"No Fatalities? Can't We Just Make Something Up?"
Quick check of our local stations: Viacom sibs KCBS-2 and KCAL-9 are simulcasting each other; KNBC-4, KTLA-5, KABC-7 and KTTV-11 are also providing non-stop coverage of the freight train derailment in the City of Commerce, which appears to have damaged two houses.
You can detect the disappointment in on-air reporters' and anchors' voices as they realize that this isn't much of a tragedy.
No fatalities to report, and even early estimates that six houses had been destroyed has been lowered to just two. Twelve injuries to report at the moment-- but 11 aren't serious. Damn!
Don't matter, of course, as our local news teams will breathlessly provide plenty of meaningless coverage over the next few hours!
News Corp.'s KCOP-13, meanwhile, is sticking with its regular program, "Crossing Over with John Edward." At least there are dead people in that.
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