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Bye Tucker

I am absolutely thrilled to the marrow to learn that CNN is booting Tucker Carlson out into the cold mean streets. No mercy. He’s gone. And so is the obnoxious program, Crossfire, on which he and his equally useless co-host, Paul Begala, did nothing to inform, but a great deal to confuse. I gave up on the program a long time ago because I couldn’t understand anything anyone said since they all screamed at each other at once.

I’m pleasantly surprised to learn that the new president of CNN referenced Jon Stewart by saying, “I agree wholeheartedly with Jon Stewart’s overall premise.” And that is—ranting partisan political shows on cable were “hurting America.” It was a fine day for broadcast journalism when Stewart blasted Carlson and Begala on their own program and left them slack jawed and speechless a couple of months ago.

The new CNN president believes that CNN should be in the business of reporting the news, not discussing it.

Well, we’ll see how it goes. But anyone who thinks Jon Stewart was on the money probably has his head screwed on right.

Posted on 01/07/05 at 08:29 AM
 




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