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It is rare for any story from Australasia to qualify for a correspondent's assignment on the nightly newscasts. In the four years of Tyndall Report's online database, there have only been 42 reports before this week with a down-under topic--and only eight of those with an actual Australian dateline, as opposed to a remote voiceover. So when poisonous snakes and maneating crocodiles swam into the flood waters in Queensland, the American networks had none of their own resources to call on to show us breaking news. NBC used Talitha Cummins of Australia's 7News on Monday; CBS also turned to an Australian partner, Tim Collits of News Ten; ABC had its longstanding relationship with its British partner the BBC and Nick Bryant.
How do the Americans plan to cover England winning the Ashes?
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