Comments on: Lou Dobbs: Demagogue http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/04/lou-dobbs-demagogue.html The Idea Grove is a full-service agency specializing in public relations, marketing and Web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Make the logo bigger http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/04/lou-dobbs-demagogue.html/comment-page-1#comment-1341 Make the logo bigger Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=899#comment-1341 I agree. The Fox is running loose so to speak in the ratings game. The others are trying to catch them to no avail. (Maybe Lou’s building up some hype so he can move on to other things?) <br/><br/>In the bigger picture, I think CNN never really adapted to the internet and how people would eventually get their news. Sure they were an alternative to the big three networks way back, but all they did was take the traditional evening news/talking head format and extend it to 24 hours. Their only real advantage was 'live breaking coverage', but even the internet took that immediacy away from them.<br/><br/>Now they’re scrambling to find a new model. Apparently they think it’s a Geraldo/Morton Downey Jr. one. <a HREF="http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/kostabi/Images/kostabi9-11-2.jpg" REL="nofollow">This</a> will probably be Lou with one of his guests soon enough. I agree. The Fox is running loose so to speak in the ratings game. The others are trying to catch them to no avail. (Maybe Lou’s building up some hype so he can move on to other things?)

In the bigger picture, I think CNN never really adapted to the internet and how people would eventually get their news. Sure they were an alternative to the big three networks way back, but all they did was take the traditional evening news/talking head format and extend it to 24 hours. Their only real advantage was ‘live breaking coverage’, but even the internet took that immediacy away from them.

Now they’re scrambling to find a new model. Apparently they think it’s a Geraldo/Morton Downey Jr. one. This will probably be Lou with one of his guests soon enough.

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