Planet Out has some ideas how to improve CNN's Anderson Cooper's ratings -- that same Cooper is perhaps the mostly well-known, closet homosexual. PART OF THE PLANET OUT STORY:
...I love the guy, but I have to admit that even as a fan, I think the network goes a bit far with the deification of Anderson. Could that be hurting his ratings? Is he the victim of a backlash?
Or maybe he is suffering such a dramatic fall-off because the excitement of the presidential election is now over and done with?
Perhaps some viewers are turned off by AC360's uneven tone? One minute Anderson is conducting a serious interview, the next he's laughing over some wacky Japanese video clip with his sidekick Erica Hill.
I have one friend who takes issue with Anderson not being out and argues that it seriously takes away from his credibility as a journalist. His decision not to come out publicly may rankle members of the gay community, but I don't think your average viewer has stopped watching AC360 because Anderson refuses to talk about his personal life.
Whatever the cause of AC360's precipitous slip in viewership, Anderson needs to stop bleeding viewers and pump up the ratings.
I would go back to watching AC360 every night if Kathy Griffin became a special correspondent for the show.
Or maybe he is suffering such a dramatic fall-off because the excitement of the presidential election is now over and done with?
Perhaps some viewers are turned off by AC360's uneven tone? One minute Anderson is conducting a serious interview, the next he's laughing over some wacky Japanese video clip with his sidekick Erica Hill.
I have one friend who takes issue with Anderson not being out and argues that it seriously takes away from his credibility as a journalist. His decision not to come out publicly may rankle members of the gay community, but I don't think your average viewer has stopped watching AC360 because Anderson refuses to talk about his personal life.
Whatever the cause of AC360's precipitous slip in viewership, Anderson needs to stop bleeding viewers and pump up the ratings.
I would go back to watching AC360 every night if Kathy Griffin became a special correspondent for the show.
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1 comments:
I vote leave AC's personal life to AC! Not much of anyone's business but his.
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