Stewart Gets Carlson Fired!

Just saw this tidbit on salon.com and had to cheer:

CNN said goodbye to pundit Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, and with him likely the "Crossfire" program that has been the granddaddy of high-volume political debate shows on cable television.

CNN will probably fold "Crossfire" into its other programming, perhaps as an occasional segment on the daytime show "Inside Politics," said Jonathan Klein, who was appointed in late November as chief executive of CNN's U.S. network.[snip]

The bow-tied wearing conservative pundit got into a public tussle last fall with comic Jon Stewart, who has been critical of cable political programs that devolve into shoutfests.

"I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp," Klein told The Associated Press.

He said all of the cable networks, including CNN, have overdosed on programming devoted to arguing over issues. Klein said he wants more substantive programming that is still compelling.

Stewart Gets Carlson Fired!

Just saw this tidbit on salon.com and had to cheer:

CNN said goodbye to pundit Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, and with him likely the "Crossfire" program that has been the granddaddy of high-volume political debate shows on cable television.

CNN will probably fold "Crossfire" into its other programming, perhaps as an occasional segment on the daytime show "Inside Politics," said Jonathan Klein, who was appointed in late November as chief executive of CNN's U.S. network.[snip]

The bow-tied wearing conservative pundit got into a public tussle last fall with comic Jon Stewart, who has been critical of cable political programs that devolve into shoutfests.

"I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp," Klein told The Associated Press.

He said all of the cable networks, including CNN, have overdosed on programming devoted to arguing over issues. Klein said he wants more substantive programming that is still compelling.

Playing Hooky

What can I say: sloth begets sloth. Thanks to still more miserable weather, I stayed home again yesterday, switching channels between the last day of the Australia/Pakistan cricket match and the Orange Bowl, which instead of being a tightly played college football national championship game turned into a rout (sorry about that, marykaykare). Hard to feel too guilty given that my only pending work right now is maintaining a couple of intranet web sites.

Last night we took a break from eating out and I got to indulge myself in one of my favorite pursuits here: watching ( British TV reality shows )

Today Stephen hit the big 4-0, which is one of the reasons I was so anxious to get here. No big celebration, just dinner with a couple of friends and his sister and nephew, who live in Melbourne. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to join in the "over the hill" raillery likely to occur :->

Playing Hooky

What can I say: sloth begets sloth. Thanks to still more miserable weather, I stayed home again yesterday, switching channels between the last day of the Australia/Pakistan cricket match and the Orange Bowl, which instead of being a tightly played college football national championship game turned into a rout (sorry about that, marykaykare). Hard to feel too guilty given that my only pending work right now is maintaining a couple of intranet web sites.

Last night we took a break from eating out and I got to indulge myself in one of my favorite pursuits here: watching ( British TV reality shows )

Today Stephen hit the big 4-0, which is one of the reasons I was so anxious to get here. No big celebration, just dinner with a couple of friends and his sister and nephew, who live in Melbourne. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to join in the "over the hill" raillery likely to occur :->