by ROB » Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:51 pm
Wow, there's a chance to end generations of bloodshed, and perhaps longer term save a few billion in US aid funding not to mention take some sting out of the recruiting power of terrorists by doing so, but WAIT - I MISSED THE LAST FUCKING FIVE MINUTES OF CSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for unwelcome news
November 12, 2004 - 10:26AM
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New York: The CBS television network has apologised for breaking into its popular prime-time drama CSI: NY for a special report on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death, blaming an "overly aggressive" producer.
The report cut off the ending of the popular forensics drama, prompting a flood of viewer complaints.
The network said the episode would be repeated the next day.
The report came just five minutes before local news broadcasts in the East and Midwest.
ABC and NBC waited until the local news to break the story; in the West, NBC ran a "crawl" with the news at the bottom of the screen.
"An overly aggressive CBS News producer jumped the gun with a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news," the network said in a statement. "We sincerely regret the error."
CBS News spokeswoman Sandy Genelius declined to identify the producer or say whether the person faced disciplinary action.
AP