The report on CNN was about 15 minutes after Fox announced it. The social media was first, of course, with passengers who had fled the plane tweeting almost immediately. The new media is first.
The ‘new media’ had photos and video uploaded within the first 8 minutes.
None of the big news outlets even had reporters dispatched by then. And they had to rely on the ‘weekend’ crews who tend to be fill-ins.
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Hardly a crisis has ever gone by that some newsies didn’t say something completely stupid or ridiculous. In such crises, they have to make up commentaries, sometimes for hours.
They can be painful to watch or listen to.