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It appears these events were reported by all the major national radio and television outlets, including NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, FOX, and CNN. It was fun to hear and watch the various local and national radio and television stations vary on their facts, particularly on whether Governor Jennifer Granholm declared a state of emergency or not (she did not, it was only a locally declared state of emergency). I also heard and saw variations on the times and ages of the curfew. I noticed NBC Nightly News credited WSBT-TV for their video last night. WSBT is the CBS affiliate in South Bend, Indiana. I wonder what happened that NBC did not use video from a NBC affiliate, like WNDU TV-16 South Bend, WOOD TV-8 Grand Rapids, WMAQ TV-5 Chicago, or WDIV TV-4 Detroit? The CBS Evening News listed both WSBT and WWMT in the video credits at the end of the broadcast; as you would expect since they are both CBS affiliates. PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer didn't credit its riot video in a caption. I didn't bother to read the NewsHour's credits to see who provided their footage. Among the 6:30 p.m. ET national broadcast television news shows last night, ABC World News Tonight had riot coverage earliest in their show, followed by NBC then CBS. Both ABC and NBC had concluded their reports by the time CBS began theirs. Both ABC and NBC had a network reporter on location while CBS had someone (Russ Mitchell?) narrating video from New York. I have seen both NBC and ABC's field reporters before, but I don't know their names. NBC had a 50-ish, white, bald guy (Mark Potter?) while ABC had a 40-ish white lady with dark hair. I heard an early report from Mark Albert (TV-3 WWMT Kalamazoo) on CBS News Radio. The riot was the lead story on CBS Radio for about 4 hours and continued to be in the hourly news roundup for many hours later, though later reports did not include anyone local. AM 590 WKZO Kalamazoo's Lori Moore interviewed a female news reporter from AM 1400 WSJM Benton Harbor yesterday morning. It was the first time I have ever heard someone from WSJM on WKZO. I enjoyed hearing the terms the national media chose to briefly describe Benton Harbor, such as "small town" and "industrial town." I don't know if I agree with the term "industrial." I think "post-industrial" would be more appropriate. What do you think?
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