Emmys 2014: Russia Today has been nominated for Guantanamo hunger strike coverage

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8. Interesting. Not a single American TV channel among the finalists under the category "news":

NEWS

Fantástico e Jornal Nacional - Fire in a Nightclub
TV Globo
Brazil
On January 27th, the third deadliest nightclub fire in the world killed 242 people in an overcrowded night spot. Two airplanes were sent to Southern Brazil; a team of over 20 professionals covered the story. We interviewed the club owner and built a replica to explain the tragedy.

News - Guantanamo Hunger Strike Coverage
RT News Channel
Russia
RT's Guantanamo coverage penetrates the global source of controversy and shame. Detention without trial, and a spiral into a mass hunger strike that ran over six months and brought force-feeding into the global news cycle were at the core of our coverage that featured activists, experts, and ex-inmates alike.

Syria's Descent
ITN for Channel 4 News
United Kingdom
We chart Syria's descent into hopelessness, as the brutal civil war entered its third year. With searing reports from Aleppo, Damascus, Ras-al-Ayn and Zaatari refugee camps, we showed the destruction of a country and the brutalization of its people.

TV Patrol Weekend - Most Powerful Storm
ABS-CBN
Philippines
Unnerving images of the massive destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan (Local Name: Yolanda) aired first on TV Patrol Weekend. ABS-CBN rescued their news team trapped in Tacloban City to report on the devastation. Nothing was spared in the city and other parts of Leyte.

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