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...Members of the government panel expected a backlash, but the magnitude of the public response was a revelation. "It's surprising to me not only the amount of reaction but the emotionality and the degree to which this has caused upset," says Dr. Diana Petitti, vice chair of the task force...
...insurance coverage for mammography - a preventive test that Medicare is mandated to pay for. But Sebelius rejected the notion. The task force does not "set federal policy, and they don't determine what services are covered by the Federal Government," she said. On the part of the task force, Petitti says the cost of mammography was never mentioned in the panel's discussions...
...scoreboard modeled after the one at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. On this set - called Studio 42, after Jackie Robinson's uniform number - analysts will provide on-air instruction about the subtleties of the game. "We have a lot of toys in here," says Tony Petitti, the former No. 2 at CBS Sports who was tapped in April to run the network. (See pictures from the last night at Yankee Stadium...
...Even Petitti, the new network CEO, admits he's a bit nervous about winning viewers' loyalty. In the MLB Network's bustling Secaucus studios, Petitti can't contain his energy, asking employees to show him the latest screen graphics and alternate lighting angles. "Because we're launching into more homes than any network ever has, we've got to be more ready," Petitti says from his corner office. "We have a responsibility to make it feel like we've been around awhile on day one." In other words, the MLB Network can't afford too many rookie mistakes, or else...
...network's cameramen and directors working the Super Bowl have been briefed to be careful about crowd shots to make sure they don't repeat Fox's mistake, say CBS execs. "We talk to our production teams throughout the season about what we think is appropriate," says Tony Petitti, executive vice president and executive producer for CBS Sports. For all games, the NFL also instructs security personnel and ticket-takers at entrances to prevent fans from coming into stadiums with obscene signs or clothing, says spokesman Brian McCarthy. They'll be doing the same on Sunday, but McCarthy cautions that...