The network news anchors are all back home from the Middle East, but the cable folks are still there, Tim Cuprisin notes.. FNC’s Shepard Smith is the top-rated anchor in the war zone.
“These days, his schedule runs from ‘2 p.m. local time through 7 a.m. local time, and we sleep after that.’ And he noted that he’s more plugged in than he’s ever been on such a story. ‘This is the first conflict that I’ve been involved with, or the first major story, including Katrina, where our BlackBerry devices work. So we’re able to get real-time both wires and internal reporting.'” Here’s the full story…
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