{"id":3458,"date":"2010-06-23T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2011-07-06T22:49:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T22:49:50","slug":"how-not-to-boost-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"How NOT To Boost Ratings. UPDATE 7\/6\/2011&#8230; Cancelled!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How%20NOT%20To%20Boost%20Ratings.%20UPDATE%207%2F6%2F2011...%20Cancelled%21%21%21%21%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>CNN has announced that it has added to its stable of compelling journalists&#8230;.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/104975-spitzer-gets-cnn-show\">Elliot Spitzer<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Really&#8230;\u00a0 That&#8217;s the best you could do?????<\/p>\n<p>To the person making these decisions at CNN, I give you this:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"370\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/e\/527_1205782611\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/e\/527_1205782611\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"450\" height=\"370\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Hat Tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/\">Althouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: \u00a0Stick a fork in it&#8230; \u00a0It&#8217;s done!<\/p>\n<p>And I love this observation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Back in June of \u201910, CNN announced Spitzer, the disgraced\/rehabbed former governor and New York Democrat, would be joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist Kathleen Parker \u2013 a Washington Post columnist and member of The Washington Post Writers Group \u2013 \u00a0for a new program called \u201cParker Spitzer.\u201d That announcement was made by CNN president Jon Klein \u2013 who, himself, was given the hook before the show actually debuted.<\/p>\n<p>The show did poorly in the ratings; CNN cut bait on Parker in late February \u2013 <strong>because low ratings are always the chick\u2019s fault in the news biz <\/strong>\u2013 and gave Spitzer his own show, called \u201cIn the Arena.\u201d Which, on Wednesday became Out of Time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>HA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How%20NOT%20To%20Boost%20Ratings.%20UPDATE%207%2F6%2F2011...%20Cancelled%21%21%21%21%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>CNN has announced that it has added to its stable of compelling journalists&#8230;.\u00a0\u00a0 Elliot Spitzer&#8230;. Really&#8230;\u00a0 That&#8217;s the best you could do????? To the person making these decisions at CNN, I give you this: Hat Tip: Althouse. &nbsp; UPDATE: \u00a0Stick a fork in it&#8230; \u00a0It&#8217;s done! And I love this observation: Back in June of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,51,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3458"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5881,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions\/5881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}