COUNTDOWN ...UP?

Seriously, what is up with MSNBC? Check this:



See that new feature toward the bottom-right corner of the screen? Here it is again, just a few minutes later:



A count down toward an event (like they did in the final days before the 2003 Iraq war began) is one thing, and so is a "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," but a countup from (I presume) the hurricane's landfall? And what on Earth are they counting up to? As if the number-three network didn't already have problems aplenty, now they're just throwing any old graphic up on the screen that occurs to them. You always have to watch the clock in television news, but this is ridiculous.

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Meanwhile, the three cable nets have each decided on a different slug for their Katrina aftermath coverage. Can you match the network with its designation for the ongoing natural disaster?

1. Crisis & Recovery	A. Fox News
2. State of Emergency	B. CNN
3. America's Challenge	C. MSNBC

Answers tomorrow, even if nobody bothers to guess.

And no watching television news! That's my job. Come on, TVNewser, you want a piece of me?

THURSDAY UPDATE, AS PROMISED — Ding! Ding! Ding! With but one entrant, we already have a winner. Michael Scheuer-acquaintance Marla Traweek responds in the comments:

CNN- State of Emergency

MSNBC- Crisis and Recovery

Fox News- America's Challenge

Do I get a cookie?

Yes, yes you do. Bret, if you're reading this, can you spot me on the cookie? I'll pay you back, I swear.

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE — As of 3:05 P.M. on Thursday, September 8th, 2005, the Canard can now report — via MSNBC — that it has been 10 days and 7 hours since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Tell everyone you know.

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posted by WWB at 4:25 PM |