Shootings at Fort Hood Put Local TV News Stations to Test
Uncle Barky's Bytes, November 6, 2009
By Ed Bark
Afternoon entertainment programming abruptly gave way to the shocking events at Fort Hood, where 12 people were killed and 31 wounded in shooting that broke out shortly after 1:30 p.m. The early going is the truest test of a news operation's ability to mobilize its reporters, get to the scene, line up interviews and gather information.
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