My CNN Ramble

Currently, I’m watching CNN, one of the few that still do and I would like to make a few suggestions:

CNN needs a new personality. Is it possible to get this personality without punditry? I think so. We don’t need comedians and we certainly don’t need poorly mimicked Jon Stewart impersonators. We need newsmen. CNN has to hire people who are not satisfied with quoting the nebulous group of “some people” (i.e. “Some people say…”). I want a reporter who isn’t contented with using the banal buzz-phrases like “the American people” or “those on the right (or left or wherever) think…”

It is my experience that people want and need a reliable broadcast news station; the market is there, so to speak. CNN is uniquely placed to tap into a whole demographic of intelligent, moderate viewers disillusioned with the MSNBC/Fox wars.

It’s discouraging to observe the cable news state and equally frustrating that CNN (or any network for that matter) won’t step up to the challenge of integrity.