CNN Crossfire 10/15/04 with Jon Stewart
On October 15, 2004, Jon Stewart appeared on the program to promote his book America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction. He criticized the format of Crossfire and the style of arguments presented on the show. He said the program failed its responsibility to the public discourse and indulged in partisan hackery, reducing news coverage of important issues to a series of talking points from both extremes of the political spectrum.
Following his appearance, transcripts and live stream footage were released on the Internet and widely watched and discussed. The episode itself had 867,000 viewers (the average number of viewers Crossfire had per episode in the previous month was about 615,000)
Cancellation
In January 2005, CNN announced that it was cancelling Crossfire. In the news release containing the announcement, CNN CEO Jonathan Klein indicated that he wanted to change the tone of shows on the network, and in interviews said he sympathized with Jon Stewart’s criticisms of Crossfire.
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