CNN-fail

By GottaLaff

But... but... they're TBPNTOTV!!!

Since Obama took office, CNN’s prime-time audience has dropped sharply, raising doubts about whether the network’s middle-of-the-road strategy can be effective against more opinionated programming on Fox News and MSNBC.

"Middle of the road"? Really? I hear more Rushpublic talking points and see more Rushpublic punditiots on CNN than Blago has hair follicles.

[CNN President Jon] Klein pointed out that "Anderson Cooper 360" is beating "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" at 10 p.m. — but of course, that’s the repeat of the 8 p.m. airing of Olbermann's MSNBC show.

But of course, Klein failed to mention that, but of course.

It's Cooper’s ratings that are the most troubling, say staffers, given the resources and heavy promotion for his show, and persona. For years, Klein has talked up Cooper, once famously dubbing him “the anti-anchor” and, in the aftermath of Katrina, as “a reporter [who’s] got that magical something.

But that magic may be wearing off.

The thrill is gone. Sigh. Maybe Chris Matthews can loan him one of the ones that went up his leg awhile back.

Current and former CNN staffers, though, say there’s definite concern inside about how Cooper and [Campbell] Brown are faring against the competition.

Suh-nap alert:

But when it comes to the prime-time metrics on which the industry focuses, MSNBC now has bragging rights. So in the afterglow of the March numbers, MSNBC President Phil Griffin took a shot across the bow at CNN.

“What do they stand for?" Griffin told The Associated Press. "That's their biggest challenge. CNN ain't what it used to be, and that has given us an opening because we stand for something and they don't."

Ohhh, suh-nap! (told you so)