Coverage of tsunami/earthquake

[charlestondxman]

How has the national coverage of the earthquake been? I've been watching Fox News and they've been covering it. At 12:30 ET, Obama is supposed to have a press conference. I wonder who was the first to start coverage early last night.

 

[tripinva]

I saw it early in the morning on Al Jazeera last night. I had it on and muted and only happened to notice it on.

- Trip

 

[kilamanjero]

CNN beat everyone when it interrupted the midnight Eastern time/11pm Central time repeat of "Pier Morgan" to air coverage from CNN International. They've been on air non-stop with coverage of the disaster from CNN International/CNN domestic since it occurred.

 

[LynnW]

We were streaming coverage last night at work. Al Jazeera was by far the best. Tried to stream NHK, but couldn't. CNNI did a good job. While Fox News is closer to my political views, it really isn't a news network. CNN domestic should just shut down. What a joke. After switching from CNNI, they showed the same old clips and said the same things every five minutes. Later, during the day, one of their bubble head newsreaders referred to "Sedai village". Really? CNNI said it was a city of 1.3 million over 12 hours earlier. Couldn't this moron have done some rudimentary research? Now, we are watching coverage of the reactor explosion on CNNI. I wonder what sort of misinformation the CNN domestic crew will make up when they switch over.

And, then there is HNL. It is a complete waste of bandwidth.

 

[sandiegoinexile]

And, then there is HNL. It is a complete waste of bandwidth.

I've always enjoyed the Honolulu Airport.

 

[JeeperOne]

and said the same things every five minutes. Later, during the day, one of their bubble head newsreaders referred to "Sedai village". Really? CNNI said it was a city of 1.3 million over 12 hours earlier. Couldn't this moron have done some rudimentary research?

Actually Lynn the spelling is SENDAI but that's semantic

The simple fact is IT IS A MAJOR PORT CITY - Not a "Village" as you quoted a CNN correspondent

Honestly I think ALL the cable networks should've done what the Honolulu stations (And later the Portland stations afterward) did & DUMP ALL OTHER NEWS for this (Including Wisconsin & Libya). I think KGW said they were on the air since 11:00 PM PT THURSDAY NIGHT. They finally returned to regular programming at around 1:00 PM PT Friday Afternoon. Not sure if the other stations did the same thing though.

KITV 4 in Honolulu ended its coverage at around 9:00 AM Hawaii Time. The other three news operations there ended their coverage around the same time.

I didn't watch Al Jazeera because they're not anywhere near the affected area (Though I imagine they have a Bureau there).

Even Mhz Networks WorldView did better by showing coverage DIRECTLY FROM NHK WORLD (The cable nets here couldn't do that without having their talking heads talking over the NHK anchors. Like the NHK anchors or the translators couldn't convey the same information?). I was more impressed with Mhz Networks WorldView when they had NHK World (Which was most of the day yesterday) & the local stations in Honolulu & Portland stations streaming on the Internet than I was with EITHER of the cable nets here

The cable nets should feel EMBARASSED at themselves

Just my bluntly honest opinion.....

Cheers

 

[PTBoardOp94]

I didn't see a Japan-based Western correspondent all day. I did hear one on CNN (forget her name), speaking by phone to Piers Morgan.

I had NPR on this morning (Saturday morning). The best they could do was a correspondent from Beijing, even nearly 30 hours after the initial disaster.

 

[kilamanjero]

I didn't see a Japan-based Western correspondent all day. I did hear one on CNN (forget her name), speaking by phone to Piers Morgan.

I had NPR on this morning (Saturday morning). The best they could do was a correspondent from Beijing, even nearly 30 hours after the initial disaster.

Actually the CNN correspondent, Kyung Lah, was on air throughout the day yesterday.

 

[kilamanjero]

We were streaming coverage last night at work. Al Jazeera was by far the best. Tried to stream NHK, but couldn't. CNNI did a good job. While Fox News is closer to my political views, it really isn't a news network. CNN domestic should just shut down. What a joke. After switching from CNNI, they showed the same old clips and said the same things every five minutes. Later, during the day, one of their bubble head newsreaders referred to "Sedai village". Really? CNNI said it was a city of 1.3 million over 12 hours earlier. Couldn't this moron have done some rudimentary research? Now, we are watching coverage of the reactor explosion on CNNI. I wonder what sort of misinformation the CNN domestic crew will make up when they switch over.

And, then there is HNL. It is a complete waste of bandwidth.

I don't care about political point of views because it has nothing to do with disasters, but FNC sucks in general as a news network. CNN actually did impress me because they used their CNNI resources and has been for the past 2 months more often since the uprising in Egypt.

 

[MarcB]

And MSNBC was showing taped programming.

 

[sfradio]

I think it was great TWC mainly focused on the west coast yesterday when they usually mainly only talk about the East Coast

 

[mescutia]

I haven't watched the coverage from any of the networks. I've just been following various news sites (including the networks' own sites).

Looks like I haven't missed anything.

 

[JeeperOne]

When I first learned of it, I started looking toward Guam Radio & TV stations. KGUM-AM 570 in Hagatna was talking about it, but the host was based out of L.A.

I then made my way over to the website of KUAM 8 who was only providing updates as needed. Beyond that, they were with regular programming.

I then turned to KITV 4 whom I knew would've been on the air (And online) with their morning news. They were WALL TO WALL with it. I then logged onto the websites of Hawaii's News Now & KHON 2 who were also on air & online with coverage.

I later started focusing on the Portland, OR stations once reports indicated most of the Tsunami appeared to be headed that way. KATU 2, KOIN 6, KGW 8 & KPTV 12 were also wall-to-wall (In fact, KGW had said they'd been on the air & online since 11:00 PM PT Thursday Night. I can only assume the other stations were too). All the Portland, OR stations were off by 2:00 PM PT Friday Afternoon.

All in all, there were SEVEN local news operations as well as Japanese TV (I was getting NHK World via Mhz Networks which I get from KBDI-DT 12.3 or Comcast Cable Channel 252. Mhz Networks had NHK World on for most of the day yesterday when they weren't carrying news from other sources) putting the cable nets to shame.

Makes you wish the cable nets would just simply SHADDUP when they have to rely on outside sources such as local news operations for breaking news, doesn't it?

Just my opinion.....

Cheers

 

[searadiofreak]

When I first learned of it, I started looking toward Guam Radio & TV stations. KGUM-AM 570 in Hagatna was talking about it, but the host was based out of L.A.

I then made my way over to the website of KUAM 8 who was only providing updates as needed. Beyond that, they were with regular programming.

I then turned to KITV 4 whom I knew would've been on the air (And online) with their morning news. They were WALL TO WALL with it. I then logged onto the websites of Hawaii's News Now & KHON 2 who were also on air & online with coverage.

I later started focusing on the Portland, OR stations once reports indicated most of the Tsunami appeared to be headed that way. KATU 2, KOIN 6, KGW 8 & KPTV 12 were also wall-to-wall (In fact, KGW had said they'd been on the air & online since 11:00 PM PT Thursday Night. I can only assume the other stations were too). All the Portland, OR stations were off by 2:00 PM PT Friday Afternoon.

All in all, there were SEVEN local news operations as well as Japanese TV (I was getting NHK World via Mhz Networks which I get from KBDI-DT 12.3 or Comcast Cable Channel 252. Mhz Networks had NHK World on for most of the day yesterday when they weren't carrying news from other sources) putting the cable nets to shame.

Makes you wish the cable nets would just simply SHADDUP when they have to rely on outside sources such as local news operations for breaking news, doesn't it?

Just my opinion.....



Cheers

Yes, Pat, I agree. Cable outlets used to use local coverage much more often but have backed off from it in recent years, probably due to a need to "brand" themselves. But the truth is the locals can usually do a better job, and that is what should be shown.

 

[kilamanjero]

And MSNBC was showing taped programming.

That's no surprise because aside from the 4 hours during weekdays with Chris Jansing, Richard Lui, Tamron Hall, and Thomas Roberts, there isn't any news aired on the network. Both them and FNC aren't news channels anymore. Instead they are crappy political shilling outlets...

 

[searadiofreak]

CNN is still live as of 9:45pm eastern tonight, using a combo anchor team from CNN and CNN International, which they have been doing during most of their coverage.

This is what CNN does better than the other cables, live breaking news. I am still not sure why this network doesn't just totally re-image themselves as "The Breaking News Channel".

 

[azumanga]

I am still not sure why [CNN] doesn't just totally re-image themselves as "The Breaking News Channel".

They could, but Nancy Grace currently holds the trademark on the phrase "Breaking News". ;D

 

[JeeperOne]

When I first learned of it, I started looking toward Guam Radio & TV stations. KGUM-AM 570 in Hagatna was talking about it, but the host was based out of L.A.

I then made my way over to the website of KUAM 8 who was only providing updates as needed. Beyond that, they were with regular programming.

I then turned to KITV 4 whom I knew would've been on the air (And online) with their morning news. They were WALL TO WALL with it. I then logged onto the websites of Hawaii's News Now & KHON 2 who were also on air & online with coverage.

I later started focusing on the Portland, OR stations once reports indicated most of the Tsunami appeared to be headed that way. KATU 2, KOIN 6, KGW 8 & KPTV 12 were also wall-to-wall (In fact, KGW had said they'd been on the air & online since 11:00 PM PT Thursday Night. I can only assume the other stations were too). All the Portland, OR stations were off by 2:00 PM PT Friday Afternoon.

All in all, there were SEVEN local news operations as well as Japanese TV (I was getting NHK World via Mhz Networks which I get from KBDI-DT 12.3 or Comcast Cable Channel 252. Mhz Networks had NHK World on for most of the day yesterday when they weren't carrying news from other sources) putting the cable nets to shame.

Makes you wish the cable nets would just simply SHADDUP when they have to rely on outside sources such as local news operations for breaking news, doesn't it?

Just my opinion.....



Cheers

Yes, Pat, I agree. Cable outlets used to use local coverage much more often but have backed off from it in recent years, probably due to a need to "brand" themselves. But the truth is the locals can usually do a better job, and that is what should be shown.

Well FWIW.....I've taken to doing what WWITV.com does by embedding a player from each station that offers live newscasts on a regular basis on the web onto one of my websites (I don't bother with the ones that only offer live feeds just for breaking news, weather or traffic 24/7 as they're just not worth it IMO). This way, if a story is breaking in an area where more than one station provides a live feed (As was the case with KATU 2 & KPTV 12 yesterday), I can TUNE THEM ALL IN

It makes for one jumbled mishmash of sound but the video makes sense of it all (Afterall pictures DO speak louder than - And are worth - 1,000 words anyway )

Think of it as a virtual master control room

Once I get it simplified, I'll post a link.....

Cheers

 

[tripinva]

Once I get it simplified, I'll post a link.....

Cheers

I would actually be very interested in seeing it once you post the link. Sounds like a fascinating idea.

- Trip

 

[KERCAlum]

I noted over the weekend that U-Verse opened up the feed to its TV Japan channel for free. Granted, it's Japanese-language NHK right now, but it's still fascinating to watch.

Also got the NHK World app for iPhone, and it's been non-stop English-language information.

Domestically, I caught a little bit of Fox News on Friday night with Shep Smith (lots of hyperbole in his coverage), and haven't seen CNN except for snippets on the iPhone app. Noticed MSNBC's website did a lot of big (and I mean HUGE) apocalyptic headlines and big pictures on its main page, but if other posters are correct and the channel itself hasn't done squat, then that's a huge disservice to everyone who cares about the quake and its aftermath.

Local stations in DFW have done the predictable rehash of network footage and news wire info, along with the human interest stories of Japanese ex-pats in the area and those Americans with loved ones over there trying to get word (and sometimes succeeding) about their family members.

Hands down, I love the NHK World app. Seems like that's where I get most of the up-to-minute info.