Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown is joining Arizona State University next year. Not full time, but as the John J. Rhodes Chair in Public Policy and American Institution at the university's Barrett Honors College. I wonder if you can fit all of that on a business card.Their Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications is trying to get him to teach as well, but no word on that yet.
But I doubt this will become a full-time gig for Brown. I have a feeling we'll see him on one of the 24 hour news channels at some point again, if not CBS as a commentator (probably not ABC or NBC, as they seem set - CBS is redoing their news and it seems like a better fit for Brown, but I'd bet on MSNBC or PBS).
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5-17-2006 @ 6:34PM
Jake said...
Scum Devils SUCK
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5-17-2006 @ 8:40PM
jcvsdallas said...
Aaron Brown is such a class act. Truthfully, I stopped watching CNN at night when they took him off the air.
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5-17-2006 @ 11:38PM
Sam P said...
I also stopped watching CNN when they took him off the air. Until I started watching him, I really didn't watch too much news, I'd catch the local news and that was about it. Once I started watching him, I was hooked, he presented all sides of a story, not necessarily on the same show and we were able to decide for ourselves. What a shame they didn't keep the valuable asset they had!
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6-03-2006 @ 6:47PM
Chris Neppes said...
I first was introduced to Aaron Brown on 9.11, and he was a guiding voice for us through the first years of the war. I watch CNN none-the-less, but wish that the lad was still delivering his down-home, honest news pitching. Come back soon, Aaron!
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6-04-2006 @ 5:13PM
jane bevans said...
Aaron Brown is a class act with a good sense of news. Anderson Cooper is dull, uninsightful and not better than most high school journalists, in fact probably worse. Brown spoke intelligently about issues, invited important and interesting guests to discuss the issues and always had his own take and comment. Anderson can't get any better than asking some person on the street how he or she felt about Katrina, as if we didn't know how the victims feel or what they will say. There isn't an original thought in his head or bone in his body.
I stopped watching CNN when Brown left.
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6-04-2006 @ 5:13PM
jane bevans said...
Aaron Brown is a class act with a good sense of news. Anderson Cooper is dull, uninsightful and not better than most high school journalists, in fact probably worse. Brown spoke intelligently about issues, invited important and interesting guests to discuss the issues and always had his own take and comment. Anderson can't get any better than asking some person on the street how he or she felt about Katrina, as if we didn't know how the victims feel or what they will say. There isn't an original thought in his head or bone in his body.
I stopped watching CNN when Brown left.
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6-04-2006 @ 9:07PM
adhonus said...
Why was Aaron Brown taken off the air?
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6-11-2006 @ 5:20PM
Al Hough said...
I think Aaron Brown was an intelligent, bright, and honest newsman. Like many, CNN never makes sense in who it puts on and why it makes changes. Good Luck in the future.
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