DEAR CNN

A letter I wrote to CNN after watching some of their disgusting DNC coverage:

Dear CNN,

I don't get it.

I used to trust CNN as being truly fair and balanced, as opposed to that other network. But watching the DNC coverage on CNN, at times it was hard to tell if I was watching Fox or CNN. I had that same reaction watching MSNBC--is this Fox?

If all three major cable news networks are going to fill their airtime with conservative pundits, conservative newscasters who fail to keep their slants to themselves, or Republican spin, then you will drive us all to the internet or the Daily Show (in spite of Brokaw's out-of-the-loop comments).

You're already losing market share to those venues. Do you really want your audience to comprise that percentage of the conservative half of this country that watches anything other than Fox? Don't see how you can stay afloat economically if that trend continues. Obviously I'm on the left, but you should know that everyone I talk to was so disappointed with CNN this week that they are tuning off. Can you affford that? Do you want that? You can't outfox Fox--so why try?

You once were fair and balanced. CNN has an opportunity to reclaim the role of an independent and thoughtful news network that shook off pressures to conform to any political point of view, and thus was a real alternative. You can be so again--if you want.

With that will come greater market share. Don't you want that?

My family encourages CNN to return to its roots. More than ever America and the world needs what made CNN a household name in the first place. We don't need another Fox wannabe.

Sincerely,
Arthur Cohen