THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
American journalists in London

American TV journalists have been covering the death of Queen Elizabeth II extensively, of course.

While most coverage of the queen's death has been done from desks here at home, the networks sent some of their top anchors across the pond to inject this very British news cycle with some American swagger.

CNN, with its mighty international arm, already had a gaggle of seasoned broadcasters at the ready in London to cover the passing of the Queen. But a fresh face landed in London off a red-eye on Friday: Don Lemon.

The anchor of Don Lemon Tonight appeared beside CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour and CNN anchor and royal correspondent Max Foster outside Buckingham Palace in a sharp double-breasted suit.

Like CNN, MSNBC and NBC News dispatched a little army to Great Britain in the aftermath of the queen’s passing. MSNBC anchors Katy Tur and Chris Jansing took up the most coveted position in news on Friday — outside Buckingham Palace in London — while a legion of Peacockers were spread across the rest of the island.

Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie and NBC News senior international correspondent Keir Simmons were also reporting from London.

NBC host Jenna Bush Hager and NBC News senior national correspondent Tom Llamas were up in Edinburgh, while chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel high-tailed it up to Balmoral.

Martha MacCallum, one of Fox News' top anchors and host of The Story, landed in the U.K. on Friday and reported from Buckingham Palace for Fox & Friends in the morning.

Congrats on being the few trusted to cover this historical moment from across the pond. 

MEDIA LOSER:
Steve Bannon

A handcuffed Steve Bannon was perp-walked inside a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday after he surrendered to authorities.

Bannon was indicted in New York on state charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and scheme to fraud in connection with his fundraising efforts for an organization called We Build the Wall.

The former advisor to ex-President Donald Trump once faced similar charges at the federal level stemming from the same enterprise, but Trump pardoned him in 2021.

Bannon, who pleaded not guilty, reacted to the indictment with a defiant statement on Wednesday, vowing he was “never going to stop fighting."

He did in fact surrender peacefully to authorities on Thursday. 

The 22-page indictment includes six counts, two for money laundering, three counts of conspiracy, and one count of scheme to defraud.

The indictment alleges Bannon “solicited donations and raised money from donors throughout the United States, including several hundred from New York County,” based on “false representations” that the money raised would be used to erect a wall at the southern border with Mexico.

Olivia Rubin of ABC News captured video of a handcuffed Bannon being escorted through a courthouse in Manhattan.

“For every conservative,” Bannon said, playing to the cameras. “This is what happens in the last days of a dying regime. They will never shut me up. They’ll have to kill me first. I have not yet begun to fight.”

It hasn't been the greatest couple of years for the War Room host, whose indictment comes less than two months after a federal jury found him guilty of contempt of Congress.

The A-Block

Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96

Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away on Thursday at the age of 96.

“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

Heir to the throne Prince Charles immediately became King Charles III, retaining his birth name as his regnal name just as his mother did.

News of the queen's passing was announced by news networks across the world.

At around 1:30 p.m. on BBC One, legendary broadcaster Huw Edwards broke away from a shot showing the flag at Buckingham Palace at half-staff.

“This is BBC News from London,” Edwards said, choking up. “Buckingham Palace has announced the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”

Before her passing, the queen was reported to have been placed “under medical supervision” on Thursday with the palace releasing an official statement saying that her doctors were “concerned for her Majesty’s health.”

Members of the royal family rushed to Balmoral Castle, the royal estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to be by the queen’s side.

Neither Meghan Markle nor Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, visited the queen before she died on Thursday.

World leaders offered their sympathies after the British monarch’s passing, while a number of multinational corporations and one porn company paid odd tributes to her on Twitter.


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Must See Clip

The King's speech

King Charles III
made his first speech since the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Friday.

He paid loving tribute to his mother during the address, calling her "an inspiration" to the entire royal family.

Charles also gave a shoutout to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry despite the controversy surrounding the couple’s decision to leave the Royal Family and their subsequent criticisms of "the Firm."

“I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan, as they continue to build their lives overseas,” the new British sovereign said Friday in a pre-recorded speech.

Watch here.

Links We Like

- Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times
A chronicle of German's investigative work on Telles before the reporter was stabbed to death
- Joseph Bernstein, New York Times - Helen Lewis, The Atlantic -  David Siders, Politico
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