Here is the rundown of the stories mentioned on NBC's 5:00 local news
-snow storm & weather-airport delays
-back to winter storm
-shoveling for money-sanitation dept
-cancelled ny city public schools first time since 04
-more on storm... central park sledders snow for sledding not packing for snowmen
-website.. school closings track storm send pics
-showing pics ppl sent of storm
-Wall Street: finally some real news!!
-lowest since april97 dow jones
-AIG bailout record corporate loss
-cutting/suspending dividends
-Lottery-mega millions going up and up, people want moneyy
-more on storm-connecticut
-current weather conditions
-local forecast-plenty more on storm
-late night with jimmy fallon... going on for conan o'brien
-MORE on storm!! back to Tim Minton
-plowing is uneven... really?
-small amount of people who lost power
-commuters in NJ having a tough time in storm
-port authority on keeping runways clear at airports
-sanitation department on keeping roads clean
-more more MORE on snow storm throughout east coast, more on flights being cancelled
-flu alert
-"hang up and drive" innitiative in NJ to stop drivers from using cell phones in the car
-MORE ON THE WEATER!! snow will freeze overnight
-Obama's healthcare reform
In the hour that NBC had for local news, I would guess that they spent about 90% of the time discussing the winter storm that hit the area in the past 24 hours. The rest of what they talked about was for only a brief amount of time. Critical issues such as Obama's healthcare plan were only brushed upon and then it was straight back to the storm. It is understandable that the storm made the news because it was a bad storm, but NBC spent way too much time on the topic, and not enough time on other important issues.
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