No More Talk Radio Hosts on CNN?

[dem mba]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/no_more_talk_radio_hosts_on_cnn_124031.asp

Exclusive: TVNewser has learned, and a CNN spokesperson confirms, that in his morning editorial meeting today, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein asked his show producers to avoid booking talk radio hosts. "Complex issues require world class reporting," Klein is quoted as saying, adding that talk radio hosts too often add to the noise, and that what they say is "all too predictable."

One of CNN's longtime show hosts, Lou Dobbs, hosts a daily radio show. A few political contributors also host radio shows including Bill Bennett and Roland Martin. They are presumably not affected by this.

But this means other talk radio hosts who appear regularly on CNN, probably won't in the near future including names like Stephanie Miller, Michael Medved, and Ben Ferguson.

> Update: Roland Martin stopped hosting his show on WVON last October when he became senior analyst for the "Tom Joyner Morning Show."

[PATRICK]

1. Alarmed

that the right is getting controversial and counter productive AND losing ratings while the undesirable left is winning hearts, minds and ratings in a way they REALLY see as counter productive to corporate interests.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Does that mean that Errol Louis of WWRL won't be paired off with Lou Dobbs anymore?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Joe Madison

who was on Dobbs last night mentioned this on his XM show this morning. He said that he got 3 phone calls from CNN producers yesterday mentioning this policy change - the first call basically canceling his appearance, then the 2nd call to say that Dobbs was probably exempt, and then the 3rd call to finally confirm that he would still be on the round table on Dobbs' show.

Madison was ranting that CNN will routinely bring on entertainers like Penn and Teller (on Larry King) to do political commentating but can't bring on talk hosts?

Also to the OP, Martin is supposed to host a show on TV One in September: http://www.tvoneonline.com/shows/show.asp?sid=1021

[dem mba]

4. I read another article discussing how TV news shows

are no longer paying pundits/authors to come on their shows as experts. Perhaps this is a related move?