Jun 13
Taking Time, Doing It Right
When it came time to report the death of Tim Russert, NBC allowed itself to be scooped by other media outlets, apparently waiting to get former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw, a friend of Russert, to make the announcement during their Special Report. CBS, I saw, waited about thirty seconds after NBC’s special report began to start theirs, but it was anchored by investigative reporter Armen Keteyian. No offense to Keteyian, but if NBC could get Brokaw on set, one might wonder where Katie was hiding. (No idea where ABC placed in this particular race; I only saw NBC and CBS at that moment.)
