Aaron Brown speaks…
The Mail Tribune’s Chris Conrad writes about Aaron Brown’s address at SOU…
He suggested his eventual demise at CNN resulted from criticizing the network’s obsession with lurid celebrity gossip while short-changing meaningful news.
He compared such “breaking news” to heroin — it’s good for a while, but will eventually make you feel used and dirty.
“The news in this country is a business,” he added. “You might not like to think of it that way, but it is.”
He admitted that cable news reporters and editors have failed viewers by not telling stories that are important, that truly matter.
UPDATE: Brown emailed TVNewser to clarify the story to a great extent…
Poor AB…He needs to start looking ahead instead of looking behind. Heck he should be happy….getting a paycheck without doing the work. But oh well, I do admit he’s a good journalist but should let the past be the past and move forward.
Comment by Dude — March 2, 2006 @ 12:46 pm
AB is a good journalist and I agree with much of what he is saying in this interview but he’s been saying the same thing for years. Will be interesting to see if he does appear on TV again if he takes a job where he will be doing all the same things he so likes to criticize.
Comment by anon — March 2, 2006 @ 3:47 pm
Miss everything about Brown’s newscast–wit, intelligence, insight–especially his interviews. And I LIKED his reading of headlines! American culture–eek! As Madame Defarge counted her knitting stiches at beheadings in the 1700’s, we lick our lips over potato chips at stories of others’ sufferings. Yes, I, too. But Aaron was at least a partial cure.
Comment by Anon — March 27, 2006 @ 7:58 pm
how do guys in this day and age become a CNN anchor without putting the time in to get a college degree. There are a lot
of people in line from the best schools that are just as qualified and more when he got an entrance into a professional that demands intellectualism but also credentials. Who let him in without requiring him to do the preparation in college?
Comment by vin — December 30, 2006 @ 10:19 pm