{"id":450,"date":"2011-07-08T10:32:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T14:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=450"},"modified":"2011-07-08T10:32:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T14:32:44","slug":"cnn-got-what-it-deserved-with-ousted-spitzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/07\/cnn-got-what-it-deserved-with-ousted-spitzer.html","title":{"rendered":"CNN Got What It Deserved With Ousted Spitzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After just nine months, the Eliot Spitzer experiment is over at CNN.<\/p>\n<p>What seemed like a desperate hire to begin with, the disgraced ex-New York governor was initially teamed with virtual unknown Kathleen Parker.<\/p>\n<p>They weren&#8217;t an engaging pairing or all that interesting to watch, and Spitzer sputtered on his own a few months longer.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CNN: Eliot Spitzer, why is nobody in jail?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nGoaP-FCOm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Credit the <em>L.A. Times<\/em> for the best line over the matter: &#8220;Hey, Anthony Weiner is out there if CNN wants to go in a new direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This could be his slogan: &#8220;For a commentator with real muscle, turn to Anthony Weiner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Like them or not, FOX News has the best political personalities in Bill O&#8217;Reilly and Sean Hannity and no one CNN can throw at them will work &#8230; it&#8217;s been proven over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to match up vs. FOX News, the network should try something REALLY bold at night.<\/p>\n<p>Go back to airing news.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>To see a good sports blog about soccer\u2019s popularity in the U.S please go to:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.goodblogs.com\/view-post\/Soccer-Still-Lags-As-Spectator-Sport<\/p>\n<p>please check \u201cit\u2019s good\u201d if you like the post\u2026thanks!<\/p>\n<p>follow matt aug http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mattauge and\/or friend me on facebook.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After just nine months, the Eliot Spitzer experiment is over at CNN. 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