Hussein: Overnight update…
Catching up on my email from overnight…
3:38 am - CNNI broke news of a car bomb at the Madrid airport in Spain. No word on whether it’s related to the Hussein execution.
3:52 am - CNNI airs the first footage of Hussein in the moments before he is hung. FNC followed suit four minutes later. MSNBC interrupted a Marathon of the Headliners & Legends episode on Saddam Hussein at 3:59 to air the footage. MSNBC doesn’t mention the Madrid bombing. An emailer says that CNNI is owning that story.
Later on the networks were airing “before and after” stills and video. FNC put up a side by side comparison graphic during Fox and Friends.
UPDATE: Eat The Press’ Sklar chronicled the video moment…
10 am - The Saturday Business block on FNC has been pre-empted for live coverage from Page Hopkins and Eric Shawn. The Business Block will now air on Sunday from 3-5pm ET…
Pre-empting the Fox Business Block ruined my Saturday morning!
And because of New Years Eve, the usual re-air early Monday AM is also being zapped.
Comment by Ira — December 30, 2006 @ 1:38 pm