WHO HAD THE BEST WHITNEY HOUSTON BREAKING COVERAGE / POST COVERAGE

[gregg75]

When the news was breaking Saturday night I think MSNBC, CNN and HLN were all covering it.
Most were just repeating the same stuff over and over. Then I switched to Fox News and they
were actually doing a better job than anybody (I was shocked) as this didn't seem to be their
usual news story.

 

[borderblaster]

Twitter followed by Facebook (official break of story was from AP).

 

[mgsports]

HLN had no Coverage so didn't CBS or ABC.

 

[Joe_Capitano]

ABC did break into a Peanuts special in the East (briefly) - with an advisory to send the kids off for a moment. MT/PT were mostly into their news blocks when confirmation came. I had CNN on, and they confirmed the story at about 5:11 PM PT.

 

[ajc_trw]

I'll give the nod to Facebook as it was the first I heard of it. I usually check Facebook periodically and the news feeds from KNBC and KFI (two locals I subscribe to) had the headline before they could put anything up on their respective websites (just a sentence with no link).

I used to check the trends on twitter but the Verizon STB widget has just gone to pot.

 

[Mario500]

I did not see the special report from ABC, but an advisory to send children away for a moment is unusual, even if the program interrupted was an animated cartoon that appeals to folks of any age.

 

[recto101]

CNN covered it well. But how about local News outlets in la like KCBS2, KNX 1070, KCAL9 and other LA stations how was that handled.

 

[imhomerjay]

HLN had no Coverage so didn't CBS or ABC.

Is that even a sentence?

 

[firepoint525]

ABC did break into a Peanuts special in the East (briefly) - with an advisory to send the kids off for a moment. MT/PT were mostly into their news blocks when confirmation came. I had CNN on, and they confirmed the story at about 5:11 PM PT.

Yeah, that's what we saw here, at about 7:15 p.m. CST. Assuming that reports of her death were given in PST, that would mean that I learned of her death slightly over an hour after she was pronounced dead.

HLN had no Coverage so didn't CBS or ABC.

Is that even a sentence?

Are you even capable of an on-topic reply? By the way, ABC HAD coverage, as was stated above. That's how I found out!

 

[recto101]

ABC did break into a Peanuts special in the East (briefly) - with an advisory to send the kids off for a moment. MT/PT were mostly into their news blocks when confirmation came. I had CNN on, and they confirmed the story at about 5:11 PM PT.

Yeah, that's what we saw here, at about 7:15 p.m. CST. Assuming that reports of her death were given in PST, that would mean that I learned of her death slightly over an hour after she was pronounced dead.

HLN had no Coverage so didn't CBS or ABC.

Is that even a sentence?

Are you even capable of an on-topic reply? By the way, ABC HAD coverage, as was stated above. That's how I found out!

I saw it on CNN and Local News outlets in San Francisco but that was given during the 5pm and 6pm news.

 

[landtuna]

Why would this news be considered "urgent" or "earth-shattering" and require the immediate attention of responsible news orgs?

Other than their historic competitive nature to out the story first I cannot think of another.

 

[ShawnHill1]

I thought KCAL (Los Angeles) did a good job on coverage, as they went wall-to-wall since they have a primetime newscast seven nights a week. They even brought in DJs from its CBS radio sisters (KRTH, KAMP, and KTWV) to give their perspectives on Whitney Houston's career and life. I first saw the breaking news from L.A. Times, from their breaking news alerts I get via e-mail.

 

[firepoint525]

Why would this news be considered "urgent" or "earth-shattering" and require the immediate attention of responsible news orgs?
Other than their historic competitive nature to out the story first I cannot think of another.

Evidently no other "urgency" other than to get the story out first. Since we were watching ABC at the time, I will comment on their coverage. Seems that it would have been sufficient to simply run a crawl across the bottom of the screen. No need to break in and interrupt a Charlie Brown special (even if it is a rerun), but as evidenced by Jake Tapper's comments, he was also breaking in on network news on the west coast.

 

[1069_KIFR]

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