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Now CNN is pairing Spitzer in prime time with conservative newspaper columnist Kathleen Parker, matching a Pulitzer Prize winner with a Prostitution Prize winner. Nothing cable TV news does these days in its bottom-feeding race for ratings surprises me. Probably at this very moment some business channel is negotiating with the federal prison authorities to allow a certain convicted Ponzi schemer to host a show direct from his cell called "Investing the Bernie Way."Why would Kathleen Parker lower herself to this "Slime's" standards. My impression of her is she has/had some some level of dignity and integrity. Oh well $$$$$$$$$$$$. Money talks. Hopefully they won't be in the same studio. If they are, CNN should have a decontamination shower on site.
Why don't these people just go away and stay away.
I vote "NO" for Spitzer on CNN.
I am not ready for his comeback or for Tiger Woods.
They both need more time in the doghouse.
AS A GOVERNOR HE DID NOTHING WRONG----AS A HUSBAND HE DID WRONG.JUST LIKE CLINTON-----PRIVATE SEX LIFE IS JUST THAT--AS LONG AS JOB WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANYWAY---MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS-----
June 24 2010 at 11:36 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyI guess solicitation of a prostitute and frequenting a prostitute are legal in the State of New York? Commission and conviction of a crime should be the end of any and every political career. Guys like you or me would spend at least a day behind bars along with a healthy fine. State Governors make some pretty decisions. Do you want a governor making decisions when they have someone interested in that decision whispering in their ear that they make the decision the way that person wants or the secret gets aired?
June 25 2010 at 7:35 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyIt seems strange after all these years since 1990, to say, "Goodbye, CNN!"
CNN has made some incredibly stupid firings: Flip Spiceland, Daryn Kagan, Bill Hemmer, Leon Harris and Stuart Varney. The dumbness of their firings have been exceeded only by their hires, too often promoting the "cult of celebrity" as typified by Anderson Cooper.
The hiring of Spitzer goes beyond the pale, for he has absolutely NO experience in journalism!
Walter Shapiro may not like spitzer but, so what.You don't have to watch him or listen to him. I know that I won't watch him but for very different reasons. There is nothing that CNN can put on the air during prime time that would take me away from good shows that come on during that time of night. The article Shapiro has written makes him seem overly concerned. Isn't he aware of the many commentators on cable news programs. Most of their commentators should never point fingers at anyone. They are all full of it.
June 24 2010 at 10:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI wish Spitzer was appointed head of the SEC. Wall Street hates him because he was blowing the whistle on their crooked scemes. You see the crap they have been pulling since he is no longer AG.
June 24 2010 at 10:05 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyThe standards of decency are inconsistent in the media, depending upon whom the individual inquestion has tread. Why is Eliot Spitzer punishment greater than Bill Clinton or Ed Kennedy? Because he nailed the white collar thieves, such as Bernie Madoff.
June 24 2010 at 9:44 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyEliot Spitzer is not in the same category as Madoff.Spitzer got caughtup in a sexual affair that has existed since time and with his intelligence and smarts,I don't think he saw it coming to destroy his career.As a Californian ,He will do a great job on CNN and even New york with his legal skills and being a devoted public servant.We need to stop slaying a person over the oldest profession and its selling or seducing married men like its a sports.We should have laws on the books if aa woman goes near a married man with children she should get a sign on her back for 60 days "I have low self esteem and must steal another woman's mate and too lazy to look for a mate.I rather destroy children's home.Also, they need one year in the slammer for bad behavior and stop getting rewarded for bad behavior.
June 24 2010 at 9:40 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyAnother reason I don't watch CNN. I doubt this guy will bring them any ratings!
June 24 2010 at 9:22 PM Report abuse Permalink +6 rate up rate down ReplyI'm disgusted that CNN would hire Spitzer and I will NOT be watching his show. It might be something Fox would stoop to, but I certainly didn't think CNN would bring in someone with such a sorted history. It's a sad time when the more notorious you are, the more money you can make which certainly is a bad example for young people. If Ted Turner were running CNN, I'm sure that wouldn't have happened.
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