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That handover - reminded of the time when *allegedly* (see Dirty Feed), a BBC presenter threw over to the newsroom with the words ''now with news of Margaret Thatcher's resignation, here's..."

Considering there's some debate on the Newsnight thread about covering Simpson's death, I'm reminded that even within the States at the time of the trial, ABC News - with Peter Jennings at the helm - devoted substantially less time to OJ, especially on World News Tonight (Jennings had developed more of a global outlook off the back of his time working overseas)

Some media analysts praised his approach - some of the notably more tabloid-driven journalists at the network (Cynthia McFadden etc.) noted Jennings was very uncomfortable covering the story.

And alas, as the LA Times notes in this piece, it ultimately cost him his ratings lead as Tom Brokaw and NBC gave it top priority and Nightly News began its long reign as the top of the Big Three.

www.latimes.com 

What didn't help Jennings, either (still one of the finest TV news anchors of all, IMO) was that during the car chase, both he and ABC fell victim to a 'Baba Booey' prank call from a Howard Stern listener.