Eyewitness News doesn't have anyone working weekends who can run live stream
I'm not sure why it happened or where the blame should be placed, but when several Tri-State counties - including Vanderburgh and Henderson - went under tornado warnings this afternoon, if you wanted local coverage online ... only 14 News had you covered.
Eyewitness News, which has made much about having its live stream available during times of severe weather, was not online today until after the threat had truly passed. Naturally, they were on air, but not in the realm of the web, where viewers could have kept up with things when their cable systems interrupted TV coverage (and that's an issue worthy of its own rant ...).
The only explanation I've seen so far came from reporter Ryan Braschler, who told me via Twitter, [W]e're working on the live stream online... we have to call someone in because we don't have access to it."
I understand that fewer people work at the WEHT/WTVW studios on weekends. I understand that we weren't under a watch, and I don't even think we were under so much as a slight risk. But why do you not have someone around 24/7 who can get that stream on the web? Surely it's not rocket science!
This situation needs to be addressed - now.
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