Sunday, August 28, 2005
CBC XXXIII: Hurricane warning
Hurricane warning: Katrina, a Category Five Hurricane, is about to hit New Orleans. The CBC is getting its coverage from the BBC.
I just saw a storm track on a Buffalo TV station that calls for what will be left of Katrina to be over Buffalo and then Toronto sometime Wednesday, with heavy showers starting on Tuesday.
The Environment Canada storm track at this moment 1830 Sunday is a bit different, with the hurricane over Ohio on Wednesday morning, crossing Lake Ontario and landing around Kingston. (Note this is a dynamic web page so the track may change for those who click later)
So who is going to cover this story for Canadians? Global and CTV, that's who. CTV.ca and CNN.com and BBC.co. uk with CBC.ca using wire copy. CFRB and 680 News, that's who. In a city that got a multi-million dollar whack from just one hour long storm a week ago.
Watch for for wall to wall live coverage on CTV Newsnet (and in the Toronto market CP24) while Newsworld runs the Antiques Roadshow and the Nature of Things.
This is more than crazy, it is certifiably insane. Not just in terms of losing the audience, but in terms of public service from a public broadcaster.
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6:36 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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I just saw a storm track on a Buffalo TV station that calls for what will be left of Katrina to be over Buffalo and then Toronto sometime Wednesday, with heavy showers starting on Tuesday.
The Environment Canada storm track at this moment 1830 Sunday is a bit different, with the hurricane over Ohio on Wednesday morning, crossing Lake Ontario and landing around Kingston. (Note this is a dynamic web page so the track may change for those who click later)
So who is going to cover this story for Canadians? Global and CTV, that's who. CTV.ca and CNN.com and BBC.co. uk with CBC.ca using wire copy. CFRB and 680 News, that's who. In a city that got a multi-million dollar whack from just one hour long storm a week ago.
Watch for for wall to wall live coverage on CTV Newsnet (and in the Toronto market CP24) while Newsworld runs the Antiques Roadshow and the Nature of Things.
This is more than crazy, it is certifiably insane. Not just in terms of losing the audience, but in terms of public service from a public broadcaster.
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6:36 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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