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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-siskind/on-cnns-replacement-of-ca_b_633288.html

There must have been some major high-fiving when CNN announced that Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker would be taking over Campbell Brown's 8 p.m. slot. High-fives between Bill O'Reilly and his producers, and Keith Olbermann and his producers.

By featuring these two individuals, CNN appears to be a network that has lost track of the sensitivities and sensibilities of its female audience. And, on the back of the bevy of female departures from CNN this year, one has to wonder if CNN has a woman problem?

As a New Yorker and head of a women's organization, I received scores of emails from enraged women when word got out that CNN was considering hiring the disgraced former governor. The network couldn't possibly be serious? After all, we had witnessed the very public humiliation of Silda Wall Spitzer, the brilliant, talented spouse who gave up the prospect of a high-powered career to play the supporting role and raise the children.

Silda was and is a tireless advocate for causes related to women and children. In fact, I was on the Planning Committee for My Sister's Place where Silda was scheduled to deliver the keynote address on March 11, 2008 on the subject of reducing domestic violence. Many of us had months before heard Silda's inspiring speech about the importance of getting more women into government. Tragically, on March 10th, we learned that then Governor Spitzer had been caught on a federal wiretap arranging a rendezvous with a high-priced prostitute.

To make matters worse, CNN's next move was to give Spitzer a "work wife" antithetical to his real wife. Whereas Silda fought tirelessly for women and women's issues, Kathleen Parker is one of the most anti-women woman of modern day media.

While Silda stood with women politicians, Parker seems to delight in demeaning women leaders like Secretary Hillary Clinton ("...what she must have imagined sounded like passion was to mere mortals the screech of an angry woman.") and Sarah Palin ("If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself."). Concurrently, Parker defends misogynists, extolling us to give Larry Summers a break for his statement that girls are genetically inferior to boys in math and science (Summer's statement has been disproved, but did immeasurable harm to women and girls' advancement in those fields).

Parker couldn't wait to criticize President Obama for establishing the White House Council on Women and Girls, or ding women's groups for defending Hillary Clinton (boys will be boys), or yawn over complaints that President Obama was excluding women from his inner-circle.

But Parker truly outdid herself this week penning Obama: Our first female president. A true gang tackle of our gender. As a blogger Sandra describes: "...it manages to both undermine female leaders by likening their leadership styles to Obama's noted passivity and incompetence, and to attempt to emasculate Obama by suggesting that his communication style is feminine. It's a masterpiece of misogyny."

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Well, there goes that hour of viewing CNN. No way will I bring that man's presence into my house when my kid might watch the TV.

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Amy is right to call CNN out on hiring Spitzer. He represents a walking insult to women. And to pair him with a woman who also insults other women! WTG CNN.

Giving this "news" (using the term loosely) team a slot is pretty much in line with CNN's historically sorry record when it comes to women. Campbell, herself, was extremely unfair to Hillary Clinton, as she blushed and gushed over Obama. Granted, lately, she has seemed more objective, probably recognizing like all the other MSM folks who lost their reputations in service to Obama, that O wasn't the great messiah they thought he was. I'm glad Campbell's going. She deserves it. But, Parker and Spitzer are even worse than Campbell.

What's wrong with CNN - making this stupid move, on top of giving Joy Behar her own show? CNN must just have a death wish. It's certainly no friend to women. I haven't watched that network since 2008. But if I did still watch it, I sure as hell would stop.



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freespirit wrote:

Amy is right to call CNN out on hiring Spitzer. He represents a walking insult to women. And to pair him with a woman who also insults other women! WTG CNN.

Giving this "news" (using the term loosely) team a slot is pretty much in line with CNN's historically sorry record when it comes to women. Campbell, herself, was extremely unfair to Hillary Clinton, as she blushed and gushed over Obama. Granted, lately, she has seemed more objective, probably recognizing like all the other MSM folks who lost their reputations in service to Obama, that O wasn't the great messiah they thought he was. I'm glad Campbell's going. She deserves it. But, Parker and Spitzer are even worse than Campbell.

What's wrong with CNN - making this stupid move, on top of giving Joy Behar her own show? CNN must just have a death wish. It's certainly no friend to women. I haven't watched that network since 2008. But if I did still watch it, I sure as hell would stop.



Ditto! I had the "pleasure" of watching Campbell tonight and really wondered whatever is wrong with CNN!

 

From their choice to flash light to my eyes -- ever notice how many moving lights there are on the CNN screen ?  They hurt my eyes and I physically cannot watch CNN for more than 10 minutes.  From that, to fake smilese to excessive focus on select topics.  CNN has really gone downhill from the days of live, ready-now coverage of news that the channel professes/aspires to provide. Granted, such ready-now news is an expensive proposition but that is CNN's brand.  And it has gone steadily downhill.

One thing though, with Larry King closing his show, it creates a prime spot for CNN to bring in new audience. We shall see how the downstream show makes an impact on CNN.

But really!   Not even a downstream show hosted by Didi Myers will get me to watch the two-some they plan to replace Campbell with. what a downer that has turned out to be!

 

 



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