Archive | television RSS feed for this section
Tony Snow dead at 53 (VIDEOS)

Tony Snow dead at 53 (VIDEOS)

VIDEOS
(July 12) Former White House Press Secretary  Tony Snow died from colon cancer earlier today. Snow had previously worked as a political commentator for FOX News.
Excerpt from today’s FOX News Web article:
“I don’t think you ever arrive,” he said. “I think anybody who thinks they’ve arrived or made it, anywhere in the media — they’re [...]

Read full storyComments Off
Family of mother murdered during carjacking speaks-out

Family of mother murdered during carjacking speaks-out

UPDATE: August 11, 2009: Breaking News: Tina Davila murder suspect arrested
***
(July 2, 2008) Heart-wrenching.  That may best describe this morning’s Today Show live interview with two children and the ex-husband of Tina Davila (please see video below).
Davila’s teenage children struggled to find the right words. At times, no words came out.  But these were moments [...]

Read full storyComments { 2 }
A baby cut from a mother’s body…again

A baby cut from a mother’s body…again

(July 2) There is much yet to be learned about a recent murder in the Tri-Cities of south central Washington.  But some people have already heard enough.
The details are that gruesome.
Kennewick police say a 23-year-old woman named Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong murdered a pregnant Pasco woman…and also removed a nearly full-term baby boy from the the [...]

Read full storyComments Off
"American Justice" to feature Hossencofft case Thursday

"American Justice" to feature Hossencofft case Thursday

Journalist Bill Kurtis takes aim at a bizarre New Mexico murder case this week.  Kurtis, host of A&E’s American Justice, tells the story of the Girly Chew Hossencofft murder in an hour-long episode titled, “Traces in Blood.”
Because I covered this case for the better part of five years–and even wrote a book about it–I was [...]

Read full storyComments Off
NBC journalist Tim Russert dead at 58 ( MSNBC coverage )

NBC journalist Tim Russert dead at 58 ( MSNBC coverage )

Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, has died. Russert reportedly collapsed at work and appears to have died from a heart attack.
MSNBC reports:
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” broadcast when he collapsed, the network said.
He had recently returned from Italy, where his family was celebrating the graduation of Russert’s [...]

Read full storyComments Off
Live Web coverage planned for slain officer's memorial service

Live Web coverage planned for slain officer's memorial service

update (June 10): Remembering Officer Erik Hite (*video*)
update: KVOA reports its live coverage will begin at 9:30am Tuesday.

A memorial service honoring the life of Tucson Police Officer Erik Hite will be streamed live on the Internet. KVOA-TV (NBC) and KOLD-TV (CBS) both report that they will provide live coverage on their respective Web [...]

Read full storyComments Off