CNN’s ‘Out in the Open’ and Rick Sanchez were just ‘Our of Control’ tonight. Geez!
It was the first time I tuned in to see the show for weeks. Sanchez is just not a personality I like to get my news from. There’s too much personal opinion and too much over dramatization. If he wants to be a Bill O’Reilly or even the flailing John Gibson, then go into ‘info-tainment’ programs. O’Reilly doesn’t pretend to be news. He knows he’s an opinion and entertainment show. (We know Sanchez is only in the 8pm chair until Campbell Brown takes over in February.)
Tonight, Sanchez was rocking back and forth, flailing his arms and preaching directly to the camera as if I were part of the CNN flock just waiting for a message from high above. It was just too much. In fact, just as I we getting ready to change the channel, a guest visiting tonight walked into the living and asked ‘WHO is that?” I admitted regrettably that I was watching what appeared to be a train wreck. But just like those accidents, I kept watching.
By the way, YouTube has some video of Rick out of control. He's not a big enough star to get this freedom. Take a look at two examples.
One final note about tonight…. The producers decided to debrief of three ‘average Joes’ from a New York bar, giving their insight into the Mitchell steroids report. It was dry and boring just listening to opinions I could care less about on a 3-shot from a bar. In the next segment, producers wanted to emphasize the length of the steroid list by scrolling names in a side graphic beside Sanchez. It was a good technique to emphasize the length of the list. BUT, as Sanchez started to interview Jose Coseco about his involvement in this steroid investigation, the list continued to scoll… and scroll… and repeat, then scroll again, and again, and again. This all happened during an interview that could have provided much more insight than ‘3 Joes’ from a bar. BUT I couldn’t really pay attention to the interview because the repetitive scroll was just so darned annoying! All of us in TV news should take a step back from the TV set on occasion and really look at our product and our attempts to really “produce” a segment. Too often this production work is far more distracting that it is enhancing to the content.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
CNN, Rick Sanchez, 'Out in the Open' Really 'Out of Control'
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Rick's show is now beating Oberman in the demo ratings. His demos are also twice what Paula Zhan's use to be. Look it up.
You missed it too when he referred to Barry Bonds as Bobby Bonds. When Canseco corrected him he said, "well Bobby is his brother." WRONG. Bobby is his father you moron. Barry Bonds is practically the face of the steroid scandal and this "journalist" doesn't know who he is.
Sanchez's show sometimes beats Olbermann in the key demo. For instance, Tuesday night he was number two... but not Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or in the November book final numbers. But my post was more about the over-eager, in your face performance. Some people may like that. I don't. O'Reilly and Olbermann have found their own niche that's more intense about content and opinions... than performance.
Sanchez is a loud-mouthed slob - another empty vessel who tries to be obnoxious ala Rush Limbarge (sp)
He is so infuriating and pompous like your typical moronic Republitard ...
I was never so happy in all my life to find out that Rick Sanchez will soon be gone from CNN, at least I hope that is true. His interupting guests and flailing arms are a bit more than I can bear.
Unless for some reason Sanchez's show has no floor director, he should leave the directing to that person and stop saying "Roger pull wide, Roger show this, Roger hold on". From my experience in television, self-inflating windbags like Rick Sanchez end up with a boom light on their bald spot and a reflector aimed at their double chin. Be a bingo called Sanchez, and leave the direting to the professionals.
Rick,
It sees to me buying foreclosed homes is very socialistic. I cringe when John Mc Cain talks about this approach.
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