Sniper Coverage

In comparing the different broadcasts, of cable and network news on the sniper coverage, I found dramatic differences. For starters, I cable news has a major advantage. They have twenty-four hours a day to cover news. They have no other TV shows or programs they need to show. They have all that time that they need to fill with news and every aspect of that news as much as humanly possible. The only advantage that network news has is tradition. Jennings, Rather, and Brokaw are household names, and have been watched for over 30 years.
I’ve started to watch Shepard Smith on Fox news, due to my dad’s frequent questions of “did you watch Shep last night?� After watching him during this week, I see why the constant harassment. His interviews of criminologists on the sniper case, was amazing. The sp



	The Rise and Fall of Jayson Blair .... Blair worked on numerous articles that were full of emotional energy; the return of Jessica Lynch, the DC sniper and coverage on soldiers in Iraq. .... (2010 8 )

	Lock Your Doors ...The News Is On .... Excessive coverage of crime in the news instills a feeling of fear in .... turn on the television they are bombarded with stories about sniper shootings, serial .... (938 4 )

	compar and contrast .... However the news is presented to us it varys according to the coverage offered by .... Even with the Sniper case the information was in detailed in The Record but .... (1898 8 )

	The US Media and the Vietnam War .... show up on nightly news shows, the general sentiment of the coverage between 1965 .... this was minimal - a few incoming mortar rounds or crackle of sniper fire ...A .... (3697 15 )

	The Stock Market and the Economy .... Fear and anxiety were the reactions to all the news coverage and as a result there was heavy selling of stocks. The current sniper situation in the Washington .... (502 2 )

Although network news (NBC and ABC) didn’t spend nearly as much time on the current news, at night, both Peter Jennings, and Tom Brokaw, re-capped the major case turning points, and major events of the day. Both mentioned who got arrested, and why. Even though they didn’t have an exclusive interview with the dad of John Malvo, Jennings and Brokaw did mention possible outcomes, and punishments. They didn’t mention everything that the cable news stations did, but they let me know what was going on, and didn’t cut out to go over to the plane crash. After their segment on the sniper, which was about 12 minutes including one commercial break, they went on to talk about the plane crash, and what might of happened, possible causes, etc.

Cable news, and Network news, both have their pros and con’s. If I am look

Some topics in this essay:
Fox Broadcasting Company, Peter Jennings, Network News, Tom Brokaw, NBC Nightly News, Sky News, Household Names, Jamaica, CNN, NBC,

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PROFESSIONAL ESSAYS:

The Media and Juvenile Crime In November 2003, AB .... were introduced with a run-down on 17-year-old then sniper-suspect (he .... the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs were increasing their coverage of homicides .... (3187 13 )

Pulitzer prize winning journalist Peter Arnett .... career has ushered in the era of independent television news coverage, as well as .... units, Arnett helped carry the several wounded soldiers under sniper fire to .... (2285 9 )

Chiapas Rebellion in Mexico .... The revolt was given front page news coverage in Mexico and around the world, most .... resulted in only one casualty, an army Colonel who was killed by a sniper. .... (2297 9 )

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