Probably not, but Jonathan "Pajamas" Klein is canning Aaron Brown at CNN, according to Drudge (no permalink, which is one of the reasons that Drudge has not been, and is not now, a blogger):

We have made some programming decisions which will impact our prime time schedule as well as our colleague Aaron Brown. Aaron will be leaving CNN and is very much looking forward to some well-deserved time off with his family.

Aaron has made enormous contributions to CNN since his groundbreaking anchoring of Sept. 11th through the war in Iraq to the Tsunami to the recent hurricanes. Outside of the big stories, on a nightly basis, Aaron has provided our audiences with insight into the events of the United States and the world with eloquence and the highest journalist integrity.

Besides his stellar work as an anchor, Aaron stands as an absolutely brilliant writer, evident by the thoughtful perspective he injects into every story he touches.

Personally, I will miss Aaron and his wicked sense of humor. We cannot thank Aaron enough for the skills and professionalism he brought to CNN. Given his respect throughout the industry, there is no question that he will be missed.

Translation: he was tanking us in his timeslot. Don't let the door hit your kiester on the way out.

But despite this, I suspect that Mr. Pajamas still doesn't understand why his (and his previous employer, CBS' ratings were in the toilet, and it amazes me that CNN thought that they could pull up their ratings by hiring either Klein or Brown) network continues to lose market share. When I hear that they've made an offer to Brit Hume (for twice or more of the money that he makes at Fox), then I'll know that they've figured it out. For now, I can only conclude that they know that Brown is a problem, but not why.

I can't help but wonder if this is yet another sign that they shouldn't have booted Ted Turner out. The man might be crazy/out of touch, but he built CNN into something valuable.

He did it at a time in which he had no competition from other news stations (notably Fox) and no internet to fact and ideology check them. I think that he'd be at least as clueless as to how to staunch the bleeding as anyone else there, now.

Here's a thought: how about not being the propaganda arm of the "Head chopper" brigade in Iraq?