full of BS, but amusing nonetheless:
1 Jan: Daily Mail: ‘This is some grade ‘A’ BS’: CNN hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper blast NYPD for banning them from having UMBRELLAS in Times Square security clampdown, as rain drenches ball drop and grounds police drone
Midway through the broadcast, Cohen claimed that event organizers with the Times Square Alliance were threatening to revoke CNN’s media credentials if he didn’t relinquish his umbrella
Cohen eventually agreed to stop using the umbrella - he said: ‘This umbrella is such a threat to the Times Square Alliance?! And what does the Times Square Alliance do besides F with my New Year’s Eve?! So, fine!’...
By Megan Sheets
Meanwhile, Fox News hosts were seen still clasping their umbrella during the coverage, with it unclear why they were allowed to continue using it...
This year, the Times Square Alliance, which promotes local businesses and organizes the event, has chosen to honor press freedom after a year in which journalists and media organizations have come under attack around the world, with US President Donald Trump often decrying some reporters as ‘the enemy of the people’...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6543057/New-Yorks-Times-Square-bundles-soggy-New-Years-Eve.html
NBC and ABC all using umbrellas except Seacrest