The New York Post has revealed that CNN is once again considering adding a person of color to one of their nighttime anchor spots. The move is long overdue, since black and brown people have been subject to the "all-white, all-night" phenomenon, where none of the major cable news networks have granted any of their nightly branded news spots to an African-American host. One has to argue that freezing out African-American journalists on all of the major networks is a bit insulting, given that there is a tremendous amount of talent waiting in the wings.
John King's 7 p.m. slot may be up for grabs soon, as he hasn't been able to get the kind of ratings that CNN execs would like to see. This opens the door, hopefully, for Soledad O'Brien to get the opportunity everyone knows that she deserves. The same might be true for Roland Martin and other CNN personalities who've gotten a tremendous amount of exposure on the network. The departure of Tony Harris to Al Jazeera is disappointing, for it's hurtful to see talented men like Harris in line behind less-capable anchors like Nancy Grace.
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