The Life And Death Of Anna Nicole Smith

How The Websites Reported Her Passing

It was interesting to watch the four-way race on the websites of BBC, CNN, Fox and MSNBC as the news broke about Anna Nicole Smith’s death. All four websites raced from prominent news flashes to full coverage in minutes, and this is how the contest unfolded …
BBC posted a full report at 21.14 GMT, which is 4.14pm Eastern Time. MSNBC was next, at 4.19pm. CNN was a heartbeat behind, at 4.20pm. And FOX News simply ran with a dateline that said `` Thursday, February 08, 2007’’ with no time mentioned.
This was how they reported the news.

BBC – Headline: ``Former Playmate Smith dies at 39’’.
The report began: `` The flamboyant former model Anna Nicole Smith has died near Miami, Florida at the age of 39, her lawyer has said.
Smith, a former Playboy bunny, married Texas oil billionaire J Howard Marshall II in 1995 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later.’’

CNN – Headline: ``Anna Nicole Smith dies’’
The report began : ``Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN. Smith, 39, collapsed at a south Florida hotel, according to news reports.’’

MSNBC - Headline: ``Former Playmate Smith dies at 39’’
The report began: ``The flamboyant former model Anna Nicole Smith has died near Miami, Florida at the age of 39, her lawyer has said.
Smith, a former Playboy bunny, married Texas oil billionaire J Howard Marshall II in 1995 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later. ''

FOX NEWS – Headline: ``Anna Nicole Smith dies’’
The report began: Reality star Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday after collapsing at a South Florida hotel, one of her lawyers said.Smith, 39, did not respond to CPR, and her boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, was with her when she passed, her attorney, Ron Rale, told FOX News.