CNN: Keep On Truckin'!

After he got a four-year contract extension in December 2007 CNN czar Jon Klein gave staffers at Time-Warner Center in NYC their 2008 marching orders. Felix Gillette NYO: They should not worry about attracting “couch potatoes” who turn on the TV and stick with whatever happens to be on, and “thrill-seekers,” who tune in looking for the ultimate car chase or building demolition. Instead, he encouraged the newsroom to do a better job of attracting “inquiring minds” (viewers looking to ruminate in depth on current events) and “social connectors” (people looking for stories to yap about with their buddies).

But that was then and this is now. 2009 where CNN is sucking 4th-place ratings hind tit. Yesterday CNN went LIVE and dumped out of the Arlen Specter Democratic Senate defection rolling media orgasm to this stolen big rig chase where the hapless driver was ejected from the cab by the truckjacker and hangs on 50 miles for dear life on the back of the cab.