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Should CNN Merge With CBS Or ABC?

KeithE4 said:
CNN is becoming too similar to CBS and ABC - geezer-friendly dinosaurs that are waiting to die, just like their audience. A merger between CNN and either CBS or ABC would just be more of the same tired old BS.

Real news doesn't have to be boring. This is television, not NPR.
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If CNN married CBS would it be called N(ew)BS? :)

(Didn't they used to do this on "Laugh-in"?)
 
jsu5381m said:
CNN is getting beat by Headline News? Here's an idea, get rid of Headline News and make that audience watch CNN only.
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That would make sense, but then again that would end up ruining CNN with HLN's fluff and tabloid-type shows in the process.
 
BlueWanderer said:
jsu5381m said:
CNN is getting beat by Headline News? Here's an idea, get rid of Headline News and make that audience watch CNN only.
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That would make sense, but then again that would end up ruining CNN with HLN's fluff and tabloid-type shows in the process.
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I have a very negative opinion of Headline News. They went in my grocery store a few years back, and not only were they loud, but they had these agonizing sound effects when they went to commercial. I told the people in charge to TURN IT DOWN! They said CNN controlled the volume. I told them I control where I shop. There must have been many others who agree, because those things were soon gone.

So I question anyone who thinks CNN isn't hip.
 
Fox is successful because it is news for the lowest common denominator. Fox News Channel basically took the huge flashy graphics, sound effects, fluffy crap journalism of their local programs like "Good Day New York" and "Good Day LA" and nationalized the product. Sadly, CNN is now following it down this pit of despair. FNC was successful because they did it first, and everyone followed. Rupert Murdoch is smart enough to know to give the people what they want. Unfortunately, what the people want is pretty faces delivering "news" during the mornings and daytime and angry "libertarians" (as one poster referred to them) yelling about how everyone (aka Americans) are ruining "their" country.
 
Maybe moderate and liberal viewers that are interested in news/politics are watching PBS or listening to NPR and aren't bothering with either CNN or MSNBC.
 
I truely believe the mergers of cable news nets with the major nets will occur. We can assume that MSNBC/NBC have already accomplished this. (And interestingly, MSNBC is now running promos trying to "moderate" their perceived liberal bias, perhaps in anticipation of more of these mergers happening). Who would want to merge with Foxnews? I guess Fox-Entertainment, if Fox-Entertainment had any news platform, which at present they really don't. So that leaves ABC and CBS. CNN seems to be "easy pickin's" at this point, and the CBS/CNN relationship is already somewhat established. That would be a good bet. Which leaves ABC to hook up with...nobody. So question would be, what does ABC do? Try to go it alone with news, or just get out of that platform completely? My odds are 50-50 on that one.
 
searadiofreak said:
I truely believe the mergers of cable news nets with the major nets will occur. We can assume that MSNBC/NBC have already accomplished this. (And interestingly, MSNBC is now running promos trying to "moderate" their perceived liberal bias, perhaps in anticipation of more of these mergers happening). Who would want to merge with Foxnews? I guess Fox-Entertainment, if Fox-Entertainment had any news platform, which at present they really don't. So that leaves ABC and CBS. CNN seems to be "easy pickin's" at this point, and the CBS/CNN relationship is already somewhat established. That would be a good bet. Which leaves ABC to hook up with...nobody. So question would be, what does ABC do? Try to go it alone with news, or just get out of that platform completely? My odds are 50-50 on that one.
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Sorry, but your post contains some misconceptions. MSNBC did not "merge" with NBC. MSNBC was created by the same corporate owner (General Electric) that happened to own NBC, in cooperation with Microsoft (the "MS" of the brand). The same is true of Fox News. It was created by the same corporation (News Corp) that owns the regular Fox network. So these entities were not "merged" at any point, they were owned by the corporation from the get-go. In both cases, they have always been owned by the parent corporation.

CNN would be different. It was created by Ted Turner's corporation, which was later acquired by Time-Warner. So for CNN to "merge" with another network,one of 2 things would have to occur:

1. Time Warner would sell CNN to the one of the corporations that owns another major network (CBS Corp, Comcast, or Disney); or:

2. The Time Warner corporation (all of their divisions) could be acquired by one of the corporations that owns one of the other major networks.
 
Thank you for the clarification. I guess I was talking about "mergers" more as a public perception. I understand the technicalities of the subject.
 
CNN and CBS shouldn't merge persay rather formally agree to share resources. The reason why CNN is lacking in ratings is due to the lack of desire of the majority of cable news viewer looking for objectivity. Also the median age of the average cable news viewers, which is obviously over 35. Most viewers these days want something that appeases or "confirm" their views rather than challenge them or make them critically analyze those views. Hence why, the bull like Fox News Channel is having a ratings hit.

FNC and MSNBC fulfill the agenda-setting quota whereas, CNN is just there to report and analyze.
 
Maybe Les will buy CNN and rename it Chen News Network (All Julie, All The Time). That would free up time on CBS for somebody else - anybody else.
 
kilamanjero said:
CNN and CBS shouldn't merge persay rather formally agree to share resources. The reason why CNN is lacking in ratings is due to the lack of desire of the majority of cable news viewer looking for objectivity. Also the median age of the average cable news viewers, which is obviously over 35. Most viewers these days want something that appeases or "confirm" their views rather than challenge them or make them critically analyze those views. Hence why, the bull like Fox News Channel is having a ratings hit.

FNC and MSNBC fulfill the agenda-setting quota whereas, CNN is just there to report and analyze.
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I couldn't have said it better. Totally accurate, IMO. The ongoing tragedy is - CNN's recent efforts to get away from objective news are pitiful. I like both Kathleen Parker and Elliot Spitzer (despite his peccadillos), but Parker/Spitzer is not worthy of CNN, or either of the two anchors, in my opinion.
 
I wouldn't necessarily classify Parker and Spitzer as "anchors" - more like "news chatterers".

@MattParker - I like your idea - maybe they can work an "HE" in parentheses in the network logo...
 
Lkeller said:
kilamanjero said:
CNN and CBS shouldn't merge persay rather formally agree to share resources. The reason why CNN is lacking in ratings is due to the lack of desire of the majority of cable news viewer looking for objectivity. Also the median age of the average cable news viewers, which is obviously over 35. Most viewers these days want something that appeases or "confirm" their views rather than challenge them or make them critically analyze those views. Hence why, the bull like Fox News Channel is having a ratings hit.

FNC and MSNBC fulfill the agenda-setting quota whereas, CNN is just there to report and analyze.
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I couldn't have said it better. Totally accurate, IMO. The ongoing tragedy is - CNN's recent efforts to get away from objective news are pitiful. I like both Kathleen Parker and Elliot Spitzer (despite his peccadillos), but Parker/Spitzer is not worthy of CNN, or either of the two anchors, in my opinion.
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Agreed. This show is already on life support.
 
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