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The other two in-house doctors, CBS' Jon LaPook and NBC's Nancy Snyderman, chose the War on Cancer rather than the 'flu as the medical Topic of the Day. Dr Nancy did not actually allow the word blowjob to pass her lips -- to coin a phrase -- but to hear her report you would think that oral sex is the new cigarette: the biggest cancer threat facing the nation.
All three networks assigned a correspondent to cover Chuck Hagel's nomination for Defense Secretary. Martha Raddatz, ABC's foreign affairs maven, decided to offer Hagel's Vietnam-&-Senate bio. From the White House, both NBC's Chuck Todd and CBS' Major Garrett concentrated on the criticism of Hagel from neo-con pro-Zionists. As for the nomination of John Brennan as Director of Central Intelligence, NBC's Todd could not bring himself to utter the T-word out loud; CBS' Garrett did not even allude to enhanced interrogation, even by euphemism.
NBC has covered the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy more heavily than either of its rivals, so it was no surprise that Rehema Ellis should find herself on the Jersey Shore for the end of Checkpoint Brick.
The foreclosure crisis is usually CBS' specialty and, sure enough, Ben Tracy was assigned to cover the $3.3bn settlement by ten banks to resolve charges of sloppy bookkeeping and abusive evictions. NBC, too, had a correspondent cover the settlement, while ABC mentioned it only in passing. In this instance, NBC's Lisa Myers was tougher on the banks than CBS' Tracy was.
Anchor Diane Sawyer introduced ABC's Real Money segment with a seasonal hook -- reminding us of all those unwanted, returnable Christmas presents. Yet Paula Faris' feature lost the Yuletide thread at times, instead donating unearned free publicity to Websites for used hand-me-down clothes or superannuated consumer electronics.
ABC's cross-promotion was just crass for its closer: Josh Elliott from Miami hardly filed a news report. He just instructed us to watch sister-channel ESPN.
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