Never Too Busy To Promote

Wednesday was a busy news day: the aftermath of the Miracle That Wasn't, Ariel Sharon's stroke, Jack Abramoff's second mea very culpa. You'd think even a 24-hour news network would have its hands, and its minutes, full just covering all of that.
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Yes, Wednesday was a busy news day: the aftermath of the Miracle That Wasn't, Ariel Sharon's stroke, Jack Abramoff's second mea very culpa. You'd think even a 24-hour news network would have its hands, and its minutes, full just covering all of that. Yet, plucky CNN managed to clear significant gobs of airtime to promote CNN Pipeline, the network's new broadband video service. The network even had Daryn Kagan introduce a taped "news report"--complete with correspondent--on the debut of the service. It promised live news video, with "minimal anchor interruptions"--in other words, old-timers might observe, exactly what the CNN cable network offered when it started. Of course, Pipeline offers four streams, so one of the offerings Kagan promoted after the "news report" ended was a live United Nations briefing. Rip out the front page, baby.

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