Tonight @ 8pm ET: 'In The Arena' finaleIt's been a heck of a ride, but tonight's edition "In The Arena" will be the last. Anderson Cooper will step into this slot starting Monday, August 8. We wish him the best!! Tonight, we'll be all over the bloodbath on Wall Street, including insights from CNN’s Ali Velshi economist Ben Stein (he was on our show last Friday, watch a clip of that above) and Ted Weisberg, a veteran Wall Street trader. CNN’s Gloria Borger will give us the dirt on a possible resolution to the stalemate that partially shutdown the Federal Aviation Administration. Alan Simpson, the co-chair of the debt ccommission, will be back to weigh in on the debt ceiling compromise and the new congressional super committee. And President Obama turns 50! We'll talk with Chicago columnist Laura S. Washington and Scott Simon, host of NPR's "Weekend Edition with Scott Simon." We hope you'll join us tonight for this final edition of "In The Arena" at 8 p.m. ET on CNN. |
  @inthearena on Twitter Last night was our final show. Thanks so much for your support. What will you miss most about the show? #cnn inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/04/mar…
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#Debt commission co-chair Alan Simpson slams the "disappointing" debt deal, saying Washington is "dysfunctional." #cnn inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/04/deb…
Ben Stein says we may very well be headed towards a double-dip recession, but "things are not that terrible." #cnn inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/04/ste…
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Tom is so good in the chair! Wish u'd keep him. Excellent journalism from you guys tonight. Sorry to see the change.
How stupid can your people at CNN be. Simpson didn't suggest Grover Norquist should be president. He was being sarcastic yet your ribbon states it like a true comment from Simpson. What is that about??? Do your people have no ear for language??? Please take that down. You are once again misinforming the public.
No ear the interpretation/comprehension for language. Besides this flub that was a great interview with Alan Simpson.
Sen Alan is wrong because I am a retired military and I pay copay.
I couldn't find the correct story to comment about, but it is The Arena. Tonight Mr Alan Simpson (Don't know if this is correct spelling?) remarked about the debt and the Sec Defense earlier remarks. Mr. Simpson stated that retired military do not pay a deductable under the retired military "Tricare insurance" program. That is incorrect. Each medication has a deductable, which varies between $3.00 and $22.00. Some may even be higher!
I enjoy your program and rearly miss it. Thanks for a great news program
Bob
One of the best and #1 Program CNN has was "In The Arena" by Mr.Eliot Spitzer.
Please if you don't mind I want to know why he left.It's very sad.
Thank you.
REAL SHOOTING IN UTOYA or NORWEGIAN "AFTERLIFE" $$ FLASH MOB !!? http://stateofterror.blogspot.com/ or http://stateofterror.wordpress.com/ REAL TEARS OR TEAR GAS AND PURE THEATER ON FACES OF MANIACS !!? OSLO POLICE or COMMUNIST/LIBERAL CRIMINALS WHO WERE PREPARING FOR ACT OF TERROR AGAINST NORWAY AND EUROPE ALMOST HALF DECADE(collecting proofs and photos) AHEAD !!? WILL THERE BE APOCALYPSE NOW(Abomination) OR TOTAL RESISTANCE(civil war) !!? No doubt about bombing in Oslo, but what about shooting in Utoya !!!?
ARIZONA = UTOYA and STOLTENBERG = BREIVIK (90 minutes vs 30 and for government vehicles or police even 20 minutes the most) !!!
Dear CNN:
Please get Spitzer back. King and Cooper ere fine in their earlier or other shows, but neither have the scintillating mind for debate that Mr Spitzer has.
And while I have your attention, please see about having Christianne Amanpour do more doccos. And please give Mr Zakaria more evening broadcast time. I don't need to see Cooper do the same 1 hour show four times a night. Or Morgan. Give your real talent and your viewers a break.
Thank you in advance of your pending changes.
please get mr spitzer back.I and my girls loved to see him.He is very talented and smart.He was the reason my kid went to top law school.My family loves him and we would like to see him back.
GET ELIOT BACK! First I couldn't believe you put him on but then I saw how brilliant he is and how much I could learn from his wealth of knowledge about the government workings. You made a big mistake. Anderson's show is on three times a night here in California. I love him but pleeeze, once a night is enough.
Miss Mr. Spitzer's incisive mind! Please bring him back. We need more intelllect in our news coverage.
I just realized that "In the Arena" has been stopped. I am so sorry to hear that. Mr. SPitzer is very talented and intelligent and he is aware of all the current issues around the world. We need more informed people like him in CNN, talking about real issues. Why did they replace him by Mr. cooper???????????
Their Honesty will truly be missed, so much of the media does not tell the story of what really is going on, it angers me to watch them play so stupid, Just tell it like it is or don't tell it at all.
You both will be missed.
Why isn't CNN Keeping it Honest with us viewers? Be straight and honest and tell us why Governor Spitzer just disappeared from his excellent program which he created and built up to superb standards of television news/debate. It's clear that the golden boys are Cooper and King...what's going on here??? In house power playing..be careful CNN you're losing respect amongst your faithful...Spitzer ought to be returned to the air NOW!
Rational discourse on difficult topics .... is more of what we need. Mr. Spitzer, please consider speaking directly with the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Boston groups – they can benefit from your insight as they formulate their own actions and agenda.
I miss watching ELLIOT SPITZER at night on CNN and have stopped watching CNN at night. It would have been very interesting to see him now, commenting/debating on the nationally growing Occupy Wall Street protesters, as well as other national issues such as the GOP candidates. Former Govenor Spitzer was very entertaining to watch with his terrific personality and years of political/legal experience and knowledge. Please bring back "In the Arena" show with Spitzer!!!
I miss in the arena as it was the only intelligent news program on the tube. Please bring him back!!!
WHITES AREN’T WELCOME IN AMERICA ANY LONGER !!! WE DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE !!! OUT OF AMERICA WITH WHITES NOW !!!
OR
http://www.youtube.com/user/BostjanAvsec
OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE RECORDED LIVE IN 2009. Facts about lunatic Obama/Bush's twilight zone administrations(HORROR) or genocide against white population.
Make sure to play video from beginning. Just in case http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xleq3o
THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BY WHITE AMERICAN REFUGEE !!!
IS IT INDEPENDENCE THAT WE CELEBRATE OR DEPENDENCE (what are your credit card bills or alimony saying about it) !!? HOW IS YOUR DIABETES AND LOST MARRIAGES !!? FORECLOSURES AND JOB SEARCH !!? THAT IS THE QUESTION TO BE OR NOT TO BE !!! IS IT LAND OF THE FREE OR STATE OF TERROR AGAINST OWN WHITE POPULATION !!? IT IS TIME TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT COLOR ARE THE STRIPES ON OUR STAR SPANGLED BANNER !!! TIME TO DETERMINE WHOSE INDEPENDENCE/AMERICA, WE CELEBRATE TODAY(who wants to erase us and denies us the right to exist) !!! IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHOM WE ADDRESS WITH "PRESIDENT" (STOP HUMILIATING YOURSELF) !!!
911 WAS CREATED FOR PEOPLE TO WAKE UP(deliberately by CIA)....HOWEVER, WAKE UP EITHER WHAT IS TRUTH(sanity) OR WAKE UP TO LIES(insanity = with what your self elected governments have brainwashed you when forcefully jobless/persecuted....therefore, I want you to think about "WAKE UP" when watching next time ALEX JONES alike "alternative" news/media = CIA)
WHEN YOU WAKE UP, I WANT YOU TO WAKE TO YOURSELF AND NOT TO SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM (ZIONIST/COMMUNIST/LIBERAL DREAM CATCHERS/THIEFS, WHO PLOTTED 911 TO WAKE YOU AFTERWARDS WITH ECONOMIC OPPRESSION IN A WORLD OF LIES !!!)
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS !!? WHATEVER YOU WERE BORN IS WHAT YOU ARE(truth therefore) AND FOR WHATEVER REASONS YOU HAVE CHANGED(distorted yourself) SINCE 9/11 IS WHAT YOU ARE NOT !!!
FOR PIECE OF MIND(sanity), PLEASE VISIT MY WEBSITES AND REMEMBER, GENOCIDE(health care) BASED ON FORGIVE AND FORGET IS NOT FOR ME !!! DIGNITY, PRIDE, AND HONOR ARE WORTH TO DIE AND KILL FOR !!!
WALL STREET PROTESTS...NOT ANTI WALL-STREET AT ALL, BUT INSTEAD RACIALLY MOTIVATED AGAINST WHITES
THEY WERE MURDERING YOU WITH AND INSIDE OF THEIR CORPORATIONS FOR OVER 66 YEARS !!! THEY HAVE CLOSED DOWN ALMOST EVERY SMALL COMPANY IN UNITES STATES OF AMERICA AND NOW, THEY WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND PROTEST FOR THEM AGAINST WALL STREET(corporations = Wall-street) !!!
FOR ENTIRE 66 YEARS, ON DAY TO DAY BASES, ALL THEY WERE DOING IS CRIME CONTEMPLATING AGAINST US INSIDE OF THEIR BACK OFFICE CUBICLES(on job torture/bullying/mobbing and forceful unemployment to progress humanity as Obama exclaimed over and over) PER EEOC AND NOW, THEY WANT YOU TO RAISE COMMUNIST FLAG UNDER AMERICAN SKY !!! ONE RACE; RAT RACE(Wall street protesters are Obama's army which spread from London per Zionist Washington DC and communist Moscow) !!!
WHEN YOU PROTEST(it is much more than just than necessarily), RAISE SIGNS HIGH SO WHOLE WORLD CAN SEE DISPLAYED I CITE, "66 YEARS OF GENOCIDE AGAINST WHITES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE !!!"
THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BY WHITE AMERICAN REFUGEE !!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/BostjanAvsec OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xGfYOAydjw OR http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xleq3o
Why would anyone at CNN think it was a good idea to give a prime-time talk show to fmorer New York governor Eliot Spitzer and Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker?Parker is not exactly my cup of tea but I think she's perfectly capable of reading the news and leading discussions about it, especially political stories. If you've seen her on Chris Matthews weekend show, you know why I think so. If you've seen Spitzer on MSNBC you'd know he's quite capable of the interview skills that a host has with guest who offer their take on the story, notwithstanding his non-existent journalism background and his sharp analytical mind. Spitzer is smart enough to learn what he needs to know on the job. In fact, he's been doing it at MSNBC for a while as guest and guest host. Who wouldn't trade a sharp analytical mind for a journalism background any day of the week? Here are some cases in point Chuck Todd, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Joe Scarborough, Sean Hannity of news/opinion hosts who I'd gladly trade for someone with Spitzer's skills. I'm not claiming the Spitzer/Parker show will be a success, I'm just saying the personnel CNN chose gives it a good chance to succeed. Dan is saying 1) the personnel don't give it a chance and 2) CNN is barking up the wrong tree by going with opinion/news analysis. Dan is wrong on both counts. Let's unpack this hurriedly considered thesis:Briefly, though, CNN touts itself as a profitable, news-driven alternative to the ideological talk shows on Fox and MSNBC. So why act as though your every programming decision is based on ratings? If CNN is truly in a different business from Fox and MSNBC, then what does it mean to say CNN comes in “third”?Well Dan, advertising drives revenue so ratings are extremely important to cable television networks since they are businesses in the business of making profits. Why act as though your every programming decision is based on ratings? Why? Because it is. Perhaps a better question to ask is, Will Spitzer and Parker be news-driven or is this a departure from their stated business plan? If CNN is truly in a different business from Fox and MSNBC It isn't. They are both selling news and opinion and competing for the same viewers aka ratings. I can't wait to read Dan's take down of Fox's Fair & Balanced business model. That seems like a hypocrisy far easier to expose than CNN's. But then this isn't about hypocrisy, it's about the media business and Dan knowing better that the people actually making these decisions.
Eliot Spitzer was the smartest man on TV and you guys dumped him so you could turn both of your stations into tabloid galore. I can barely stand to watch CNN at this time. The girls keep on getting better looking and younger and the guys keep on getting dumber. Your show of shows is like bad wall paper: the same thing over and over and over, again.
NOT LIABILITIES OR DISCRIMINATION, BUT INSTEAD ASSASSINATIONS !!! http://myshortbiography.blogspot.com/ LEARN TRUTH ABOUT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, UNITED NATIONS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS NEW WORLD ORDER(MULTICULTURALISM = TERRORISM) GOVERNMENTS !!! NOT THERE TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS, BUT TO DENY YOUR RIGHT TO EXISTENCE !!! 66 YEARS OF GENOCIDE AGAINST WHITES WORLDWIDE IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE !!! STOP THE ANIMAL APARTHEID NOW !!!
NOT LIABILITIES OR DISCRIMINATION, BUT INSTEAD ASSASSINATIONS !!! http://myshortbiography.blogspot.com/ LEARN TRUTH ABOUT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, UNITED NATIONS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS NEW WORLD ORDER(MULTICULTURALISM = TERRORISM) GOVERNMENTS !!! NOT THERE TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS, BUT TO DENY YOUR RIGHT TO EXISTENCE !!! 66 YEARS OF GENOCIDE AGAINST WHITES WORLDWIDE IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE !!! STOP THE ANIMAL APARTHEID NOW !!!
Any news about A defector's mystical disappearance?