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LOOKING
FORWARD
IN ANGST
JASON
LINKINS
HUFFINGTON
09.15.13
THE NEW CROSSFIRE
WILL BORE YOU TO DEATH
N MONDAY NIGHT,
CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker made
good on his threat
and returned Crossfire, the show
that Jon Stewart famously and
accurately described as “hurting America,” to CNN’s lineup.
And I have good news for every-
O
one! This show is not going to
hurt America. In fact, it’s mostly
harmless. Unless of course, you
are easily bored to death and lack
access to a heavy object you can
throw at your teevee in an emergency. In that rare instance, the
show is deadly.
This revamped Crossfire, of
course, wasn’t supposed to make
its bow so soon, but in an act of
comical arrogance, it was decided
Crossfire
hosts
Stephanie
Cutter
(middle
and Newt
Gingrich
(right) debate
a possible
Syria strike
with Sen.
Robert
Menendez
(left).