Many news outlets this past week were going on and on about all the snow the east coast was going to get. Turns out, only parts of the east coast had more than two feet of snow. The big question was, is this a national or regional story? From Don Lemon going all over New York City in the CNN Blizzardmobile to reporters up to their waists in the snow. Missouri School of Journalism professors Earnest Perry, Mike McKean and Amy Simons discuss the issue on KBIA's media criticism program, "Views of the News.”
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Wih the Blizzardmobile being just a car, nothing more, Simons pointed out the irony of CNN’s Blizzardmobile.
"Yes, irony of ironies. That's CNN's Don Lemon and CNN's branded Blizzardmobile, driving through the streets of New York telling people not to drive through the streets of New York, because it's not legal."
With the media hub being primarily on the east coast, McKean talks about how coverage for places in “fly over country” is much different then if it is happening on the east coast. McKean joked that the news outlets treated this snow storm like Armageddon.
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"And I guarantee you, if there was a similar anywhere between L.A. and New York, somewhere in flyover country, it would not get the same level of coverage."
Perry added by saying there is a difference between the news coverage of the heat wave going on in the Midwest and the snow falling on the east.
"I saw one story that actually talked about a contrast in what was happening on the east coast and what was going on in the Midwest."
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