How CNN, Fox News and Others Scrambled to Cover Horrific Scenes in Israel: ‘We Haven’t Seen Anything Like This for Decades’
11.10.2023 - 19:45
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor News correspondents are trained to keep their emotions in check, but sometimes a story comes along that makes such a feat all but impossible. Anderson Cooper, Richard Engel, Holly Wiliams, Trey Yingst, Matt Gutman and Clarissa Ward have been seen on camera in recent days trying to report on a horrific event that is emotionally draining: the invasion of Israel by Hamas militants, replete with violence, hostage-taking and explosive force. “I’ve seen many challenging things so far,” says Yingst, the Fox News correspondent who has been in Israel since Oct.
8, the day after the surprise attack, and responded to questions via email. “We arrived in the south as Palestinian militants were still killing and kidnapping Israelis. One of the first things I saw was an Israeli soldier die in front of me at an evacuation point near the border.
We also watched as bodies were stacked into a pickup truck after being pulled from the Sderot police station. These are gruesome scenes, but show the reality of war.” TV news networks in the U.S. were keeping their focus close to home with a bevy of events tied to the 2024 presidential election.
Now they’re finding themselves pulled overseas. The three broadcast network evening newscasts dispatched their anchors — David Muir, Lester Holt and Norah O’Donnell — to Israel. MSNBC sent Ali Velshi to the region, and NBC News’ longtime foreign correspondent Engel was spotted trying to find cover.
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