They are just going to where the press is going so they'll GET SOME.
News media follows Gustav south
By MICHAEL CALDERONE | 8/31/08 12:28 AM EST
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On Saturday evening, CNN broadcast Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s campaign appearance on an Ohio football field, with the live feed taking up roughly three quarters of viewers’ television screens.
But it was the more ominous, unfolding news story taking up the remaining sliver that’s more likely on the minds of media executives and top editors—the path of Hurricane Gustav.
When asked about the focus of his network’s coverage this week, David Bohrman, CNN’s senior vice president for programming, had more questions than answers: “Is it a hurricane? Is it the convention? Or is it a blend of the two?”
Either way, the storm is already having an impact on news organizations still moving sizeable teams from Denver to St. Paul.
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