CNN, FOX PROMISE ORDERLY TRANSITION TO 24-HOUR MODESTO MURDER COVERAGE
Transition Team Already On the Ground in California
Hours after Modesto, California police nabbed Scott Peterson on murder charges, cable news giants CNN and Fox News promised an orderly transition from 24-hour Iraq coverage to 24-hour Peterson murder case coverage.
To make the transition as seamless as possible, a transition team headed up by retired broadcaster Bo Cremmins is already on the ground in Modesto, network spokespersons confirmed today.
Speaking from a temporary camp set up in the parking lot of a Modesto Applebees, Mr. Cremmins acknowledged that making the orderly transition from nonstop Iraq coverage to nonstop Modesto murder coverage was a daunting task, but said that CNN and Fox had enough people on the ground to get it done.
Reports from the region confirmed that a battalion of sound trucks had already arrived in Modesto, with a steady stream of additional TV vehicles making good progress to the outskirts of the city.
Mr. Cremmins refused to comment on controversial plans to embed TV reporters in the Peterson jury room, saying that such discussions were premature.
In Modesto, the locals thus far have not given the TV sound trucks the warm welcome they were hoping for, hinting at tough times ahead for the news crews.
Shirley Snead, a homeowner whose lawn was ruined by a TV sound truck during round-the-clock coverage of the Gary A. Condit-Chandra Levy scandal, noted bitterly that promises to re-sod her lawn were broken and now the sound trucks are back.
This region is tired of news, she said. We just want the trucks to go home so we can live in peace.
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Transition Team Already On the Ground in California
Hours after Modesto, California police nabbed Scott Peterson on murder charges, cable news giants CNN and Fox News promised an orderly transition from 24-hour Iraq coverage to 24-hour Peterson murder case coverage.
To make the transition as seamless as possible, a transition team headed up by retired broadcaster Bo Cremmins is already on the ground in Modesto, network spokespersons confirmed today.
Speaking from a temporary camp set up in the parking lot of a Modesto Applebees, Mr. Cremmins acknowledged that making the orderly transition from nonstop Iraq coverage to nonstop Modesto murder coverage was a daunting task, but said that CNN and Fox had enough people on the ground to get it done.
Reports from the region confirmed that a battalion of sound trucks had already arrived in Modesto, with a steady stream of additional TV vehicles making good progress to the outskirts of the city.
Mr. Cremmins refused to comment on controversial plans to embed TV reporters in the Peterson jury room, saying that such discussions were premature.
In Modesto, the locals thus far have not given the TV sound trucks the warm welcome they were hoping for, hinting at tough times ahead for the news crews.
Shirley Snead, a homeowner whose lawn was ruined by a TV sound truck during round-the-clock coverage of the Gary A. Condit-Chandra Levy scandal, noted bitterly that promises to re-sod her lawn were broken and now the sound trucks are back.
This region is tired of news, she said. We just want the trucks to go home so we can live in peace.
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