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Saturday, January 03, 2004

Fox News Watch highlights
'Most Over-Reported Story' nominee: Laci Peterson. AU prof Jane Hall: "There's no way this has any justification of importance beyond salacious appeal and getting people to watch cable news as much as possible." Cal Thomas described MJ and Kobe coverage as a journalistic flu. "It's just obsession," he said. As for next year's big stories? Elections, war on terror, and...trials. "We're going to be in the courtroom an awful lot," host Eric Burns said. 6:57:10 PM

CNN's Top Notch Space Reporting
CNN's space reporting is excellent as always -- as a rover headed toward Mars today, Miles O'Brien's reports from the Jet Propulsion Lab in California have been fascinating. It's this sort of beat reporting that makes CNN stand out. Check out the video clips on cnn.com or AOL. Now how about a live one-hour special at 11pm as it lands? 6:41:48 PM

Framing a Story
A quick comparison of the online Red Sea charter jet crash coverage (much less coverage on TV...focus still on international flight security): Foxnews.com includes the fact that "Tony Blair [was] vacationing at popular resort at flight origin" on the home page. In the FOX and MSNBC stories (Associated Press copy/paste), the fact is prominent in the second paragraph. On CNN.com, that fact is only mentioned in the article's last paragraph. Makes a big difference, eh? 3:26:40 PM

A Few CNN Staffers Say So Long
"CNN has sent several staffers packing at its primetime shows hosted by Paula Zahn and Anderson Cooper," the New York Post reports. About six employees have been let go -- all former Connie Chung Tonight staffers, whose "services are no longer needed." 4:50:58 AM

Preview: Weekend Media Shows
6:30pm Saturday: Fox News Watch is an "awards show of sorts," looking back at the year in news and "the ignored stories of 2003." // 11:30am Sunday: Reliable Sources "looks at mad cow disease and terror alert coverage." (Foxnews.com/WashPost) 12:12:16 AM


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