Hilarious!
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"Keeping them Honest!" CNN CAUGHT "COOKING THE BOOKS" at 10pm Anderson
Cooper
by Greta Van Susteren
Oh-oh.caught cooking the books!
The other day I whacked CNN in the blog in direct response to the
executive
producer of Anderson Cooper 360 gratuitously insulting ON THE RECORD..my
staff and I work too hard to take a gratuitous insult.so I fired back..you
would, too...I assumed I would not be discussing CNN again .but I could
not
resist this latest emailed to me...
CNN'S new approach: if the tv show Anderson Cooper 360 can't win fair and
square at 10pm against Fox News Channel ON THE RECORD.even with an
astronomical $27 million p/r campaign that includes even life size cut
outs
of Anderson Cooper at the air****t and in malls (and in answer to the
anticipated question, no, no other journalists that I have noticed have or
have had full size body cardboard cuts of themselves positioned in
shopping
malls or air****ts to promote themselves - that is a Hollywood celebrity
gimmick that movie studios use)....how about Plan B? CHEATING!
Yes.CNN has been caught "cooking the books" - check out this article from
www.tvnewser.com that was emailed to me. ..and note even MS/NBC complains
that CNN is cheating (it isn't just Fox catching CNN) ..read and post your
comment:
What's in a Name?: The AC360 Debate
Exclusive: TVNewser has learned that representatives from the three cable
news networks, FNC, CNN, and MSNBC, took part in a meeting with Nielsen
reps
late last month to discuss concerns lobbed by Fox and MSNBC at CNN.
We hear the meeting was called to discuss CNN's decision to title their
10pmET hour during election nights "Anderson Cooper 360," thus upping the
average for the program. On most political nights of this election year,
FNC
and MSNBC have branded their programming "special coverage" so it would
not
necessarily benefit their prime time programs as it does for CNN's Cooper.
All three networks declined to comment directly on the meeting but one
insider tells TVNewser it was, "a lively discussion," with one exec
"red-faced" during the proceedings.
Confirming the meeting took place, Nielsen spokesperson Gary Holmes tells
TVNewser, "We did have a meeting of the Titling Committee and this was on
the agenda," adding, "As a matter of policy we don't discuss client
meetings. All I can say is that this matter is still under discussion."
We hear Nielsen will have recommendations for the future in mid to late
July, and CNN is planning to use the title "Anderson Cooper 360? during
the
10pmET hour throughout the conventions.
TVNewser spoke with AC360 EP David Doss about the issue. "It's an absurd
argument. It's not as if the primaries are staged for CNN's benefit. It's
the biggest news of the day," he said. "Of course it counts."
It might be time for CNN to do a "Keeping Them Honest" segment about
themselves at 10pm!
And ps - I feel sorry for Anderson Cooper. CNN management is making him
look
like the fool. I am sure he is not the one behind all of this..he is just
the fall guy for management's decision to make journalism a marketing
event.
One other thing: Yes, ON THE RECORD is #1 at 10pm in total viewers even
with
CNN's cheating!
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