kˈɑːkɹən ɐnˈaʊnst ðə dˈɛθ ʌv pɹˈɛzɪdənt kˈɛnədi æz "kənfˈɜːmd" ænd ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiː nˈuːz ɹˈæn ɐ ɡɹˈæfɪk ʃˈoʊɪŋ kˈɛnədiz pˈɪktʃɚ ænd ðə dˈeɪts nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn dˈæʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː ˈæftɚɹ ɐ wˈaɪɚ sˈɜːvɪs ɹᵻpˈoːɹt kˈeɪm tə hˌɪm ðˈæt "ɡˈʌvɚnmənt sˈoːɹsᵻz ɪn wˈɑːʃɪŋtən" hæd stˈeɪɾᵻd ðə pɹˈɛzɪdənt wʌz dˈɛd, sˈʌmθɪŋ bˈoʊθ sˌiːbˌiːˈɛs wˈɔltɚ kɹˈɔŋkaɪt ænd ˌɛnbˌiːsˈiːz bˈɪl ɹˈaɪən tʃˈoʊz nˌɑːt tə dˈuː.
Cochran announced the death of President Kennedy as "confirmed" and ABC News ran a graphic showing Kennedy's picture and the dates 1917-1963 after a wire service report came to him that "government sources in Washington" had stated the President was dead, something both CBS' Walter Cronkite and NBC's Bill Ryan chose not to do.