Even before the President stops by Wichita for a pit stop which includes smiling for some high dollar pictures, the three stations all lead with the upcoming visit, except for some breaking news of a shooting on two of the stations. I thought KWCH rebounded quite nicely at 10 from its President visit story at 6. At 10, Jim Grawe had a nice feature on a gentleman receiving an award from the President. After watching, I thought this was a nice way to cover the upcoming visit, but then they had to go overboard and also include a second package about the fundraiser, which could have summarized by the anchor reading the information. I thought they went too far, but at least the two stories were not as dreadful as their story at 6 from Kim Hynes talking to people near the Boys and Girls Club who hope to see the President. It was such a stereotypical fan crazed story. This one included a gem from a lady who worked at a pawn shop who hoped to run outside her store and catch the motorcade.
Meanwhile KSN was lackluster with a real basic overview of the visit. The information they had easily could have been done with a graphic and be done. They talked to a guy willing to fork the money over for the benefit plus spend money to smile pretty for the camera and a picture with the President. They needed a subject similar to what Grawe had for his story Tonight for this story to work well.
While KAKE was delayed do to the NBA Finals, KAKE was able to use the extra time to ramp up their coverage of the shootings. I could care less if they had video or a live shot, but I was surprised they didn't have either, based on their past actions with shootings. It looked like their reporting corps took off well before the newscast began or even before its normal start time. I must say I thought it was good they held off putting a preview of the visit at the beginning of their newscast since thats about all we'll hear tomorrow.
I have been out of town the past week and have been watching coverage on TV sporadically and internet availability has been spotty, but hopefully I'll get a chance to watch some of the President's visit tomorrow. -Hal
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Hal,
The shooting happened at about 9:55 so of course KAKE would have more time to put something together.
that's what he said...
remember there were heavy storms moving through the area --so no live shot was possible because of the lightning
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