jessica Yellin • corporate execs • Ashleigh Banfield • Phil Donahue

McCain Tweaks Friedman Over Gas-Tax Column

He jokes that columnist probably gets chauffeured around

May 1, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain pushed back today against a New York Times op-ed that deemed a gas-tax holiday “shameful pandering,” painting Thomas Friedman as elitist: “I understand in New York City that you don't really drive a long way," he said. "And then maybe you're chauffeured.”... More »

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John McCain • CNN • Thomas Friedman • negative campaigning

Katie May Wear Larry King's Suspenders

Rumor has CBS anchor jumping ship to take CNN's 9pm spot

Apr 24, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - When word broke that CBS and Katie Couric were poised to part ways, CNN swiftly re-signed Larry King. That was widely expected. But the contract conspicuously avoids promising King the 9pm hour he’s so long held, sources tell Verne Gay of Newsday. That leaves the door swinging invitingly... More »

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television • Katie Couric • CBS • Larry King • CNN

Pro-China Cyberattack on CNN Cancelled

Angry Internet users postpone hacking; isolated incidents cause little trouble

Apr 20, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of cyberattackers called off a planned virtual onslaught of CNN's main webpage yesterday as excess publicity caused confusion, ComputerWorld reports. A group called Revenge of the Flame wrote that "Our original plan for 19 April has been canceled because too many people are aware of it and... More »

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China • cyberattack • CNN • Tibet • hackers • media bias • media coverage

 Thousands Chant 'Fire
 Cafferty' Outside CNN 

Chinese Americans upset over pundit's remarks

Apr 19, 08 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Hollywood today over recent anti-China remarks by CNN commentator Jack Cafferty, the Los Angeles Times reports. The crowd chanted "Fire Cafferty" and sang Chinese songs outside the CNN building in Hollywood. "We understand free speech," one protester said. "But what if... More »

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China • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • CNN • Jack Cafferty • Chinese Americans

CNN Star Busted With Drugs, Sex Toy in Park

Charges dropped pending drug counseling

Apr 19, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - When cops found Richard Quest in Central Park early yesterday morning, they first busted him for loitering past the park's closing time. Then they noticed that the CNN star had a rope tied from his neck to his genitals, drugs in his pocket, and a sex toy in his boot,... More »

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drugs • sex scandal • celebrity • CNN • sex toys • Central Park

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