Re: NEWSFLASH--It does NOT take 30 minutes to report hurricanes are bad


"3finger" <cubfan23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:cubfan23-DF6E8C.14430128082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <haudnSzHRagwYozeRVn-iA@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hurricane Katrina is a category 5 hurricane, the strongest category, with
>> projected wind speeds of 160 mpg when it reaches land. The city of New
>> Orleans, Louisiana has been ordered by its mayor to evacuate now, and to
>> use
>> the Superdome only as a last resort.
>>
>> THERE, cable news channels. That's the story. It doesn't take 30 minutes
>> or
>> 3 hours to report this "Developing News" story. Endless video of traffic
>> is
>> not only not "news", but also boring. We get it. There are OTHER news
>> stories to report. You can always do updates on the hour, half hour or
>> quarter hour of Katrina. You don't need "continuing coverage".
>>
> Actually, it seems to take 8 to 10 hours to say that. :)
>
> But seriously, this is a huge story, albeit one that's going to get even
> bigger once Katrina makes landfall. Which poses a question: If or when
> New Orleans is wiped off the face of the earth, will you still be
> bitching about how much time the story is taking up?
>
> And, for that matter, would you be complaining about this if you were
> the path of the storm? Or had family there?

I do have family there. This "coverage" tells me jack squat about them but
endless speculation about the possible damage that might occur if Katrina
hits at full force. Moreover its repetition of the same points of the same
video of the same animation over and over and over. It's not "news" as
nothing "new" has occurred--certainly nothing new that occurs second by
second by second that demands "LIVE! CONTINUING! DEVELOPING! BREAKING!
COVERAGE!" Certainly the citizens know Katrina is coming and is big and is
really really bad, possibly Hurricane Andrew bad.

And if New Orleans was wiped out, how would continuing coverage have helped?
How would it have helped more than regular updates?

And if there is actual new major developments they could break alway break
in. Meanwhile having talking heads on talking about how bad it could be or
people fleeing on the contraflow highways or even people not taking it
seriously or deciding to stick it out . . . not new. Same story has been
told before about previous impending hurricanes.

And don't get me started about reporters who have to report from outside--in
the area where they were told to evacuate.

> --
> 3finger
> Chicago Cubs, Back-to-Back World Champions ... 1907-1908

Hey, the Cubs are going thru a rebuilding millenium.

-- Ken from Chicago


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