Aaron Brown "fired" from CNN ?????

[Catchawave]

Just announced on KO's show, sorry no details :(

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. We're going in the wrong direction.

[Catchawave]

6. Is Cafferty next?

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. If they take Cafferty out, there will be a major backlash.

Even though he leans right, we all know they would take be taking him out because he's spouting off populace viewpoints.

[Radio_Lady]

34. Aaron Brown biography for next TV news employer...

From:
http://www.tv.com/aaron-brown/person/185310/biography.html

With more than a quarter century of journalism experience to draw from, Aaron Brown is CNN's lead anchor during breaking news and special events. He is also the anchor of "NewsNight with Aaron Brown," the only live global news broadcast seen in the United States and around the world. Less than an hour after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, Brown began covering the unparalleled event from a rooftop in New York City. His round-the-clock continuing live coverage from several points in New York City, including "Ground Zero," has provided CNN audiences with constant updates and insight. During his career, Brown has garnered a number of awards including three Emmy awards, a duPont-Columbia Award, a New York Film Festival World Medal and several Sigma Delta Chi awards for political, general and sports news reporting as well as in the category of Outstanding Documentary. Read more below:

With more than 25 years of journalism experience to draw from, Aaron Brown is CNN's lead anchor during breaking news and special events as well as anchor of NewsNight With Aaron Brown, CNN's flagship, evening newscast. Brown also serves as host of CNN Presents, CNN's documentary series, and is the co-anchor during the network's election coverage. Brown is based in the network's New York bureau.

Less than an hour after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, Brown began covering the unparalleled event from a rooftop in New York City. His continuing live coverage from several points in New York City, including Ground Zero, provided CNN audiences with constant updates and insight as the crisis turned into a search-and-rescue mission then evolved into a war on terrorism. Since then, he has covered numerous news events for CNN, including the ongoing war on terrorism, Election 2002, the D.C.-area sniper and the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. During 2003's Operation Iraqi Freedom, Brown anchored from the network's headquarters in Atlanta, providing viewers with the latest information from frontlines' reports as well as from Central Command in Doha, Qatar, and Washington, D.C.

Previously, Brown was the anchor of ABC's World News Tonight Saturday and reported for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline and other ABC news broadcasts. He was the founding anchor of ABC's World News Now. Brown played a lead role in covering many news stories, including the British return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government, the Columbine High School shootings, the trial of O.J. Simpson and Nelson Mandela's historic election as president of South Africa. He also reported on the restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the head of Haiti's government, the death of Princess Diana, the trial of Susan Smith in Union, S.C., and the California earthquake in 1994.

Additionally, Brown spent a year reporting and covering the tobacco industry. As an essayist for ABC News, Brown covered subjects ranging from the impeachment of President Bill Clinton to the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Before joining ABC News, Brown anchored the evening newscast for KIRO-TV in Seattle. Before that, he spent 10 years at Seattle's KING-TV as a reporter and anchor.

Brown has garnered a number of awards including three Emmy awards, a duPont-Columbia Award, a New York Film Festival World Medal and several Sigma Delta Chi awards for political, general and sports news reporting as well as in the category of Outstanding Documentary.

Brown is a native of Hopkins, Minn., and began his broadcasting career as a radio talk show host in Minneapolis and later in Los Angeles.

[ptolle]

37. journalism

My take is that he got too close to being a real journalist rather than the talking points spewing talking head sort usually favored on what passes for tv news these days.Oh and backlash just to differentiate us here at DU from some others who shall be unnamed but their initials are FR I believe the word you wanted was populist. My english teacher training coming out, and my contractors pay attention to the blueprint-measure twice, cut once penchant for accuracy.

[The Backlash Cometh]

39. Yes. Populist. In this case I'm okay with the correction.

It's a word we so rarely see in print these days.

Maybe Aaron will consider starting his own blog?

[babylonsister]

2. Here's a thread for you, Catchawave:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1895305

[Catchawave]

7. Thanks....Keith snarked that part

"well deserved time off with his family"....we all know that means he was FIRED. Not to mention KO covered this "CNN" tidbit. Oh yeah, I can read between the lines...heh! :hi:

[Lex]

3. Threads on DU from earlier today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5245693

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5245463

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5247062

[Catchawave]

8. Thanks for those early/updates !

:hug: Goodness, I missed alot today.

[Zen Democrat]

4. KO said that Brown was offered another spot on CNN and turned it down.

[Berry Cool]

5. Well, it's obvious Anderson Cooper is their golden boy now

and anyone in his way better get out of the way fast.

Kind of sad. The Coop hype may well be his undoing if it gets overdone. People are already starting to backlash.

[Catchawave]

10. Hmmmm?

KO is definitely sending a, um, message. CNN should not be "news" on an MSNBC show, eh?

[applegrove]

25. I liked the two of them together!!

:cry:

[Alpharetta]

9. seeya, Aaron

P.S. Buy a freekin clue, would ya?

[SpiralHawk]

11. cut the cable -- for a trifecta

Starve the beast
Free your mind
Save money

Rabbit ears uber alles.

[GrumpyGreg]

13. Best advice I've heard in years,and I still have some rabbit ears

around the house. (I just can't throw some things out)

[mzmolly]

12. He turned down another time slot. I really liked Aaron, but I suppose

he wasn't dramatic enough for CNN. Cooper got mega ratings/respect for his coverage of Katrina.

[Swamp Rat]

14. Cooper gets respect for his "work" ... amazing!

:eyes:

[Lex]

15. What's so weird about that?

Cooper has won several awards for his work, including a National Headliners Award for his tsunami coverage, an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABC's coverage of Princess Diana's funeral; a Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the Bosnian civil war; a Bronze Telly for his coverage of famine in Somalia; a Bronze Award from the National Educational Film and Video Festival for a report on political Islam; and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism for his 20/20 Downtown report on high school athlete Corey Johnson.

[thebigidea]

19. and the cut and paste award from the resume guild.

[Lex]

20. It's on CNN's site for anyone who bothered to Google

instead of sitting around trashing without knowing what they're talking about.

[mzmolly]

30. I like Anderson Cooper too. I didn't think anyone was trashing him?

It was all in jest.

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

23. You can keep him... or IT.

I'm not interested infotainers, except to expose THEM for they lizards THEY really are.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

[mzmolly]

27. Hey, you should send that in to CNN!

Perhaps they'll use it? :crazy:

;)

[KaryninMiami]

16. Maybe we should flood MSNBC and ask they switch Rita for Aaron!

Now that would be a wonderful change. Rita needs to go!!!

[Poiuyt]

22. We should flood MSNBC and ask that they get Phil Donahue!

[faithnotgreed]

17. i read at least a year ago that aaron was not in the most solid place

there with cnn

apparently the story goes that it kind of began when he wouldnt come in on his off day
there was a big story that broke and he stayed off the air and cnn had the other anchors there so it wasnt taken kindly that aaron didnt come in

doesnt seem he was going to play all the corporate games necessary
and since they can have one more hour of wolf then i guess cnn is happy

yuck

[Lex]

21. When the space shuttle blew up a couple of years ago

CNN asked him to come in and anchor the coverage. He refused to leave his golf tournament.

[faithnotgreed]

24. thank you - i didnt realize it had been that long ago

but yes i do recall he was playing golf

thanks
just wanted to pipe up that this has been building up over some time now it seems since i read about it awhile ago

[Radio_Lady]

26. Well, that was stupid, wasn't it? I didn't hear that story.

I liked Aaron Brown and hope he lands on his feet somewhere.

[Lex]

28. Maybe at Jennings' or Rather's anchor desk?

Ya never know.

[Radio_Lady]

31. You know, Lex, when I first heard this, that is exactly what I thought!

Does he have enough "gravitas" for those seats? I'd certainly think so.

[grasswire]

29. He's a prick at times, but.......

...Aaron Brown got me through the day of September 11, 2001 with such a calm, measured handling of the day's horrors that I have always been in awe of that kind of professionalism. He was magnificent. No babbling. No conjecture. He said as little as possible and just let the events speak. What he DID have to say was solidly calm. I'll always be grateful for that.

[Radio_Lady]

32. I was mostly watching Jennings, but certainly Aaron Brown showed

a great deal of calm and maturity in a variety of other settings.

[mzmolly]

33. That was his style.

I wonder if he'll be picked up by someone else?

[Radio_Lady]

35. After 35 years and a multiplicity of jobs in broadcasting, I'd say...

unequivocally -- YES!

[A Brand New World]

36. I like Aaron Brown. I didn't watch everynight but frequently. I,

like a lot of people here, took a break from most news for a while after the last stolen election. Of course Keith Olbermann didn't fall into the banned news area. But lately (during and after Katrina) I've been watching Aaron again. I figured there was something in the wind when Anderson Cooper started co-anchoring with him. I didn't think that was probably going over very well with him. I liked how Aaron was so thoughtful and intellectual in his coverage. He could get kind of snotty and snooty though. But I think overall he told it like it was.

And yes, I'd definitely welcome Aaron to MSNBC in Raspy Rita's slot. She has got to go!

[Justice Is Comin]

38. Cooper is getting big for his britches already.

I find his style like a amateur reporter on dexedrene. Nothing like the Brown where he lets the news speak, not his excitement for it or against it.