> The Big Three anchors all started their coverage from DC at 9am sharp…
> From an e-mailer: “Something must be said about ABC’s Ford funeral coverage: less is more! Gibson was smart to let the event ‘breathe’ without the need for incessant (often times useless) commentary…”
> Also from an e-mailer: “I am watching this morning’s coverage, and it is so clear how much Brian Williams knows and cares about President Ford and the presidency in general. He is very commanding and also warm and human in his coverage.”
> ABC signed off around 12:10pm. “It is not often we have a chance to say goodbye to a president and this has been a very moving ceremony,” Charles Gibson said…
> NBC paused around 12:13pm to let some affiliates break away. A South Carolina e-mailer says his affiliate immediately switched to the soap opera Passions, “where two actors were in bed seemingly copulating…”
> On CBS, Katie Couric was joined by Bob Schieffer and Douglas Brinkley. The net ended its coverage around 12:15pm…
> FNC moved the live bug to the bottom left corner of the screen for the duration of the services…
> The cable nets ended their live coverage at 1:30pm…
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