Tilting at Windmills

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Granted, the city suffered very real problems because of the weather, including scattered power outages, but the worst of these troubles were to the east and south -- and my travels showed that a huge chunk of western Denver was in much better shape than was announced by any reporter or anchor I had heard. And it wasn't as if the TV stations, in particular, had too little time to offer more complete information: Most of them pre-empted regular programming in order to go wall-to-wall on the storm, kept it up for hours, and took the opportunity to let viewers know power was on and lines were short at Krispy Kreme.

Perhaps the next time they do so, they'll try to be a little more inclusive and considerably more responsible -- or else they're in danger of being ignored entirely. After all, Chicken Little is a better nursery-rhyme character than a traffic reporter.