Live news broadcasts help us get the word on the street about events as they unfold. They also have the potential for immense failure, as this reporter proves.
We cross to him to hear the scoop about a government investigation of a farm. Sure it doesn’t sound too thrilling, but that probably doesn’t explain what did happen.
Rather than delivering hard hitting journalism, we crossed to a reporter ensuring he looked good for the camera before counting to ten really fast. Why did he do it? Who knows. But I’ll bet his counting skills are a lot more riveting than that news story!
