Bhutto: Coverage write-ups…
The Hollywood Reporter’s Paul J. Gough writes about today’s coverage of the Bhutto assassination…
Suddenly, Pakistan — where there are only a handful of employees for the U.S.-based networks — pushed U.S. campaign news off the cable news channels as the networks struggled to bring the developing story to American viewers. CNN was the first network to confirm the story, working off legwork from producer Mohsin Naqvi, who broke the story at 7:21 a.m. EST after attending the rally and hearing an explosion.
“He was right on it from the start to the end,” said Parisa Khosravi, CNN International senior vp newsgathering.
Naqvi isn’t alone. ABC News’ Gretchen Peters is stationed in Pakistan for the network, which also is sending other correspondents, including “World News Sunday” anchor Dan Harris. NBC is sending correspondents Michelle Kosinski from New York and Ned Colt from London. Both hold current Pakistani visas, which NBC News newsgathering vp David Verdi said is a traditional precaution for hot-button regions.
Fun Fact: Gretchen Peters is married to the Getty Images photographer who took what’s believed to be the last photograph of Bhutto before she was killed.
(nypost)
Comment by Jordan — December 28, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
i couldn’t sleep last night…and I swear mika was on from like 4 or 5 am until 10…also it looked like david shuster (sp?) and joe would have fought if they were in the same studio. I used to like david but I think he is getting out of control. He acts like every sentence he says is an investigated report.
Comment by chase — December 28, 2007 @ 12:58 pm