CBS 9, Washington, D.C.CBS Sept. 11, 2001 8:31 am - 9:12 am (September 11, 2001)

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Date: 2001-09-11 12:31:09 UTC
Air Time: 2001-09-11 08:31:09 EDT
Length: 0:41:41

This item is part of the collection: September 11 Television Archive

Producer: CBS 9, Washington, D.C.
Production Company: CBS 9, Washington, D.C.
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: eng
Keywords: Television News; September 11 Terrorist Attacks; 911 Terrorist Attacks

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Reviewer: Emilyek_1 - - May 7, 2008
Subject: Video

Fascinating that the weatherman mentions flying in on American Airlines and says 'the country is quiet today'.

Reviewer: NAU99 - - January 6, 2008
Subject: CBS News Coverage on September 11th - Zero Hour

While I do believe that all news coverage on this day was pivotal with respect to how the United States (and indeed the world) reacted to the September 11th attacks, it was clear on 9/11 the degree of professionalism exhibited by ABC, NBC, CNN and the BBC was in an entirely different league from CBS. Bryant Gumbel and the CBS News organization was consistently running behind with respect to information by several minutes compared to the networks listed above. Dan Rather was repeatedly hesitating to report facts in the initial hours of 9/11 because he was repeatedly looking for "verification", a completely different philosophy than he took when attempting to report on George Bush's military records a few years later.

The idea that any type of "conspiracy" took place on this day with respect to government censorship or "creating" news on the day is a comical assertion at best - and criminal at worst. While individuals may have their right to practice free speech in this country, common sense should prevent individuals from offering unintelligible conspiracy theories. The idea that thousands of journalists would subject themselves to censorship and work together to manufacture news coverage would be a hilarious notion if it werent laced in such a high degree of stupidity.

Bad things happen in the world. These news networks did an outstanding job on a day when most of us could barely function - much less construct comprehensive analysis of the day's events.

Reviewer: deadinohio - - September 10, 2007
Subject: Fine Job by CBS

Excellent reporting...questions by Bryant Gumbel. Looking for FACTS. Fascinating that eyewitnesses saw the planes as "small." God bless all those still suffering from this day.

Reviewer: stevenwarran - - August 17, 2007
Subject: CBS Live News Coverage on September 11, 2001

Unless you were there first-hand, of course news coverage determined how we experienced September 11. In the case of the Pentagon, military authorities controlled every aspect, closing the highways, controlling the air space, and determining what journalists were allowed access. Many, many "pivotal" members of the media co-conspired with the authorities to present to the world a completely fictitious narrative of what was actually taking place that day. Some outlets, like the local CBS affiliate, were the most cooperative in telling the lies, consequently, on the surface, their coverage is richest in story-telling detail. On the network level however, professionals like Dan Rather, perhaps in reaction to what they perceived was taking place around them, were least cooperative. That he fell behind other sources by five or ten minutes speaks only to his integrity,

Now, six years later the unedited footage telecast that day is the primary source for identifying the criminals and conspirators who undertook the horrific terrorism of September 11, 2001. It is an unalterable record, waiting only for when our eyes are ready to open. www.archive.org has done an enormous service to our country, and to the universe, in maintaining and presenting it. I am grateful for their service.