There is something I have often noticed on television news programs, at least locally here in Los Angeles. Say a news event occurred at 9:00 am and it was basically (visually) over at 10:00 am. If you turn on the news at 11:00 pm, there will be a report on the earlier incident with a live reporter at the scene long after the event is over and there is nothing to be seen or shown. This sort of thing happens all the time here and I have often marvelled at the reporters who have had to stand in some adverse conditions and report on something that could have easily been reported from the studio. I also wonder about the expense incurred to send a news truck, technician, and reporter to the scene. It seems senseless to expend so much time and effort to broadcast nothing at all.
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