[BC] "Breaking News" Interruptions

[Bernie Courtney]

The guy was already getting cold, I really don't see the need to interrupt a
networks' broadcast day (especially while still in prime time out west) to
have a talking head report said news.  The crawl gave all the info that
people needed to know, and if they felt watching clips of his life they
could tune out over to CNN or the like to see them.  If not, they just kept
watching their programs and went to bed.  Its not like a missile was headed
our way or some other developing story- the guy was dead, its not like he
was going anywhere :-)

bern

On 12/28/06, Alan Kline <akline at netins.net> wrote:
>
> I'm sorry, folks, but you still can't convince me that a rerun of
> "Stupid Pet Tricks" was more justified at that point than the death of a
> President.
>
> ak