Tucker Carlson Caught in the Crossfire

Posted on January 6, 2005

CNN's Crossfire is no more. The new head of CNN's news programming, Jonathan Klein, also gave Tucker Carlson the boot. Klein let it be known to the media that he thinks that programs in which panelists scream at each other are so yesterday. He said he supposed he was more in the Jon Stewart camp, when it came to the value of screaming pundits. Carlson wants to host a prime time show and Klein had him sub in for Aaron Brown to see how that went. It didn't go very well, apparently. Never fear, Carlson, his bowtie and his rapier wit will most likely join old friend Bill Press over at MSNBC. And he still has his new show over at PBS. I, for one, think Klein made a mistake. He should have kept Carlson and sent Bob Novak packing.