Developments in both the missing Malaysian jet and Ukraine stories put TV news outlets in high gear Thursday morning. At 11 a.m. ET, the networks broke into regular programming to cover Obama’s announcement of more sanctions against Russia. Cable and network news is clearly gearing up for a wall-to-wall coverage frenzy when the mystery of the missing plane is finally solved.
Despite ongoing coverage of the health care hearings, CNN pulled in its lowest primetime ratings in more than a year — approaching record lows from summer 2012 — and falling below HLN and CNBC.
Cable news networks brought new toys and new people to the 2012 presidential campaign’s opening night in Iowa, yet the tight race made it a struggle for viewers to make sense of it all.
Fox News, MSNBC and CNN plan to cover the one-night Iowa caucus for a stretch of several days, maximizing both their investments in the state and the ratings potential of a Republican presidential campaign.
NPR News’ executive editor apologized Sunday to Giffords’ family for the false report. Within a half hour, all three cable news networks had bannered the headline of Giffords’ supposed death.
