bin laden Let's hope the emerging facts catch up to the amount
of airtime being earmarked to analyze the death (and life) of
Osama bin Laden.  First off, the CBS, ABC and NBC newscasts will
all be an hour long tonight (and will probably enjoy a good
bounce in the ratings).  Katie Couric will anchor the CBS
broadcast, bluntly dubbed "The Killing of Osama bin Laden," from
Ground Zero. Diane Sawyer will have Dick Cheney and Rudy
Giuliani on.  Meanwhile, the National Geographic Channel has
already announced a week (a week!) of bin Laden primetime
programming, beginning tonight.  The block includes specials
titled "CIA Confidential: Hunt for bin Laden" and "Giuliani's
9-11." Producers are reportedly racing to update the footage
right now.  And we can feel the publicists at The History
Channel and cable news stations hurrying to assemble press
releases on those channels' special upcoming coverage.
Something to keep in mind: these channels were probably already
editing together bin Laden specials for the tenth anni