CNN’s Coverage of Man Who Set Himself on Fire Shows Challenges of Live News
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CNN’s Coverage of Man Who Set Himself on Fire Shows Challenges of Live News

Until Friday‚ at least‚ the cable news coverage of the first criminal trial of a former president carried a hint of anticlimax. With the dry and slow-moving proceedings inside a Lower Manhattan courtroom closed to their cameras‚ the networks could only offer their usual interviews with experts and analysts‚ set to the sights and sounds of their outdoor‚ on-location camera positions. That all changed on Friday when a man from Florida‚ Max Azzarello‚ set himself on fire near the courthouse...