Comments on: Court TV Fires Half Of their Online Staff; Shifting Trial Coverage To CNN.com http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Susan http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54923 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:33:41 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54923 Why can't I find the live trials online?
What am I doing wrong???????
I have asked for CNN's help & all they will give me is this link
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/02/27/lklv.casarez.in.session.wed.cnn?iref=videosearch
All i see there are old clips.
Please help me find the live trials. thx, sue

]]> By: Reba Severin http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54922 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:31:08 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54922 Whoever thought of changing courttv to some sort of reality tv channel really had their head up their ass. Tv reporters cannot relate the law to the non-legal mind, like an actual lawyer can. By dwindling the types of shows that courttv was known for, those of us who do have a brain in our head, and not people who like to see high speed chases and shoot outs. You have gotten rid of some of the most superb legal minds that worked for courttv and let a bunch of reporters from atlanta, who know nothing of the law, run this portion of the show. In session should remain courttv and not some reality wanna be legal show. The minute Beth Karas Or Jean Casares are gone so are we, and you can take that to the bank. Oh by the way, by firing Vinnie Politan you did this station a disservice.

Pissed Off and Angry,
Reba Severin

]]> By: Diane Parmigiani http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54921 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:57:39 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54921 I would rush home from work just for a chance to see and listen to one of the most intelligent people TV has ever had the good fortune to have, Catherine Crier . On my days off I would have the TV tuned in to Court TV from morning until 6PM. When my satellite company was in a contract dispute with Court TV I wrote letter after letter begging for the dispute to be resolved. I have been watching since the OJ trial and became addicted to trial coverage no other channel could challenge. What happened???? My father always said you don't fix what ain't broke so why???? Are all you TV Executives of programming that stupid? I view myself as an intelligent person and as such when 3PM approaches I hit the remote immediately. I hope (but honestly don't believe it will ever happen) all the brainiacs of tru tv wake up and smell the coffee. This format is an insult to the "tru" believers of Court TV.

]]> By: Lisa http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54920 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:26:41 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54920 I am so disappointed to hear that yet another of my favorite anchors is fired from this new Tru TV which now is HORRIBLE like all the other stations, I love Vinnie Polatan and they made a mistake taking him off the air. This new take over is horrible and if Court TV the old company was smart they would start a new chanel going back to the old schedule of live trials and NOT reality TV and give them some competition.
grrrrr bring Vinnie back!!!

]]> By: Kenneth E. Halliburton http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54919 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:03:05 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54919 I agree with most of the above comments except that jamie floyd is a racist. starr jones' show was worthless. what really upsets me though is vinnie politan's mysterious disappearance. he was such a refreshing foil to the "compassionate" civil lawyer lisa bloom and her mother because he brought the prosecutor/defense attorney perspective as most of the trials on ctv were CRIMINAL trials. i am soooo sick of lisa bloom batting her eyes like the little princess she thinks she is after another of her so-called "sensitive"
remarks from the viewpoint of a mother or woman. i detected what i thought was on-screen tension (can you say james curtis?) between lisa and vinnie and am wondering if that had anything to do with him being gone. lisa is a smart lawyer but she is weak in terms of criminal procedural understanding; i really felt and understood vinnie's very palpable frustration and impatience with her. For example, she felt it was a "sad day" when the supreme court upheld the legal position of the government re: guantanamo–the real sad day, however, wa 9/11/2001!!!! these comments are intended to convey my disappointment about vinnie's departure but i have say that now that he's no longer there the show really really sucks big time. My wife and i used to watch faithfully daily; we don't anymore. i've been a fan since the william kennedy smith trial in '91 when ctv was on 24/7 and there were highly skilled lawyer/ journalists and it was about TRIALS!!!! all this "reality stuff" is a dumbing down
of the format and concept of intelligent legal analysis. i was even able to stomach nancy grace (where's rikki klieman when you need her?!!) Vinnie's show was a connection to "the best defense" w/ jamie floyd. since we no longer watch vinnie we don't watch jamie or jack (ashleigh should go on another maternity leave but not necessariy be pregnant). Get my drift???

]]> By: C Little http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54918 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:45:58 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54918 I agree with every one of the previous comments, I've have been watching for ever. Even when we got our DVR I programed Lisa & Vinnie, Jamie, Jack & Ashley. I just recently (TODAY) removed them and probably will no longer be watching… You guys need HELP!!!

]]> By: del http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54917 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:23:33 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54917 Why did you take court tv real live trials off the air. We changed our programmining just to pick up court tv. As avid viewers, we learned a lot of law terminology. The show was very informative.

]]> By: Sandy http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54916 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:04:20 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54916 Along with everybody else I miss Catherine, Nancy, and of course,
Vinnie. Where is the common courtesy that would have allowed Vinnie a moment to explain the changes to us? Its as if he never existed, almost as if Court TV had morphed into something else……

]]> By: Jackie http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54915 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:26:40 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54915 I am so angry I can't stand it. I used to look foward to watching Court Tv everyday, and if I missed something, could easily catch it online. Now it is impossible to enjoy In Session at 9 am because Vinnie is gone, and I loved Bloom and Politan, when it was Bloom and Politan. It took me an hour to find this website just to write this sour note. They took away the site to watch the trials online. I am very disappointed and disgusted at what they think people really want to watch. Somebody please take this station back and out of the hands of the idiots and CNN.

]]> By: Burdette Page http://paidcontent.org/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54914 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:42:22 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/11/14/419-court-tv-fires-half-of-their-online-staff-shiting-trial-coverage-to-cnn/#comment-54914 WHO ARE THE IDIOTS that think they should come in and CHANGE a format that worked. Unfortunately I have taken Courtv off my favorite channel listings. You have ruined what had been my favorite channel. Where's Crier??? Why do you have Ashleigh Banfield whose continually states she is not an attorney. WE do NOT need anymore "real" tv. In fact theres a station dedicated to nothing but reality tv. Most of all SHAME ON YOU for killing what was one of the best male & female hosted shows. I WANT VINNIE BACK you morons. I love Lisa Bloom but she is the salt and we need the pepper back. Vinnie added flavor and zest to the show. Also kill the beach babes crap and bring back full coverage of trials and I'll add you back to my channel rotation.

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