A critical look at the Wichita TV news

Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Tiller Death

Obviously the biggest story since the arrest of BTK happened, as longtime abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was fatally shot Today at his church. Not sure as to who exactly broke the news first. A commenter said KAKE broke it first. When I was watching both KAKE and KSN were on while KWCH had a crawl. I must say KSN's coverage early was good. I really like new KSN anchor John Snyder. He does a nice job in breaking news filling time, because it seems natural. It is clear he has some National experience doing it. Stephanie does a nice job with John on the set. I liked KSN's content especially at 5PM for such a quick turn. KAKE did OK, but Abby Barnett is not solid in live breaking news situations. By 10PM, the shows were all pretty even with the same information. It will be interesting to see how the stations handle this story in the days to come. -Hal