On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:13 PM, stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > I had the KABC feed tuned in on my phone and it only started to cut out > when they got into cloud cover south of Orange County. > > Is it only LA where every station in the market stops whet they're doing > to cover these? I don't remember this ever going on in New York, probably > because of the physical limitations. > And why does it happen so often in LA? > > Ratings. More people will tune in to watch a car drive down a freeway than they would to watch traditional local news fare, as well as the daytime lineup of court and chat shows. The newest breed of CHP vehicles were not designed for routine traffic stops or for standard cruising; they were designed to be pursuit vehicles capable of aggressive speeds and the so-called PIT maneuver. So the public wants it, the police enable it, and the media is there to provide it.
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