US news channels cover Arafat death

Published Thursday, Nov 11 2004, 05:27 GMT | By James Welsh
US news channels stayed live with news of Yasser Arafat's death on Monday night and into Tuesday morning.

The three main channels - CNN, MSNBC and Fox - broke into west coast-targeted taped repeats of programming around 11:10pm ET, shortly before the Associated Press sent a news alert advising media organisations of Arafat's death. Broadcast network ABC carried coverage on its Nightline programme.

A summary of the coverage in pictures follows.

CNN
NewsNight anchor Aaron Brown, who had signed off at 11pm ET, got back in the anchor chair to present continuing coverage of the breaking news. Shortly after midnight ET, CNN/US began simulcasting CNN International coverage from London.
CNN screengrab

CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News is running taped packages about Arafat's life while scrolling updated news along its ticker.
CNN Headline News screengrab

MSNBC
Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan anchored coverage on MSNBC. Scarborough anchors the channel's 10pm Scarborough Country show.
MSNBC screengrab

FNC
Fox News broke into a repeat of the O'Reilly Factor around 11:10pm ET. Their coverage was anchored by Laurie Dhue.
FNC screengrab
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