American Television's Live Coverage of the 9/11 Attacks: Journalism on the Screen

This book analyzes the narratives and news coverage of 9/11 across ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News—the five most important American television news networks at the time. Though America’s collective memory of the key events of 9/11 have solidified, Paul Arras demonstrates how muddled and chaotic the experience was due to the unique difficulties television journalists faced during the event. By examining that morning’s media coverage, Arras assesses the quality of the live journalism, sugges...