Until today, state-controlled television had scarcely mentioned the violence.
The gaffe, broadcast live, was edited out of later news reports on the state-controlled television.
Mostly, she repackaged news from state-controlled television, trying to make it into a more zippy product.
Russian state-controlled television only reported official information about the number of hostages during the course of the crisis.
The first, in 1992, arose after security forces violently repressed the opposition's march on state-controlled television.
The state-controlled television said late today that votes have been counted for 145 of the 290 seats in Parliament.
"It would have been to me a very fundamental judgment that you would not go on their state-controlled television."
Critics also say severe limits have been placed on access to the state-controlled television and radio networks.
The state-controlled television made only a fleeting reference to the arrests in its main news program tonight.
The state-controlled television has still made no mention of his death.