ABC takes 24-hour news coverage to Internet and wireless phones

[Khephra]

As Peter Jennings opened gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Republican National Convention one evening, he posed an unconventional question to a Texas delegate: Is it true Republicans dress better than Democrats?

Minutes later, the ABC News anchor asked a woman in the front row of the Missouri delegation how she got such a good seat. Then he posed for a souvenir photo with a Wisconsin delegate on the air.

This wasn't on regular TV.

It's part of a 24-hour-a-day news experiment available on the Internet, wireless phones and digital TV. The network considers "ABC News Now" the future of television news even if relatively few people are watching.


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Hmmmm...I don't see anywhere in this article that they covered the Democratic Convention the same way. If thats so then they just covered one convention with extra converage? I hope I'm wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's so.

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Too bad they got rid of the Fairness Doctrine

this should have been done for both conventions or not at all. This is an incredible amount of air time for a Network to give one Campaign for free.

What is ABC trying to do, win the biggest whore on the planet prize?

[Massacure]

2. That is because the DNC was a month ago when the RNC was a week ago

I watched the DNC on ABC News Now. I liked it.

[Voltaire99]

3. Yes! Jennings asking the burning questions!

I feel sorry for anyone confusing what ABC does with news.