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Here's how FOX News covered it.

And they say there's no such thing as a liberal biased media.

It may be difficult to understand my point by just looking at these screen grabs, but if you had visited the respective websites around the time I posted this message you'd have seen in addition to the basic story about his impending death:

ABC -
1. A photo gallery arranged in a timeline commemorating Saddam's life. The first photo shows a young Hussein vacationing with his sons. The last one shows a defiant Saddam at his trial.
2. A description of the pain Saddam will experience during his hanging.
3. A photo gallery with eight grainy pictures showing the work of Chemical Ali, and some shots of prisons in Iraq during Saddam's rule.

CNN -
1. A timeline of Hussein's downfall, beginning with the Bush's ultimatum instructing Hussein to leave Iraq and ending with his trial.
2. A gallery of photos showing Hussein and his family.
3. A supposedly "interactive" slide show of the judge reading Saddam's sentence.
4. A link to another page devoted to coverage of Saddam with headlines stating the trial was "fundamentally unfair" and another labeling the trial "tragedy, comedy and chaos." There's links to articles at Time.com stating "Saddam urges coexistence, but loyalists threaten violence." Buried way down at the bottom, there's one that says "Inside Hussein's brutal regime."

CBS -
1. A link labeled "Saddam's Judgment" brings up a page about the trial. The first link on that page lists his "alleged crimes." Another link refers to "Dictators and their fates." After you get into the page, there's actually a link that reads, "Click on the topics at left to learn about the crimes the tribunal says Saddam was responsible for." He was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people, but CBS doesn't want to take the journalistic risk of saying the man was actually guilty on their own.
2. The second link on the main page links to a video about Saddam's final hours, while the third link goes to the exact same page. That's the extent of the background coverage CBS could muster.

MSNBC -
1. MSNBC has the main story about the trial. If you follow the link, you'll find a link to a photo gallery of 23 photos. The first shows Saddam at the age of 8, while the last shows a defiant Saddam at his trial.
2. MSNBC's video footage includes a story about whether or not President Bush will be awakened from sleep if Saddam is executed tonight. He won't. Other than this important angle that all the other news agencies didn't feel was worth mentioning, MSNBC's coverage is pretty limited.

FOX News -
1. In addition to the main story, FOX has a story titled "Saddam's Atrocities" that details why this evil man has been sentenced to die.
2. Like some of the other sites, FOX has a timeline as well. However, their timeline is appropriately labeled "Lifetime Of Murder," along with a link to a non-chronological photo gallery. The first photo shows a defiant Saddam at his trial. The last one shows him shortly after his capture.

If it weren't for the coverage on FOX News, you'd think Saddam was just some sweet old man who loved his family, and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.