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             CBS's lead story for February 23 was "Haiti's Uprising". The amount of time dedicated to CBS's lead story was about 2 minutes and 20 seconds. NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw's lead story for February 23 was "Haiti's Uprising" as well. The amount of time dedicated to this lead story was about 3 minutes. ABC's lead story for February 23 was also "Violent Uprising in Haiti". The amount of time dedicated to this lead story was about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Fox Report with Shepard Smith's lead story for February 23 was "Marines Arrive in Haiti to defend US Interest". The amount of time dedicated to this lead story was about 3 minutes. All four networks had the same lead story for Monday February 23rd. Also all four networks spent approximately the same amount of time on their lead story. However NBC's Nightly News and Fox Report spent about 30 more seconds on their lead stories. Which means they went into a little more depth than the other two networks, however, that did not change any of the networks framing of the lead story. They all reported basically the same information. The only differences was that Fox Report had some biases. They portrayed the rebels as automatically having a negative effect on Haiti. They did not explain the rebels reasoning for fighting. The only other difference was that NBC news portrayed the citizens of Haiti as being afraid and nervous to speak their opinion about the issue.
             CBS's lead story for February 24 was "Marriage Amendment". The amount of time dedicated to CBS's lead story was about 2 minutes and 45 seconds. NBC's Nightly News with Tom Brokaw's lead story for February 24 was "Gay Marriage Ban" as well. The amount of time dedicated to this lead story was about 3 minutes. ABC's lead story for February 24 was also "Constitutional Amendment Over Same Sex Marriages&...

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