Tuesday, January 25, 2005
CNN Deploys Prime-time Anchors, Correspondents For Iraq Election Coverage
Source: CNN Pressroom “We are focusing the global resources of CNN on the many facets of this story,” said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. “We’ll be reporting extensively from the frontlines in Iraq, as well as from the homefront here in the United States, where so many families and communities have sacrificed in order to make these elections a reality.”
On Thursday at 10 p.m., CNN Presents will air the premiere of “Under Fire: Stories from the New Iraq,” a live program hosted by Amanpour and Cooper from Baghdad. In this hour, Amanpour, Arraf, Michael Holmes, Robertson and Sadler give compelling accounts of some of their most gripping experiences in Iraq. The program will re-air with Brown hosting on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 30, at 11 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
On Friday, Jan. 28, CNN offers another live two-hour “Iraq Votes” special at 7 p.m., a report that features a unique meeting between World War II veterans profiled in HBO’s Band of Brothers and troops who served in Iraq.
On Saturday, Jan. 29, a special edition of Capital Gang airs at 7 p.m., following by CNN Presents at 8 p.m., a special edition of Larry King Live at 9 p.m. and an hour of anchored coverage by Amanpour.
For the day of the elections, Sunday, Jan. 30, a full slate of live programming focused on the elections begins at noon with Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. A special three-hour edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight follows at 4 p.m. From 7 p.m to 9 p.m. and again at 10 p.m., CNN offers special live Iraqi election reports with Amanpour and Cooper in Iraq and Brown and Zahn in New York. A special edition of Larry King Live starts at 9 p.m.
Throughout the week, CNN en Español will include special reports about the Iraqi elections within its daily newscast, offering global reaction and analysis from CNN en Español correspondents Ines Ferre from Dearborn, Mich.; Jose Levy from the Middle East; Juan Carlos López and Ione Molinares from Washington, D.C.; and Rey Rodriquez from Mexico. The network will also air stories from Amanpour, Arraf, Cooper and Robertson. Each night, Panorama Mundial will offer a special guest and stories about the election, with a special edition of the program anchored by Patricia Janiot airing on Friday, Jan. 28.
As polls open in Iraq on Saturday, Jan. 29, CNN en Español kicks off “Iraq Election,” its continuous coverage of the election anchored by Janiot, along with Carlos Montero, Claudia Palacios, Glenda Umaña and Daniel Viotto.
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