Couric Spends More Time on 'Alex the Parrot' Than Hsu's Money

Published: September 11, 2007, 10:23 pm

Tags: campaign 2008, andrea mitchell, brian williams, charles gibson, hillary clinton, john yang, katie couric, norman hsu, abc world news, cbs evening news, good morning america, nbc nightly news, the early show, today show

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, as the New York Times revealed Tuesday, may be concerned about how much evening news program coverage fugitive donor/fundraiser Norman Hsu attracts, but they had nothing to worry about Tuesday night. ABC didn't utter a word about the campaign's decision to refund the largest amount ever, $850,000 solicited by Hsu, yet anchor Charles Gibson found time to note how the New England Patriots broke an NFL rule by videotaping New York Jets coaches giving signals, while CBS's Katie Couric gave Hsu barely 20 seconds -- about half the time she devoted to the death of Alex the Parrot -- and NBC allocated 25 seconds, but only after a three-minute piece framed around how Rudy Giuliani's 9/11 image stirs angry resentment. So far, including Tuesday night, the three broadcast network evening newscasts have each run one full story on Hsu while CBS and NBC, but not ABC, have aired two additional 20-second or so anchor-briefs. NBC Nightly News ran a

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