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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 23 > Difficulties of delaying news in the Internet era

Difficulties of delaying news in the Internet era

Even Tim Russert’s death did not stay in-house for long

By Noam Cohen / The Bulletin
June 23, 2008

When the NBC News host Tim Russert died June 13, NBC tried to hold back the news from going public for more than an hour to notify his family vacationing in Italy and presumably to prepare for what became six hours of coverage on its cable news outlet, MSNBC.

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