1986年1月28日上午11点38分,美国“挑战者”号航天飞机发射不久突然在空中爆炸。这一人类科学史上的重大悲剧事件震惊了全球,引起了举世关注。灾难发生后,电视成为美国公众寻求答案与安慰的地方。无数观众两眼盯住电视机,期待电视记者和主持人做详尽的报道、解释、分析。面对这一悲剧,三大电视网一反常态,没有采取过去一贯抢发新闻的作法,电视网之间几乎看不到相互竞争的迹象。观众看到的是三大电视网极为克制、慎重的报道。而在过去肯尼迪总统、里根总统遇刺等突发事件中,三大电视网则争先恐后抢播最新动向。美国电视批评界认为,三大 At 1138 hours on January 28, 1986, the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger suddenly and suddenly exploded in the air. This major tragedy in the history of human science has shocked the world and attracted worldwide attention. After the disaster, television became the place where the American public sought the answers and comforts. Numerous audiences stare at the television set, looking forward to TV reporters and hosts to do a detailed report, explain, analyze. In the face of this tragedy, the three major television networks went uncharacteristically and did not adopt the usual practice of snatching news in the past, showing almost no signs of competition between television networks. The audience saw the extremely restrained and cautious reports of the three major television networks. In the past, President Kennedy, President Reagan assassination and other emergencies, the three major television networks are scrambling to grab the latest developments. American television critics believe that the three major