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NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. TV crews are stationed in front of Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, reporting on the events that unfolded early this morning involving the hospitalization of George Anthony, grandfather of murdered toddler Caley Anthony.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to check my e-mail news alerts and several area news web sites, which carried breaking news on the Caylee Anthony case. George Anthony, the grandfather of murdered little Caylee, was taken by Daytona Beach police from a Daytona Beach motel to Halifax Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation after his wife, Cindy, reported him missing. I jumped on the News-Journal's Web site, and lo and behold, nothing. Nada! Zilch!
The news was reported on all of the Orlando TV Web sites as well as CNN. I whipped a quick story together and posted it at 4:38 a.m. based on the numerous media reports and put it in our Volusia/state section here on the home page of NSBNEWS.net.
At 5:21 a.m., the Orlando Sentinel posted a story on its Web site, citing the TV reports.
So where was the News-Journal? The Mighty Metro of Daytona Beach had no mention of it until after 8:57 a.m when a Associated Press story was posted on its Web site, followed by a brief story shortly after 9 a.m. I even drove from my home here on North Dixie Freeway to Halifax Medical Center where I took photos of the TV crews in front of the Halifax Emergency room, drove back home at 7:45 a.m., downloaded them and still no story was posted on the News-Journal Web site.
Outside of ongoing coverage of President Obama, the Anthony case has probably garnered more continuous worldwide media attention than any other story.