If it bleeds…

Columbus’s local TV news doesn’t cover much state politics:

Although Columbus, Ohio is the state capital and where most of the state government resides, there does not appear to be any governing in Columbus. There are murders, rapes, and robberies a plenty; sports and weather and that’s it. Additionally, the local news readers cannot be expected to work five minutes every half hour. They replay the local “news” over and over.

One recent trend I’ve noticed is for the TV newsers to report on the weather once every 15 seconds (that’s an approximation).

One comment on “If it bleeds…”

  1. Posted by Eric | Aug 28, 2007 4:15 pm

    It’s way easier to listen to a police scanner and refresh the radar map on accuweather.com than to do any legwork on actual stories. More profitable too!

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