NYC Building Collapse: Cable

By Brian 

> Update: 12:13pm: Jossip’s press list e-mail headline for this video is: “Manhattan Building Collapes, Fox News Turns To Terror…”

> Update: 12:10pm: An e-mailer writes: “I can’t believe that CNN, FNC and MSNBC have dropped all other news coverage to report on a building collapse. Presumably, the rest of the world must have stopped turning…”

> Update: 12pm: ICN says FNC was first with the news, followed a minute later by CNN and seven minutes later by MSNBC…

> “Ya gotta love Larry King,” an e-mailer says. “Minutes after a building blew up from a gas leak on NY’s upper east side, who is doing a phoner on CNN but Larry King. He was apparently staying at a hotel a few blocks away and heard the explosion go off. He was terrific too, selling the story hard.” The e-mailer adds: “If kids wonder how to endure in this business, look at Larry, well into his 70s, a major star who does not need to do this stuff. But he’s one of the first at the scene.” Update: 10:32am: “WABC is using more of Larry King at the scene than CNN,” another e-mailer adds…

> FNC banged the Fox News Alert gong every few minutes during the 9am hour. A tipster says FNC was the first with pictures from the scene…

> How much coverage would this get if it happened in Reno or Cleveland?…

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