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Networks air Rice video after its executives say they’re cutting back

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013, file photo, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice speaks during a news conference at the team\'s practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. At least four television networks say they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing football player Rice striking his fiancee, footage that has called into question how the NFL disciplines players involved in domestic violence. The video from a casino elevator showing Janay Palmer crumbling to the floor after a punch has already been seen many times on TV since TMZ released it Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Television executives say they want minimize replays of the video showing NFL player Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancee with a punch. In practice, it’s harder to resist.

CNN aired the video 13 times Thursday night on two different shows, just hours after its programming chief publicly talked about too many repeats being gratuitous. Similarly, a Fox News executive said Thursday that continuing to show the video is overdoing it for shock value — and his network ran it twice more later in the day.

CNN aired the video during Erin Burnett’s interview with New York radio personality Craig Carton — who urged the network to stop.

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