In article , Rob Cherney says...

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:56:49 GMT, Juan Jimenez wrote:

You might want to check out who does the pool reporting for X-Prize. It
ain't CNN.

http://www.xprize.org/press_room/pre...11&mode=global

No mention of ANN.

A lot of what I've seen in the press is excerpted from the video
coverage of the event. DEEPBLU Studios is credited with the video
content. I watched it real-time on a satellite feed. At a point just
after landing, I saw a person with a TV camera escorted away. (Know
anything about that?)

Good up-to-the minute coverage was provided by these sites:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com and
http://www.space.com

CNN's website has an article written by Michael Coren of CNN. No
mention of ANN. The photos were credited to the Dexter and Southfield
Schools, CNN, and Scaled Composites.

The content of the stories on the ABCNEWS and FOXNEWS websites is
credited to Associated Press. Again, no ANN.

The content on MSNBC's website is provided by their own Science
Editor, Alan Boyle.

So, what's all this about exclusivity? What value was added by ANN?

In zoomspeak it means I was there taking pictures .He probably paid his own way
and is working for free .It's the old possibility and probability effect in
action. It's possible he's the pool reporter but he's probably just there making
a pest of himself. Maybe pool reporter means that he does all his writing in
the motel swimming pool. I'd love to talk to some real reporters that were there
and ask if they saw zoomy in action.LOL!!

Chuck S RAH-14 ret