Apparently local TV news operations have little regard for the safety of their reporters.
Who at WANE TV thought it was a good idea to put their cute reporter-ette just steps away from a downed power pole, complete with downed power lines?
The Maven wonders what the station's Worker's Comp insurance carrier thinks of this....
But the idiocy is not limited to WANE TV. A few years ago, a reader sent a cellphone picture of a reporter and camera set up in a narrow median area of Coliseum Boulevard during a snow event. (that's the reporter on the left, the camera on the right)
The Maven is always astonished that TV news operations go out of their way to show you what not to do.....while doing exactly what they warn against.
FWMM:
ReplyDeleteSeems we got us another one of those nasty "double-standards" in the media again.
Then again, anyone who does ANY reporting on the SE side is in danger (given the drive-by shootings, assaults, and such).
Good call.
Stay safe