Hi-Jacko'ed
November 21, 2003
On Thursday, the cable news networks were manic with breaking news. Anchors stoically yanked viewers from one story to another, alternately reporting on twin bombings in Istanbul, street protests in Miami, President Bush's visit to London, and Michael Jackson's impending surrender to California authorities. But the networks' schizophrenia couldn't last, and by afternoon one story had emerged as the clear winner of America's wall-to-wall attention. Brooke and Bob meditate on the world according to cable news.
