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CNN South African Correspondent Robin Curnow.
With Nelson Mandela's passing and now this trial, she is really getting to
prove what she is worth.
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CNN has
been covering the event along with other 'big' news in the rest of the world.
Between covering the Oscars, Oscar and the happenings in the Ukraine, CNN is
spoilt for choice on what they get to cover. The trial has generally taken a
back seat to the Ukraine coverage, but with the many added temporary bulletins
that has been added to CNNI since the Ukraine events this trial is still
getting sufficient coverage on the channel with Robin Curnow on the ground along
with another CNN correspondent that was brought in to cover the trial, though
he is seen more than Robin. One has to wonder where the likes of Errol Barnnett,
one of CNN's other correspondents based in Africa are and do they too not
deserve the chance to 'shine?'
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Chris Cuomo from CNNUS's morning show, New Day
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Their US
feed has also been covering the case quite extensively. Knowing that the US
judicial system is different to the South African one, anchor Chris Cuomo is
seen explaining the South African system to the US audience. This case is
really allowing the world to know if South Africa's constitution is as good in
practice as it is in writing.
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| Between covering the Ukraine coverage, Amanpour still had time for this court case |
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| CNN's sister channel HLN, the channel for social media (and court cases) has been covering the case extensively, as expected. Here South African socialite, Jen Su, is seen providing analysis on HLN primetime show Jane Velez-Mitchell. Thinus seems disgusted that this woman was chosen as she cannot be seen as 'credible.' I disagree with this stance because if you look at what other channels are providing (lawyers and the likes) it is refreshing to be informed by a non lawyer type on a channel that is not a 'news' channel but a 'social' channel all about trends and what people are talking about |
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