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CNN Cancels Crossfire

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the jon-stewart-victorious dept.

blonde rser writes "Three months after Jon Stewart appeared on (and lambasted) CNN's Crossfire the Globe and Mail reports that CNN is dumping Tucker Carlson. It appears that Crossfire is being canceled and Carlson's contract is not being renewed. As to whether Stewart's opinion had any affect on the decision there is this quote from Jonathan Klein, CEO of CNN's US network: 'I guess I come down more firmly in the Jon Stewart camp.'"

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  1. Thank God they're getting rid of Tucker by genrader · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm a conservative and I absolutely hate that guy. He tries to defend Bush when there is no reason to defend him. I'm a conservative and Bush is an insane president with a socialist agenda. I suppose they only got Carlson on there to make conservatives look retarded.

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    the Political Inquirer
  2. Re:How did Carlson land that job anyways? by HolyCoitus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree with you completely. I take it a step in a different direction though, and would prefer a lot of people with questionable credentials coming to a conclusion on an issue. Something such as Slashdot mainly.

    Takes your mind down more interesting paths and forces you to question things.

    Was Carlson's personality something taht anyone could market though? Was he presented as an asshole to make it so that people from "the left" would watch to hope he gets his ass handed to him?

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    That's scary.