We Should Feel Sad For The Little Guy

I was being cruel a few weeks ago when writing about Ronan Farrow. He's the son of actress, Mia Farrow and the son of either Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra. Even Ronan doesn't know. I guess New York doesn't provide DNA testing but that's another story. "Farrow the Young" graduated from college at age 15 and then went on to Oxford and Yale. In addition, he is a Rhoades Scholar so he has all that going for him.
He was a new hire on MSNBC six weeks ago and the big shots at that network were obviously looking for cuteness, brains, savvy and the ability to connect with the 29-49 demographic. After his third show he was awarded the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. This is akin to Jesus and the loaves and fishes miracle. It also means he was nominated before his own show started: I thought you'd like to look at previous winners in the last decade. This is heady company indeed.

2013 Bob Schieffer, moderator, "Face the Nation"
2012 Bob Costas, host, “Football Night in America”
2011 Christiane Amanpour, anchor, “This Week with Christiane Amanpour”
2010 Diane Sawyer, anchor, “World News with Diane Sawyer”
2009 Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor, "NBC Nightly News"
2008 Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, longtime PBS news anchors of “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report”
2007 Jane Pauley, former anchor of NBC’s “Today Show” and founding co-host of “Dateline NBC”
2006 Tom Brokaw, former anchor, “NBC Nightly News”
2005 Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist of The Miami Herald
2004 Charles Osgood, host of “The Osgood Files” and “CBS News Sunday Morning”
2003 Andy Rooney, “60 Minutes” correspondent
2002 Al Michaels, sportscaster, ABC Sports

The sad news for Ronan and MSNBC;  the latest ratings for his show are in. He ranks 708th averaging slightly over 300,000 daily viewers. Number 707 is a re-run of a show called "Baggage" on the Game Show Network. It runs at midnight. An 8 AM re-run of "The Golden Girls" also edged him out. No, they crushed him by coming in at No. 700. This is not good news for the Lean Forward Network. Now, take a gander at the list of previous winners. These folks are major leaguers with actual accomplishments to their names. What are the chances they'll pull a John Kerry and throw their medals over the fence in protest? This scenario may not occur but I suspect said medals won't be on the fireplace mantel much longer.
The huge question is who are the clowns who decide the winners of this one time prestigious award?
***After the most minimal or research the Annenberg Society, a far-left group selects the winners.
The screeners and judges are listed in the attachment.
http://www.cronkiteaward.org/screeners--judges.html