TVDecoder’s Brian Stelter, talked with CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein about his networks’ ratings win for New Hampshire primary coverage Tuesday night.
“There’s a freshness and exuberance to our coverage that the others just aren’t matching,” Mr. Klein boasted. By contrast, “Fox almost seems downright despondent in their coverage.”
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>More from a Fox News spokesperson: “If anyone knows what it’s like to be despondent, it’s Jon Klein whose programming brilliance has caused CNN to lose nearly 30% of their audience since he took over…the only thing we’re despondent about is him not signing a longer contract.”
>More, CNN responds to FNC’s response: “Fox might be better off if they stopped living in the past and focused on covering politics today, and in the future,” said a CNN spokesperson. She pointed out that FNC has lost 83,000 demo viewers in three years while CNN has gained 13,000 demo viewers in the same time period.
>Even some more, from a Fox News spokesperson: “After three years of ratings declines and programming failures, Jon Klein deserves a sincere ‘congratulations’ on CNN’s big night.”