CNN consults programming advice from ... ESPN?!?
Once again people, I'm forced to ask the question: what the hell is going on here? Is up now down? Has black become white? Did Keith Olbermann just spend an inordinate amount of time and energy in his last "Special Comment" to discussing why Glenn Beck is TV's most "huggable" pundit? CNN has been looking for ways to prop up their sagging ratings in the never-ending cable news wars by becoming a network that actually just delivers news as opposed to "from-the-hip," unsubstantiated opinions, as long as you don't count their constant monitoring of their viewers' Twitter feeds. Apparently they are so desperate for a format change that they have consulted a former ESPN producer to suggest ways to revamp their style.
Network sources told Politico that the meeting fueled speculation that the network might be looking to introduce "something like a political SportsCenter." Apparently, the networks thinks that making Wolf Blitzer use phrases like "Boomshakala" and "Sweet sassy molassy" to describe the capital gains tax and corn subsidies would boost The Situation Room's numbers. Well it would, but not for the reasons they hoped.

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