Airstrike in Somalia…
MSNBC was the first cable net to break the news, via NBC News, of the Somalia airstrike by the U.S. around the 7:10 pm hour (at the first break of the Hardball 7pm repeat) with David Schuster covering the story and Jim Miklaszewski reporting from the Pentagon. FNC followed at 7:22 pm and CNN at around 7:23 (might have been 7:22 as well).
CNN has stayed on the story since then while FNC continued with The Fox Report and MSNBC stayed with the Hardball repeat but kept a lower third up detailing the strike as “Breaking News”.
UPDATE: TVNewser reports that CBS News was first to break the story and NBC News followed suit later.
This is REAL breaking news…
Overall CBS was first acording w/ my wires… NBC second w/ the report… :P No word yet on CNN International.. they are talkin about Diana and Prince Williams… Hong Kong bureau is very crappy for Breaking News
Comment by Rodrigo — January 8, 2007 @ 9:19 pm
#1, this definitely is breaking news! Glad to see the networks could give this story a few minutes, breaking into whatever was bring broadcast on the big three cable news nets.
Comment by Chris — January 8, 2007 @ 10:39 pm
MSNBC is PRESENT in 2007!
Comment by Peter — January 8, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
Somehow I get the feeling that if FNC was 1st the you know who’s here will be saying it’s not breaking news or the Bush Admin gave them a heads up lol.
Comment by Lurker — January 9, 2007 @ 12:53 pm