{"id":3420,"date":"2013-09-09T08:23:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2013-09-09T08:23:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:23:54","slug":"turning-down-the-volume-for-crossfire-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/09\/09\/turning-down-the-volume-for-crossfire-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Down the Volume for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCrossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNew \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hosts (l-r) Stephanie Cutter, Van Jones, S.E. Cupp and Newt Gingrich.<\/span><\/p>\n

When last we saw CNN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it resembled a scene from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Animal House,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d minus the togas.<\/p>\n

Eight years later, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has learned its manners, according to CNN. Hosts will use their indoor voices, and will allow each other to finish sentences. The experiment begins at 6:30 tonight, with Newt Gingrich<\/a><\/strong> and Stephanie Cutter<\/a><\/strong> on set with two guests.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You have to wait for someone to finish, then make your point,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Feist<\/a><\/strong>, who began his CNN career as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d intern in 1989. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We get that. Obviously, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something to be mindful of. At the same time, we want to have passionate conversations.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Even with what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being billed as a kinder, gentler \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the question remains as to whether the conservative-vs.-liberal roundtable, launched in 1982, matters anymore in a radically altered cable topography.<\/p>\n

Given that Fox News and MSNBC have become so polarized, a political program with both sides equally represented is more important than ever, says Charles Bierbauer<\/a><\/strong>, Dean of the University of South Carolina\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s College of Mass Communications and a CNN correspondent for 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whatever happened to the guy in the middle?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he opines.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I, as a viewer, like more than one point of view on issues. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve evolved, or devolved, to the notion that tuning into Fox gives you a right wing, conservative perspective and tuning into MSNBC gives you a left wing, liberal perspective.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Going a step further, Feist says CNN \u00e2\u20ac\u0153is the only cable-news channel that is capable of hosting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in an authentic way\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re bipartisan. Our job is to represent all points of view. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to imagine viewers would trust other channels to offer a debate program with equally balanced hosts and guests.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Balance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d often leads to a deafening decibel level. Toward the end, this was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hallmark, fueled even more by a vocal studio audience. In his infamous 2004 appearance, Jon Stewart<\/a><\/strong> decried the cacophony, which led, in part, to ex-CNN chief Jonathan Klein<\/a><\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to euthanize the show.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d approach was emblematic of the time\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcargument culture,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 says Amy S. Mitchell, new director of Pew Research Center\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Project for Excellence in Journalism.<\/p>\n

continued\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/p>\n

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New \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hosts (l-r) Stephanie Cutter, Van Jones, S.E. Cupp and Newt Gingrich. When last we saw CNN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it resembled a scene from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Animal House,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d minus the togas. Eight years later, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossfire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has learned its manners, according to CNN. Hosts will use their indoor voices, and will allow each other to finish sentences. The … <\/p>\n

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