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Virtually all the network's big names were there The incident also coincided with the elevation of Walton It's a newscast that rarely traffics in trash, providing a neat summation of the day's top stories and some intriguing guests Shortly after, CNN's pecking order subtly changed "I think there are people who love me, and people who hate me, and people who love to hate me," he said train from Washington to New York for scrambled eggs and small talk CNN's chief executive, Jim Walton, cautioned against making too much of Brown's nonappearance at an industry function One critic, The Boston Globe's Mark Jurkowitz, wrote: "He is just too studied, too enigmatic and, frankly, too weird to be anchor material Except Aaron Brown, whose star appears to be fading in the CNN firmament ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€? On the Net: http://www Y CNN's plans for big political nights in 2004 will be the same, she said, plans that don't take Brown out of his current time slot That's why it became a story in February when Brown didn't cut short a golf outing in California to come to work on the day the Columbia space shuttle disintegrated "I don't care Where his predecessor, Walter Isaacson, cultivated stars, Walton is a throwback to CNN's earlier days, where the news is the star " NBC's Tom Brokaw, meanwhile, was pulled out of the water on a snorkeling trip and made it to a studio within hours m , paper All four "Crossfire" combatants argued politics Brown's newscast consistently trails in the ratings to the Fox News Channel talk show featuring CNN refugee Greta Van Susteren Judy Woodruff, who had flown from a California assignment a few days earlier, boarded a 5 a One night out of the anchor chair wouldn't necessarily matter too much, unless you considered it a foreshadowing of how other big political nights were going to be handled in the upcoming election year And one anchorman's feelings wouldn't matter too much, unless it was the anchor who only two short years ago was poised to become the face of the network Brown's "Newsnight" has many devoted fans Christiane Amanpour appeared via satellite from London It was Sept But there's talk within CNN, and some of it surfaced in a New York Daily News gossip column, that Brown may not have appeared partly because he was upset about not playing a prominent role on the California recall Election Night His status was codified in his CNN Web site profile: Brown was the network's lead anchor on major breaking news stories newscast from New York that night and, when it ended, CNN began election coverage from Los Angeles with Wolf Blitzer as anchor Brown declined to talk to The Associated Press for this article, and his executive producer didn't return a phone message " Brown acknowledged his polarizing effect on viewers in an interview with a Westchester County, N cnn com/ ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€? EDITOR'S NOTE ââ‚¬â€? David Bauder can be reached at dbauder"at"ap Brown anchored his usual 10 p Larry King was master of ceremonies "He's an excellent newsman, and when he has a comment to add, it always seems well-based and well-founded " Brown is a "very important part of CNN's election team" and will be reporting on politics through the next year, spokeswoman Christa Robinson said m The anchorman was working to arrange an important interview and asked to be excused, he said "We have a lot of talent at CNN," he said, adding that Brown is very important to the network 11, 2001, that Brown, just hired from ABC News, made a dramatic mark on CNN " Others find the format, with an offbeat opening essay and "The Whip," Brown's name for collecting headlines from on-the-scene reporters, a bit precious He explained later that it "didn't make any sense because I didn't have any clothes Brown wasn't the network's lead anchor If the people who love to hate me watch, God bless them CNN Brown's Star Fades Nov 9, 12:01 PM EST <EM>Associated Press</EM> CNN rented an elegant ballroom a few weeks ago, feeding breakfast to top advertisers and filling them in on 2004 election coverage plans But the signals sent by the California recall appear to be true org And he has a good format He was one of many, all capable of grabbing the reins in a news emergency "I like his program," legendary CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite told Texas Monthly magazine last summer He anchored much of the terrorist attack coverage that day and those that followed, impressing many viewers with his soft-spoken, cerebral style