PEJ: CBS Evening News Peculiarities

An interesting paragraph in Howard Kurtz’s PEJ sum-up: “One interesting contrast among the nightly newscasts: CBS was 50 percent more likely than NBC and twice as likely as ABC to air reports on disasters and other unexpected events (Dan Rather loved hurricanes). The ‘CBS Evening News’ was also twice as likely to carry feature stories (such as the ethics of using high-tech duck decoys, or rising credit card debt) unconnected to breaking news.”