There's an awful fire raging up in the Glendora area…homes being lost, homeowners being evacuated, etc. That's far from me and I don't think I know anyone who's threatened but I'm still watching the news coverage with great concern. Almost all the local channels have news crews up there…and this is the kind of thing they're usually quite good at covering. I'm flipping from station to station and I see them giving out useful information and I haven't seen any instances of two things I always hate when this kind of thing happens. One is reporters trying to drag firefighters and officials away from their duties to talk on television. Yeah, like these people don't have anything better to do. My other gripe is when they shove a camera in the face of someone who just lost their home, or is scurrying to evacuate, and ask, "How do you feel?"
This may be a trivial matter but I'm curious. Channel 2 (KCBS) and Channel 9 (KCAL) in Los Angeles have the same owners and long ago consolidated their news organizations. The news broadcasts on both stations come from the same newsroom and the same reporters. Right now, those two channels are running the exact same feed. Channel 2 is preempting The Price is Right to bring us their coverage and Channel 9 is preempting America's Court with Judge Ross to bring us the exact same coverage. I'm wondering if anyone there said, "Hey, let's put The Price is Right on for people who want to watch that, and we'll super a little message on the screen that says 'Fire in Glendora, Details on KCAL 9.'"
No one would be deprived of news coverage they need/want to see. I mean, even if you weren't satisfied with pretty much the same reporting on Channel 4, Channel 5, Channel 7 and Channel 11, if you had to watch the fire as covered by the KCBS/KCAL news team, why do you need it on two channels? There's got to be someone who'd rather watch The Price is Right…