Kathy Griffin’s F-Bomb Hasn’t Gotten Her Banned From CNN…Yet

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by Steve Krakauer | 1:44 pm, January 5th, 2010

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Comedian Kathy Griffin dropped an f-bomb as she co-hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve show – the second year in a row she cursed live on-air.

But despite reports to the contrary, Mediaite has confirmed Griffin is not banned from the network.

PopEater’s Rob Shuter writes Griffin has been “banned” in a post that is getting picked up all over the web. He writes:

Following her very controversial F-bomb-dropping New Year’s Eve hosting gig, CNN executives have decided Kathy Griffin will NOT be getting a 2011 invite. “She was a total embarrassment to the network that calls themselves ‘The Most Trusted Name in News.’ Even Anderson (Cooper, her co-host) thinks it’s time to say goodbye to Kathy,” a CNN insider tells me.

But a CNN spokesperson tells Mediaite, “Stories about Kathy Griffin being banned from CNN are incorrect; no decisions have been made regarding next year’s show.”

So will Griffin be back next year in the same role? It’s too early to tell. The ratings certainly held up, with CNN winning the 11pmET hour in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic, and the entire special in the demo. Of course, it’s not just about ratings – can “The Most Trusted Name In News” afford another on-air curse, even if it’s during an admittedly soft news event like New Year’s?

Either way, it has gotten people talking about CNN when much of the cable news discussion has revolved around Fox News and MSNBC (or CNN’s declining prime time ratings).

One more time, here is this year’s Balloon Boy related f-bomb:

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Knowledge_Is_Power

Rob of PopEater told that PR Shimrits told him that CNN hasn’t made a final decision regarding this. So Mediaite doesn’t have a big get or anything, come on. If someone didn’t read the whole post and chose to over look that part then that’s their problem.

Of course CNN is not going to announce right now that they canned Kathy. Then they have to admit that they were wrong to have her back. They’ll wait until it’s time for next years show and say they are going in another direction with it that doesn’t include her. That way they save face.
The Real Royal King

KIP’s analysis is sound. Personally, she is no big loss. I change the channel whenever she comes on.
BJL411

God help us all if CNN tries to emulate the BS that is 24/7 on Fox and MSNBC. We will cease to have any real news orgs and stupid Americans will continue to grow up thinking Fox and MSNBC is what “real news” is.

Foreigners laugh at American news, not hard to see why. We look like idiot buffoons.
ImNotBlue

BJL411 says:
January 5, 2010 at 4:21 pm

Foreigners laugh at American news, not hard to see why. We look like idiot buffoons.

Out of curiosity, what is your evidence of this? The British and French media systems have for a long time been seen as WORSE than ours… especially when it comes to tabloid/gossip stories (Princess Di anyone?). So what is your evidence for this… or is it just an assumption?
The Real Royal King

INB: You analysis reflects more of the eclectic and varied nature of European media. Tabloid? Sure! Murdoch has thrived on it. The BBC, the Times of London, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel, Figaro, ZTV, TV5? Tabloid/gossip? I suspect you’ve never really seen or read any of these.
ImNotBlue

Sorry, try again Royal.

We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News
By SIMON WALTERS, Mail on Sunday

It was the day that a host of BBC executives and star presenters admitted what critics have been telling them for years: the BBC is dominated by trendy, Left-leaning liberals who are biased against Christianity and in favour of multiculturalism.

A leaked account of an ‘impartiality summit’ called by BBC chairman Michael Grade, is certain to lead to a new row about the BBC and its reporting on key issues, especially concerning Muslims and the war on terror.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-411846/We-biased-admit-stars-BBC-News.html#ixzz0boeDzq4i

Anyway… do you have any evidence, or just what you “believe?” Any studies… or are we just guessing?