Coverage of the MSU campus shooting

[MWmetalhead]

So stupid of them to cut away in the first place.

Kudos to Rachelle Graham on 62. She's having to anchor solo and is having to deal with a less than optimal performance from the control room. She's doing a decent job coping with those issues.

[Deleted User 7620]

So stupid of them to cut away in the first place.

Kudos to Rachelle Graham on 62. She's having to anchor solo and is having to deal with a less than optimal performance from the control room. She's doing a decent job coping with those issues.

Agreed about the control room. Ugh!! The floor producing is way better but control room is having issues this morning.

[rushbuzz1013]

It is understood details can be sketchy at first, and I applaud local stations efforts to scratch away getting the facts. But, I also think setting up a Live shot and immediately putting a reporter on-air without any prep serves no purpose. I watched Ch 7 get their guys on air before they even got on campus. Why? As the guy fumbled his words, like a toddler trips on shoelaces, it was clearly apparent he was NOT ready to go Live, hadn't time to ask any locals questions or interviewed investigators. Producers need to be sharper than to throw the guy out there without a lifejacket.

[Robert Faygo]

How did radio fare last night? I assume WWJ had enough resources to get some live coverage from East Lansing?

I made an attempt to listen to Paul W. Smith on WJR this morning on my drive surrounding the 6:30 AM news break. I couldn't do it. The commercial load surrounding the pukey Fox News Radio update and traffic/weather was unbearable to my attention deficit disorder listening style.

[Robert Faygo]

Amusing that the most prominent mic flag at this morning's press conference is from WBBM-TV.

[MWmetalhead]

What's up with the special mic placement for WWJ-TV and for WBBM-TV on the press conference podium?

Audio connectivity issues or a marketing stunt in incredibly poor taste?

[Deleted User 7620]

WBBM out of Chicago is also covering the press conference. I think WBBM is partnering up with its O&O bretheren, WWJ, to covering this.

[Deleted User 7620]

Amusing that the most prominent mic flag at this morning's press conference is from WBBM-TV.

It is.

[Deleted User 7620]

What's up with the special mic placement for WWJ-TV and for WBBM-TV on the press conference podium?

Audio connectivity issues or a marketing stunt in incredibly poor taste?

Probably a CBS thing lol. Both both corrected it rather quickly.

[KeenerGold]

I'm in SW St. Clair County, so I am able to get both the Detroit and Flint/Tri-Cities locals on ATSC 3.0.

I flipped between WDIV, WXYZ, WJBK, WJRT, WNEM, and WSMH/WEYI last night. Not surprisingly, 4 and 7 handled the best for Detroit. 66/25 did a decent job over 12 and 5, although they could have stayed on 66 at eleven instead of moving viewers to 25.

[Deleted User 7620]

Heard out of the Lansing stations, WLNS did by far, the best job. Locally, still think WDIV, WXYZ, and WWJ did the best job. WWJ had some technical issues but quickly recovered. WJBK was decent overall.

[MWmetalhead]

I agree that Fox 2's coverage this morning was underwhelming compared to the other stations. I didn't spend much time with them as a result.

[MWmetalhead]

This is truly superb reporting from the Detroit News:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 901983007/

Multiple intriguing pieces of info that I didn't see a single local TV outlet report thru 9 A.M.

[ProducerXM]

This is truly superb reporting from the Detroit News:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 901983007/

Multiple intriguing pieces of info that I didn't see a single local TV outlet report thru 9 A.M.

Really? The last line is trying to link him to a white supremacist? You cannot make this garbage up. Don’t let the facts get in the way of a made up story.

[Rate This]

This is truly superb reporting from the Detroit News:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 901983007/

Multiple intriguing pieces of info that I didn't see a single local TV outlet report thru 9 A.M.

Really? The last line is trying to link him to a white supremacist? You cannot make this garbage up. Don’t let the facts get in the way of a made up story.

That’s not a big deal… it’s common to say “x place… you know the one from x event… well this guys from there too”. The folks who should be upset are the folks from Bear, DE.