Tuesday, August 18, 2009

What I've Noticed About Weekday TV Newscasts



S
tuff that makes weekday TV newscasts wouldn't even get a mention during weekend newscasts.



Minor injury crashes and non-injury- vacant house fires are the first to suffer when the workweek ends.


I KNOW these occur on weekends- but they're rarely covered.

Hell- I've covered significant weekend shootings that weren't even reported UNTIL the following Monday when newsroom staffing is back to normal (two weekends ago- Independence- for example).

There's every bit as much spot news on weekends as during the week- your news sources just don't have the people on duty to cover it.

If there's no "official" police press release- it apparently didn't happen!

There's significant news many weekends that either gets no or under-reported. That's even applied to some weather events too.


Remember- no TV or radio station or newspaper covers Kansas City area overnight weekend news and weather like CSW....

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