Aaron Brown out

I'm a minority opinion, and think there's room for Anderson and Aaron. But anyone who's worked in TV could see the writing on the wall when they piggybacked Brown/Cooper post hurricane coverage. The team angle was transitional, and not good news for Brown.

I felt Aaron's reporting after 9/11 was among the strongest. He's a real newsman, as he actually writes, doesn't just read of do stand-up. (I think of him as a sort of male Linda Ellerbe -- another generation's hard journalist/cool demeanor.) Dare I say, he was the Anderson Cooper of 9/11. It took another crisis, Katrina, to fully bump him, even though his stock was falling. I think turning CNN into the Anderson Cooper show will eventually be too much, too. But hey, that's TV. Brown's 50-something, and not necessarily someone to have in your home every night, as this thread's posts reveal.

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Updated On: 11/3/05 at 09:24 AM

CNN is trying to target a younger demographic...

It's all about the mighty Ad Dollar.

That, and Jon Klein, the President of CNN/US clearly wasn't a fan. But, mostly it was about the ratings...and the advertising revenue:

Klein said the switch was done to build CNN's schedule around what he considers its hottest personality, Cooper, and hottest new show, "The Situation Room."

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I like both of them so I don't have strong feelings about this one way or the other. I'll continue watching Newsnight either way.