Jon Klein

Maddow: O'Reilly A 'Race-Baiting F**k"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Maddow called Bill O'Reilly a "race-baiting f*ck," CNN tried to hire Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews wanted Phil Donahue out of MSNBC. Th...

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Third Quarter Cable News: Bad News for All Networks, But Hope for a Better CNN

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Headline News Ratings, FoxNews Ratings, Msnbc, Cnn, Jon Klein, JIm Walton, Digital Newsgathering, MSNBC Ratings, Headline News, BP Oil Spill, Foxnews, CNN Ratings, Media News

Could it be that the decline in news viewers is symptomatic of a general and genuine disgust by news viewers who are just fed up with the kind of news being fed to them?

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Even I Can't Change CNN

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Klein, Michael Wolff, Cnn, Ken Jautz, Media News

I am waiting for Ken Jautz to take me to lunch. Jautz is the new head of CNN. I helped get him his job. I wrote a column in the August issue of Vanity...

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Even I Can't Change CNN

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Klein, Michael Wolff, Cnn, Jon Klein CNN, Ken Jautz, Media News

I am waiting for Ken Jautz to take me to lunch. Jautz is the new head of CNN. I helped get him his job. I wrote a column in the August issue of Vanity...

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CNN: The Axe Has Dropped, But Will the Ratings Rise?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Variety, Time Warner, Ken Jautz, Rick Kaplan, Jon Klein, Hurricane Katrina, Headline News, Tom Johnson, Eason Jordan, Cbs, CNN Ratings, Fox News, Media News

CNN has been rotting for the past twenty years, and it's not going to be fixed in a matter of months. But maybe with a new president in the driver's seat, the station will at least have a chance to take off in a new direction.

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CNN President Defends Spitzer Show

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN/US President Jon Klein defended his decision to give Eliot Spitzer a primetime show Sunday in an interview on the network's "Reliable Sources" pro...

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Eliot Spitzer? CNN Trails the Path Blazed by Roger Ailes

Sharon Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Klein, Cnn, Waxword, Kathleen Parker, Sarah Palin, Eliot Spitzer, Media News

Whatever CNN's president may officially say, the network has finally succumbed to the trend of politically spun news programming that boosted rivals Fox News and MSNBC.

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CNN: We're In 'Category Of One,' Only Non-Partisan News Network

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — CNN said that it's in a "category of one" among television news networks in how it delivers non-biased news, and promised to continue...

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CNN President: Unfair To Compare Us To Fox News, MSNBC; Fox News: CNN More Like G4 Network

Los Angeles Times, | Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

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"We are not going to try to boost numbers during fallow news periods by running cartoons, as our competitors do," Klein said. "We're going to cover th...

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DC or Bust: Lou Dobbs and His Hate Groupies

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

If Dobbs won't end his association with FAIR, which the Southern Policy Law Center has designated as a hate group, CNN should do the right thing and end its association with Dobbs.

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An Open Memo to Progressives: Do Limbaugh, Dobbs, and Beck Represent Your Country?

Eric E. Burns | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Betsy Mccaughey, Birthers, Dick Armey, Orly Taitz, Rush Limbaugh, Freedomworks, Lou Dobbs, Barack Obama, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Nancy Pelosi, Jon Klein, Harry Reid, Fox News, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Media News

No matter what progressive issue you pick, conservatives are working to turn it into nothing less than sedition, carried out by an illegal president. The conservative media is their megaphone.

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Media Matters To Run Ads Attacking Lou Dobbs' Birther Obsession -- On CNN!

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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It looks like CNN president John Klein's laissez faire attitude about Lou Dobbs "birther" obsession is about to be tested. Yesterday we noted that CN...

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Dobbs' Ratings Take A Hit Over "Birther" Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Backing the "Birthers" may be a good way to gain notoriety and attract criticism, but it's proving to be ratings poison for Lou Dobbs. The New York O...

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O'Reilly May Host Dobbs For "Birther" Discussion (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last Tuesday, CNN host Lou Dobbs, became a focal point of the "birthers" brouhaha, when he hypothesized on his radio show that Obama may not be a pro...

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Klein Puts CNN's "Most Trusted" Brand at Risk

Eric E. Burns | Posted 05.25.2011

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On July 23, CNN president Jon Klein acted like the head of a serious news network. On July 24, he acted like an intern for Lou Dobbs.

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Major Civil Rights Group Demands CNN Remove Lou Dobbs From The Air

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 2:30 PM, July 25 MSNBC president Phil Griffin called the claim that President Obama is a foreigner, which has received significant media cover...

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CNN: Primetime Doesn't Matter As Much Anymore

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Much has been made of CNN's problems in primetime — in March, the network finished third for the first time ever, and it's currently running fou...

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Jon Klein Jokes: Roger Ailes My "Single Most Important Problem"

Politico | Anne Schroeder Mullins | Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN President Jon Klein joked that Fox News chairman Roger Ailes was his biggest problem in an interview conducted Monday by The Kalb Report's Marvin ...

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One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyra Banks, Oprah, Nancy Grace, Ted Stevens, Heidi Montag, Bernard Madoff, Madonna, David Foster Wallace, Bill Kristol, David Cook, Joe Lieberman, Heath Ledger, Jeff Zucker, Tim Russert, Jon Klein, David Atchuleta, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Rod Blagojevich, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Miley Cyrus, Mark Penn, Joe the Plumber, The Cnn Hologram, The Jonas Brothers, Ben Stein, Spencer Pratt, Robert Mugabe, Hillary Clinton, Ben Silverman, Entertainment News

Well, it could've been worse. As 2008 mercifully ends, we're left to ponder a year in which the real and the surreal were pretty much indistinguishable, where insanity actually became tedium.

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John King Praised By CNN President: "Best Political Reporter Of His Generation"

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN President Jon Klein didn't go light on the praise for John King this afternoon, shortly after the premiere of his new show, "State of the Union." ...

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CNN President Jon Klein: Anderson Cooper Win "Remarkable," Economic News Will Drive 2009

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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As 2008 comes to a close, each of the cable news networks has reason to celebrate: Fox News maintains its #1 ratings slot, MSNBC is growing faster tha...

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Miles to Go: CNN Fires Technology Unit, Keeps Ridiculous Technology

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Klein, Miles O'Brien, Cnn, Media Layoffs, Layoffs, Bill Hemmer, Media News

You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who's been screwed as thoroughly and with as much sheer audacity by CNN over the past few years as Miles O'Brien.

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Jon Klein Hits 4-Years As CNN U.S. President: An Anniversary Fact Check

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein is about to hit his four-year anniversary at the helm of the news network, with one full Presidential election cycle unde...

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CNN Spending Spree: Parties, Holograms, Gizmos, & Talent

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 05.25.2011

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Along the way, CNN sponsored seven debates (by contrast, CBS, the Tiffany network, threw exactly none). In the run-up to the election, it piled up a r...

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Jon Klein Is Twittering! (Also, CNN Ratings)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Klein, Twitter, Mile High Jokes, Cnn, Dnc, Democratic Convention, Democratic Natiional Convention, Democratic Convention Denver, ETP at the DNC, Eat the Press, Media News

....and I get to take credit for it! I cajoled him into signing up over breakfast at the CNN Grille — well, breakfasts, both of them mine (at th...

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