Following the disaster of the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard has suspended the search for the 11 missing oil rig workers, according to NBC Nightly News. Both NBC and ABC World News cover most of the same information. They both set up the story with the suspension of the search to move onto the bulk of the story, which is about the recovery. Both have animations showing how boats put out some sort of flotation device/net to stop the oil spill, then have boats clean up the spill inside those boundaries.
Both also put the story into national and political perspectives, connecting to President Obama's recent announcement to expand off-shore oil drilling. Both story also quickly followed this connection by the response of environmentalists to Obama's announcement, each including an interview with different environmental "experts," a professor at Tulane University and someone from an environmental group. Both also include a statement from U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry, in the same outfit and location which means she most likely gave some sort of press conference that both networks are using footage from.
Differing from NBC, ABC had video footage of the oil spill for a helicopter to show what it looked like, as well as graphics and numbers showing what the size of the oil spill is. However, both mention the weather and how it might drastically affect the size of the oil spill. Both stories have incorporated many angles (political, environmental, weather) on this story.
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