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Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 12:22pm on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 | Dobbs Departure May Restore Journalistic Integrity, Latino Policy Coalition Says
"In accepting Lou Dobbs' resignation, CNN may finally restore its journalistic integrity," said LPC Chair Jim Gonzalez.
According to the LPC, Dobbs wrongly portrayed immigrants as criminals, job stealers, and disease carriers who unduly burden America's social welfare system.
"The ouster of Lou Dobbs from CNN reaffirms that what we witnessed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's successful confirmation. Latinos in the U.S. are connecting with their political power and will not support racial profiling or discrimination, but instead, are invested in just treatment for all and sound immigration reform," Gonzalez concluded."
For more information:
http://www.latinopolicycoalition.com/
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Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 10:43am on Friday, November 13th, 2009 | John King To Take Dobbs's Old Time Slot; CNN Honcho Denies Caving To Pressure From Hispanic Groups Demanding Dobbs Be Dropped
The New York Times reported on November 12, 2009:
"Replacing an anchor known for his outspoken political beliefs with a traditional Washington reporter, CNN on Thursday said a political news program led by John King would be “a statement about the importance of real nonpartisan news to CNN.”
The channel’s middle-of-the-road newscasts, however, have lost market share to the more cacophonous programs on MSNBC and the Fox News Channel.
In interviews Thursday, Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S., denied that CNN had acquiesced to pressure by Hispanic advocacy groups to drop Lou Dobbs, a fervent opponent of illegal immigration.
Rather, he said, it was Mr. Dobbs’s decision: while the anchor had adapted in recent months to CNN’s mostly opinion-free format, “he came to me a few weeks ago and said he’d decided it wasn’t for him,” Mr. Klein said.
The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/business/media/13cnn.html
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Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 7:21am on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN, Effective Immediately
The Washington Post reported on November 12, 2009:
"Lou Dobbs, the most opinionated and divisive anchor at a cable network that bills itself as a straight-news oasis, resigned from CNN on Wednesday night, saying in his final broadcast that he wants "to go beyond the role" of a television journalist in tackling the country's problems.
Framing his move as a response to the urging of "some leaders in media, politics and business," Dobbs struck a populist tone, attempting to position himself as a political leader who would mount a campaign "to overcome the lack of true representation in Washington, D.C."
Last month, Dobbs said on air that shots had been fired at his New Jersey home while he and his wife were outside. Dobbs tied the shooting to his immigration stance, saying: "The national liberal media has chosen sides. And they have decided that they're going to focus on the liberal view, which is that they will embrace illegal immigration no matter who is harmed, no matter how many laws are broken, or how few consequences there are for breaking those laws. My wife has now been, and I have been, shot at."
The full story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111125152.html
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 11:19pm on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 | On November 5, 2009, CNN debuted the CNN Challenge, an interactive online news trivia quiz. Found at www.CNNChallenge.com, the quiz - focused on both historical news events and the top stories of the week - is guided by various CNN, HLN and CNN International anchors, including Larry King, Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Robin Meade and Christiane Amanpour.
New quizzes are published weekly, with quizzes about historical events available each Tuesday and Wednesday, and a new current news quiz available every Thursday.
"The CNN Challenge offers CNN.com's users the ability to expand their knowledge of the news and current events in a fun and engaging way," said KC Estenson, senior vice president and general manager of CNN.com. "At its core, the CNN Challenge is another example of how we are leveraging interactivity and the social nature of the web to create a unique online experience for news enthusiasts across the globe."
The CNN Challenge consists of three rounds of five questions, specific to the who, what, when, where and why of certain news events. In the final stage of the quiz - the Lightning Round - the player's skills are pushed further, allowing only 90 seconds to answer five questions interactively. A player accumulates points based on their response time and the value of the question, which varies by the stage of the quiz.
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Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 11:13am on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 | Elizabeth Chmurak has been named associate producer at CNN. She was previously associate producer for documentary series at A&E.
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Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 7:03pm on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 | Mark Nelson, who has overseen CNN Productions since 2005, is leaving the network while Atlanta-based head of live programming Scott Matthews leaves that position to head up a combined CNN Productions and Investigative unit. Matthews will remain in Atlanta, while the search is on for his replacement.
Additionally, CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein announced that Soledad O'Brien's "In America" franchise, which Nelson had overseen, will be expanded in 2010. The unit will add more than a dozen positions and will be headed up by CNN's Senior VP of current programming Bart Feder. Current CNN Productions staffers will have the first opportunity to apply for the positions.
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 12:34am on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | CNN had the lowest primetime ratings among cable TV news networks in October, Bill Carter of the New York Times reported on October 26, 2009:
"CNN, which created the all-news cable network almost 30 years ago, hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, with three of its four programs between 7 and 11 p.m. finishing fourth and last among the cable news networks."
Carter added:
"In an era when the relationship between the White House and Fox News is making headlines, and when the ideological rivalry between MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right is commanding the spotlight, CNN has little from a news angle to stir consistent interest from viewers."
The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/business/media/27rating.html
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 3:58pm on Friday, September 25th, 2009 | The fat and sassy Jason Linkins dropkicks Lou Dobbs in a Huffington Post post on September 16, 2009:
"CNN is facing pressure on a number of fronts to drop Lou Dobbs from their roster of on-air talent, a move that would force millions of Americans seeking out news about the conspiracy to spread leprosy throughout America via illegal Mexican immigrants to turn instead to the guy who lives under the bridge by the old tire factory."
The full rant:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/16/drop-dobbs-cnn-pressured_n_288506.html
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 3:49pm on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 | CNN has introduced a service for newspapers called The CNN Wire Store, which makes its stories available to license and download for $199 per story on a single-use basis.
CNN announced the new service on September 15, 2009, describing it as "a commercial self-service on-line storefront of its wire stories." It enables journalists, publishers and media organizations to license CNN story content through a web based service at www.cnnwirestore.com.
The CNN Wire Store is available globally to license and download individual CNN Wire stories for $199 per story for a single use, utilizing a simple credit card transaction. The site allows publishers to browse through CNN Wire articles, hold selected articles in a cart for review, check out easily, and download story content on demand.
In discussions with publishers and journalists about the news industry and the changing face of the marketplace, CNN earlier this year expanded the offerings of the existing CNN Wire service and made it available for subscription. And now CNN provides the new CNN Wire Store for publishers needing content for single use and on demand basis.
"CNN understands the changing business landscape of journalism and the marketplace. The expanded CNN Wire provides an opportunity for a new platform to make CNN Wire stories easily accessible, and for the first time, on a per-story basis to any publisher, anywhere on their own timetable. With the launch of the CNN Wire Store website, we've made our original journalism easily available to other publishers on demand,"said Susan Grant, executive vice president of CNN News Services.
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:11am on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | Jamie Kraft has been named the executive producer of CNN's American Morning, the cable news service announced on September 9, 2009.
The announcement was made by Bart Feder, senior vice president for current programming, CNN/U.S.
Kraft has been the acting executive producer since May 2009. Prior to that, he served as the program's senior broadcast producer for the past year, and now will oversee all aspects of the program's production and mission as a hard-news alternative in the morning.
As the program's senior broadcast producer, Kraft was responsible for editorial direction and was instrumental in selecting upcoming stories and overseeing long-term projects. He covered major news stories included the 2008 presidential campaign, the election and inauguration of President Barack Obama, the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, the economic and financial crisis and the death of Michael Jackson. Before joining American Morning, he was a senior producer for Anderson Cooper 360 for three years where he was responsible for overseeing all daily and future editorial content for the program.
Kraft came to CNN from CBS News where he worked for more than 13 years. He was a producer on 60 Minutes, where he worked on investigative reports and sports profiles for Steve Kroft. Prior to that, he was a producer for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather where he produced for Rather, and produced assignments domestically and internationally. Awards he received while at CBS included a Gracie award, two Emmy awards and a New York Press Club award.
Kraft has a bachelor's degree in journalism and economics from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children, and coaches three of his children's soccer teams.
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