The following is excerpted from The Vanishing of Flight MH370 by Richard Quest, Berkley Publishing.
The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The Inside Story of CNN’s Coverage
Key Takeaways:
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370's 2014 disappearance remains an unprecedented mystery with virtually no trace found, which author Richard Quest covered extensively, having personally flown with the first officer weeks prior.
- Under new CEO Jeff Zucker, CNN adopted an "all-in" strategy for MH370, dedicating immense airtime and deploying numerous aviation experts to the story, significantly boosting the network's ratings.
- This wall-to-wall coverage, though popular with viewers, faced widespread criticism from external media and even internal staff for its duration and inclusion of speculative theories, which Zucker defended as meeting public demand for answers to the "tremendous mystery."
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