bluestateguy
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Mon Aug-29-05 03:55 AM
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Why do daredevil TV reporters stay in New Orleans? |
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Doesn't that kind of undermine the message of "Get out, it's not safe"? A not so educated person sitting at home could interpret that as "well, if Brian Williams is there, I don't need to evacuate the city". Usually these on the sport hurricane stories are not terribly informative anyway. It's usually just a reporter wearing a parka screaming into a microphone that we can barely hear because of all the rain.
This is not a football game, where we should be able to expect play by play coverage.
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:00 AM
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1. Because we watch them. |
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As much as I hate to admit it, if I had to choose between live footage of the storm or graphics, I would choose the live footage. I'm not proud of it, I don't like the idea of reporters risking their lives, but they do it because we watch them.
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:04 AM
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2. For their Blooper reels ? |
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:04 AM
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3. because it's their job to report the news |
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And you have to be on location to report what's happening. A civilian wouldn't likely volunteer to go to Baghdad, but we need to know what's going on.
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:07 AM
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4. Ask me again when September sweeps rolls around |
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as for now, I have no idea. higher sense of duty? awards & kudos? adrenaline junkies? maybe they pissed off the editor?
or maybe they're staning in front of a green screen and a giant fan with some PA pouring buckets of water onto the set?
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:44 AM
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8. "Higher sense of duty".............. |
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from the MSM? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That's the best one I've heard today!
The others you listed are much more plausible.
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:13 AM
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5. Even though it's their job..... |
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...why not have a static camera and just report from the desk as it were? The camera shot will still show the dramatic winds, surf and anything else without putting anyone in harms way.
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Mon Aug-29-05 04:33 AM
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I'm in print and not tv news, but the feeling is still the same. It goes something like this: It's my job to be there and know all I can, particularly with an event like this that has the power to shape people's lives forever. Someone has to tell the story. I once went tornado chasing for my job -- yes, crazy, but I knew what I wanted and knew the risk. Times-Picayune reporters are holed up in their office "bunker" posting updates on their Website. I'd give anything to be there.
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Mon Aug-29-05 05:52 AM
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9. hell, i'd stay - looks like fun, specially if i was on the |
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payroll and wasn't personally invested as far as having my family or dwelling threatened.
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Mon Aug-29-05 05:57 AM
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10. It's what they live for--this is a huge story. |
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Why are the cops, firemen and other emergency workers there too? I give them a great deal of credit although some of the reporters look just a little too gleeful at the prospect of death and destruction on a massive scale.
Maybe it's just the adrenaline rush.
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Mon Aug-29-05 05:59 AM
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11. I'm still waiting for a STOP sign to de-capitate a reporter all live on TV |
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Now that would really send the message of how dangerous it would be to stand outdoors during a hurricane. Sadly, it could really happen.
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