The Princess and CBS
Date: 03 September 1997
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Comment on television networks' coverage of death of Princess Diana, and CBS News' slow reaction to and delayed coverage of event (S)
Il 2 settembre 1997 era una martedì sotto il segno zodiacale del ♍. Era il 244 ° giorno dell'anno. Il presidente degli Stati Uniti era William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Se sei nato in questo giorno, hai 28 anni. Il tuo ultimo compleanno era il martedì 2 settembre 2025, 283 giorni fa. Il tuo prossimo compleanno è il mercoledì 2 settembre 2026, in 81 giorni. Hai vissuto per 10.510 giorni, o circa 252.258 ore, o circa 15.135.529 minuti, o circa 908.131.740 secondi.
Date: 03 September 1997
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Comment on television networks' coverage of death of Princess Diana, and CBS News' slow reaction to and delayed coverage of event (S)
Date: 03 September 1997
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Television ratings soar for all aspects of coverage of Princess Diana; extensive coverage of aftermath of Diana's death will abate only slightly in next few days before it gears up again for funeral on Saturday (S)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker Op-Ed column says because of death of Princess Diana, tabloid journalists will be condemned for constantly invading privacy of rich and famous, but that they will keep doing it anyway since it pays too well to be abandoned; says we have become cultural slaves to markets, and that there is booming market for precisely kind of journalism that sent photographers chasing Diana's limousine through streets of Paris (M)
Date: 02 September 1997
By A. M. Rosenthal
A.
A M Rosenthal Op-Ed column on death of Princess Diana of Wales in automobile accident in Paris while her limousine was being pursued by tabloid photographers; says there should be no hiding place for executives who permit or encourage press harassment unto death, for no other reason than to increase profits and salaries, and none for journalists who say they would never use such pictures but create excuses of moral, ethical and professional garbage to explain those who do (M)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman comment on frenzied, sometimes maudlin, television coverage of Princess Diana's death in car crash in Paris; reflects on allegations against aggressive photographers (S)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Barbara Crossette
Barbara Crossette
Nguyen Manh Hung, first Vietnamese journalist awarded international fellowship to report on UN, has reportedly been barred from traveling to US by Vietnamese Government because award had not been presented through Government channels (S)
Date: 03 September 1997
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column says photographers are being singled out unfairly for causing automobile accident in Paris that killed Princess Diana of Wales, her companion Emad al-Fayed and driver of her limousine; says fault belongs to Fayed, who was in charge and assumed responsibility for Diana's safety; says car may have been driven by drunk, but was probably propelled to killing speed by passenger driven by obsessive rage to race away from prying eyes (M)
Date: 02 September 1997
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
French prosecutor reports body of driver in car crash that killed Priness Diana of Wales and companion Emad Mohammed el-Fayed had blood alcohol level well above legal driving limit; investigators say Henry Paul, who also died in crash on Paris expressway, had blood alcohol level of 1.75 grams per liter, or more than 0.1 percent legal limit in most states in US; police estimate car was traveling at 90 miles an hour at time of impact, or well above legal limit of 30 miles per hour; photographers chasing car at time of accident remain in police custody; face possible criminal charges for taking photographs of wreckage and victims immediately following crash, instead of providing aid as required under French law; investigators remain unable to question Trevor Rees-Jones, Princess Diana's surviving bodyguard, who remains in serious condition in intensive care; photos (M)
Date: 02 September 1997
Lawyer for Mohammed el-Fayed, whose son was killed in automobile crash in Paris with Princess Diana of Wales, urges prosecutors to bring charges of involuntary homicide against photographers who reportedly chased limousine at time of accident (S)
Date: 03 September 1997
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
French judge files preliminary charges against six photographers and motorcyclist whose pursuit of limousine of Princess Diana of Wales, might have caused high-speed car accident in Paris in which she, companion Emad Mohammed al-Fayed and driver were killed; places seven under formal investigation for involuntary homicide and failing to come to aid of victims or impeding rescue efforts; five are released without bail, but two others are ordered to post equivalent of $16,700 and barred from working as journalists for duration of case; prosecutors ask that photographers Romuald Rat and Christian Martinez be held in jail while investigation proceeds; Rat, reportedly among first to arrive on accident scene, is said to have interfered with rescue attempts; photos (M)