CNN Pipeline: “Greater Depth”

At times CNN Pipeline “has a C-SPAN feel,” The Messenger’s Greg Gatlin notes. “Yesterday, I was switching back and forth between a lengthy news conference with Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), who was taking swipes at the Defense Department, President Bush, who was proclaiming progress in Iraq, and disgraced Spokane Mayor Jim West talking to reporters about his ouster over a sex scandal.” (Indeed, the pipes were too Washington-centric and press conference-heavy the first two days.)

“But I was also sucked in by live feeds of a San Diego fuel tanker fire and the killing of an airline passenger who claimed he had a bomb at Miami International Airport.” The service “gives consumers choice in news coverage and offers news conferences and speeches in their entirety for those seeking greater depth.”