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[newser]

I actually consider Steve Harrigan a fine journalist, so him going along the accusations that Nic served Gaddafi's propaganda came as a surprise. My feeling is Fox management was simply looking for something to hit CNN's credibility with and Harrigan had to take the bait and go along with Ailes & co's ridiculous story.

Harrigan was CNN's Moscow correspondent in the 90s/early 00s and he did a pretty good job covering the political turmoil when Yeltsin was still in power and helping the then bureau chief Jill Dougherty in the Kursk submarine tragedy coverage. So, I still consider him to be credible. He's just at the wrong network.

[Dabir]

The Taiwan news animation of the war between CNN and Fox News.

[Carolina Argentina]

Teams are being shuffled throughout the ME. Ivan Watson & photojournalist Joe Duran are back in Istanbul. Jomana Karadsheh, the produce, is stuck at the Rixos Hotel in Triopoli. Matthew Chance is stuck there, too. And they soon may be stuck in Tripoli as the Rebels seem to be closing in. No cameraman as he couldn't get through to Tripoli from Tunisia due to the fighting. Chance has filed a few reports that look like they were filmed in his hotel room on Skype. Sara Sidner is back in Libya -- this time she's in western Libya -- perhaps the Wedeman/Holmes replacement. Still no one in Eastern Libya -- not enough is going on there to justify someone.

Ben Wedeman is back where he should be in Cairo and was reporting on the Mubarak Trial on Monday. The trial will no longer be televised which disappoints me as I was a trial attorney in the US and found the chaos fascinating. Mohammed Jamjoom was in Cairo on Monday, too..

Arwa Damon is still in Beirut reporting on Syria.

My guess is that Michael Holmes is on vacation as are Nick Robertson and Fred(erich) Pleitgen.

[Leeroy]

Ivan tweeted earlier that he has flown into Egypt to help the CNN producer with coverage of Friday night's violence outside the Israeli embassy. Did CNN have any other correspondents in Egypt on Friday? If no, that would probably explain the poor (read: VERY POOR) coverage of the events as they unfolded.

[newser]

Don't believe there was anyone alongside producer, but I didn't find the coverage to be very poor. It wasn't stellar, but it wasn't a disaster IMO either. Good to hear someone senior is headed for Cairo.

On another note, Jill Dougherty is reporting from Libya these days.

[Houston]

I didn't see any of their coverage - every time I flipped over to CNN(US) it was what is going to be a weekend of rehash of 9/11 which I have no interest in watching. Maybe CNNI covered it, but I went to AJE and for the three or four hours saw non-stop live coverage which was quite impressive. I may just start watching them - CNN obviously doesn't care.

[Solar System]

I thought it was just me, but I can't watch the 911 coverage either. Watching it like everyone else in the world as it was happening was enough for me.

[newser]

I didn't see any of their coverage - every time I flipped over to CNN(US) it was what is going to be a weekend of rehash of 9/11 which I have no interest in watching. Maybe CNNI covered it, but I went to AJE and for the three or four hours saw non-stop live coverage which was quite impressive. I may just start watching them - CNN obviously doesn't care.

In a somewhat unusual move, the 6pm hour of The Situation Room actually started with this story and had CNN producer on the phone from Cairo.

[Frankie]

Angry crowd turns on journalists reporting embassy attack in Egypt http://edition.cnn.c...eted/index.html

[Carolina Argentina]

Ivan Watson did a nice report on the interplay between the Turkish, Egyptian and Israeli governments on The Brief which had some nice Q and A from him and Jim Clancy A truncated version was shown a couple times on other shows, but the one from The Brief was clearly the best. It hasn't been added to the web site yet or I would attach the link.

I do seem to post here a lot about Mr Watson, but I live in Egypt and am interested in the "Turkish Model" (i.e. the particular blend of the secular and the religious in the government and society there) and he covers both those areas. I'm getting a good education from him on Turkey.

[TVman]

Why is CNN not doing much of anything anymore in Bahrain?

[Xabat]

^^ Maybe CNN is just waiting to see if Bahrain wants to pay more money for another iList special, so CNN doesn't want to report on anything in case they spoil the deal.

[Carolina Argentina]

^^ Maybe CNN is just waiting to see if Bahrain wants to pay more money for another iList special, so CNN doesn't want to report on anything in case they spoil the deal.

I don't think that foreign reporters are allowed in Bahrain, are they?

Edited by carpoh, 10 October 2011 - 12:59 PM.

[Carolina Argentina]

Aaaahhhhh!!!!!!! Now this is the CNN I know and love. I-Desk with M. Holmes talking live to B. Wedeman and I. Watson -- they're not far apart, on separate streets, right smack dab in the mayhem in/near Tahrir Square. Mr. Watson on protester's side; Mr. Wedeman on the solider's side cameras are swirling around, showing great amounts of tear gas clouds catching the soldiers, the military riot police (who are different than the police riot police) and Mr. Wedeman. (We got to hear Mr. Wedeman retching on air.) Both correspondents describing the same thing from different perspectives (Rashamon, anyone?)
Lots of action. This is fabulous. Haven't seen anything like it on the other channels (Skynews, BBCW, ALJ Int and, France 24)

As an aside, I was in Zamalek today on one of the bridges that you all see during the events here and traffic was flowing (a little light) and people were out walking enjoying the sun and I could see the people crowding the street as it entered Tahrir Square -- 2 (quite) long blocks away. The only thing giving it away as a war zone were the ambulances pulling out every once in a while.

[Carolina Argentina]

Egypt today -- What a clusterf**k! CNN's coverage is minimal. A Breaking News headline on the bottom of the screen. Where are all the knowledgeable reporters? Where's the analysis? Bummer.

Edited by Carolina Argentina, 15 June 2012 - 02:34 PM.