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Sep 11, 2021 · Transcript. For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a look back at how TV was transformed by the nation's biggest terrorist attack. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today, we remember that most...
- Eric Deggans
- For 93 Straight Hours, Broadcast Networks Reported The News
- 'The Profile of The United States Has Changed'
- After 9/11, Networks Promised More Serious News Coverage
- Over Time, That Commitment Faded
- It's Scary to Imagine How Today's Media Might Cover The 9/11 Attacks
Cable news networks, CNN in particular by virtue of being around the longest, were taking hold as cable became more ubiquitous in people’s homes. But from the time footage and images of the attack started circulating, and for the next few days, the old-school anchors and their networks were where people turned. At ABC, Peter Jennings famously took ...
"What we had hoped and prayed would not happened, could not happen, has happened," Rather said. "New York’s World Trade Center, in effect, has been destroyed. The loss of life will be high." At one point Brokaw put the day into perspective as he watched a monitor showing what the audience was seeing. He said he never thought he would see U.S. milit...
In the months after the deadliest attack on American soil, executives in interviews with journalists acknowledged their networks’ shortcomings — a rarity, in that TV executives are not overly fond of acknowledging much of anything. They’re better at talking about whatever convoluted number crunching is required to boast that their network is No. 1 ...
Not all for the better. Some coverage was jingoistic. There was a debate over whether news anchors should wear American flag pins on their lapels. Everything felt a little wobbly for a while, including how to go after this story moving forward. There was a noticeable increase in international coverage. There was a harder edge to the nightly news wh...
Broadcast and cable news networks still cover big stories. And in the moment, when news is breaking, they all do it in pretty similar ways. But the space between reporting the story and spinning it for your own purposes has shrunk dramatically in the last 20 years. Look at the coverage of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan for just the ...
- Bill Goodykoontz
- Media Critic
Sep 10, 2021 · There is a long list of ways America was transformed by the terrorist attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001. But the question of how TV itself was changed – particularly in ways...
- Eric Deggans
Sep 10, 2021 · How 9/11 changed the way we watch TV news. Fox News added a crawl to its screen on Sept. 11, 2001, which became a fixture for cable news. (Fox News) By Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer. Sept. 10...
- stephen.battaglio@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Sep 10, 2021 · What: A special documenting the terrorist siege on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93 that unfolded over two hours on Sept. 11. ‘9/11: Four Flights’ Where: History
Sep 10, 2021 · How 9/11 changed the way we watch TV news. Stephen Battaglio. September 10, 2021 · 4 min read. After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the three major broadcast networks stayed on the...
Sep 3, 2021 · By Selome Hailu. Library of Congress/Carol M. Highsmith. 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The nation has continued to process the terrorist event over the past two...
