I click through the cable channels regularly and early on caught the Ashland shooting. I checked more frequently and, while I did notice that CNN wasn't as quick off the mark as the others, I was more amused by the FOX coverage. It seems that when the intial reports came in, FOX was doing a spectacular with someone even more insignificant than Hefner, Geraldo Rivero. Geraldo was in Indonesnia doing his thing. I didn;t stay to check what that was because, nothing (make that NOTHING) Geraldo says or does is worth wasting time on, so I went to MSNBC, which seemed to be shifting into full coverege.
I couldn't help thinking, however, that if they caught the sniper last night, Geraldo was really going to be pissed at him for getting caught while was elsewhere.
I also clicked through O'Reily for a moment, just enough time to note that he was being even ruder than normal. He just won't give a guest an opportunity to finish. There has to be a time when good people simply won't be on his show because of O"Reily's selfish rudeness.
I signed off before Geraldo showed up (lucky me). The live coverage I watched was in the original O'Reilly repeat time slot. I do agree that O'Reilly has become almost unwatchable. I prefer Kudlow & Cramer on CNBC. They are always respectful and knowledgable. They must have put O'Reilly back on after the initial frenzy.