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Mandrake
September 11th, 2001, 16:52
I noticed this morning that, for a while, CNN removed almost all of the graphics and usual setup of their main page, and only had a CNN logo, one or two pictures, and text up. Obviously to reduce the server and bandwidth load from the initial onrush of traffic. Smart thinking... Probably kept their servers from crashing.

P.S. - They've added some of them back now.
ljprevo
September 11th, 2001, 16:55
I noticed it too. Cnn.com was the first place I looked, after I seen Lex post, and the site was not avail for awhile.
Mandrake
September 11th, 2001, 17:16
Hmm... It was working when I got to work. Last I checked, they had restored their sub-menus and stuff, although there still weren't any ads. The only site I had trouble with was azcentral.com, our local newspaper's site, and then most of the problems were accessing stories on the ap.org site, which I'm sure was being inundated from all over.
Hobbes
September 11th, 2001, 19:23
Yeah I really like how they announce where the president is/where he's going down to almost the second.
Gayowulf
September 11th, 2001, 20:00
CNN had a good report, and so did homo4.

It was all a little sensationalized.
Coolin
September 11th, 2001, 21:02
Originally posted by Gayowulf
It was all a little sensationalized. What isn't?
But still, sensationalized or not, this is something that is huge. One cannot deny that.
Gayowulf
September 11th, 2001, 21:04
i just wish they would get to discussing the implications instead of incessantly showing the same fottage.
Rodie
September 12th, 2001, 04:07
Yea kudos to CNN for replaying that video of people jumping out of the tower.

Sorry to be such an ---, but companies like CNN, MSNBC, ABCNews almost pray for crap like this to happen.
LastActionHero
September 12th, 2001, 04:15
Don't be sorry. This is there lively hood. Behind all those glum faces on camera I know they are rejoicing at the prospect of getting exclusive footage, beating other channels to the deadline.

Here, I have been seeing FoxNews, CNN, NBC all day and each of them were reporting the same thing occasionally getting an eyewitness and trying to outdo each other.
LeX
September 12th, 2001, 07:49
Originally posted by LastActionHero
Here, I have been seeing FoxNews, CNN, NBC all day and each of them were reporting the same thing occasionally getting an eyewitness and trying to outdo each other.
Think about it this way: they're reporting for the latecomers. :p
Mandrake
September 12th, 2001, 12:47
Actually that wasn't really a support of the news media... More a support for their webmaster, etc., for having brains.

I'm not a big fan of the news media because of the way they overdramatise and sensationalise some things. Almost does seem like they revel in death and destruction. :(
Rodie
September 12th, 2001, 17:41
Originally posted by Mandrake
Actually that wasn't really a support of the news media... More a support for their webmaster, etc., for having brains.

I'm not a big fan of the news media because of the way they overdramatise and sensationalise some things. Almost does seem like they revel in death and destruction. :(

You're right. I apologize for going off like that. I agree that the webmasters of said sites did a great job to conserve bandwith and get the word out.