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Nets plan Ford coverage


December 28, 2006 When the news broke late Tuesday that former President Gerald Ford had died at age 93, the broadcast and cable news networks were handed a task of how to remember a president who was never elected and only served a little more than two years in office, 30 years ago. The cable news channels went into crisis mode, with Fox News Channel staying on live all night with coverage. CNN's Anderson Cooper announced Ford's death shortly before the two-hour show was to end, while the MSNBC telecast included NBC anchor Brian Williams plus Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell, who covered the Ford White House and knew him well.

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