CBCNN has the story.

NBC had great coverage, better than any local news I watched at 6:00.   They had camera from a passenger on the tarmac with a close up of the plane, shots from inside by the same passenger, 2 aviation specialists to interview and a bunch of other camera angles I didn't see elsewhere.   They didn't have a reporter on scene though, which is interesting considering the comparatively extensive coverage they did in their short national segment.   The local reporters had no I idea what caused it and relied on limited official statements while NBC had plenty of expertise on tap.

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Well, the irony is not lost on me that the local newscasts here had to speed up their coverage because they only had a half hour instead of their usual 60 minutes. Which meant that CFTO gave the plane crash just over four minutes, while NBC, which I also watched, devoted 9 minutes to the story. And yes, they had experts the Canadian stations, in holiday mode, didn't have access to.

As for the debate, I listened to some of it, and  - at least at the beginning - all the candidates were constantly talking over each other, making it impossible to hear any of them. It's a danger whenever they do this, and it's like politics on this board - seemingly impossible to stop! I was kind of disappointed in the moderator for not reining them in more. 

To be fair, it got better as it went along. 

A final note - 680 did not take the debate, leaving it free to cover the unfolding story of the plane crash. And yes, the national Canadian news networks did have the aviation story, as opposed to the political gabfest. But the crash happened on home turf and is making headlines around the world. Frankly, that pales in comparison to a bunch of bloviating politicians making promises they have no intention of keeping. 

Always interesting who had the story and when.  CTV News Channel had the breaking news first at 2:53 this afternoon and soon after with video from the chopper.  CP24 first reported as lead story at 3pm, CBC News Network at 3:09 and CNN first reported at 3:17.

CNN picked up all their video from CTV.   Interesting that CTV News Channel didn't carry the Ontario election debate live and opted for the press conference for the Pearson accident.  CBC mostly stuck with the plane coverage and covered the press conference.  They did pick up the debate eventually after the press conference. 

Both CTV and CBC had the whole debate live on line. 

 

 

According to Tom Mulcair on CTV News Channel, Doug Ford won the debate.  He felt the debate didn't move the needle for any of the other leaders.  He said that Ford and Mike Schreiner of the Green Party performed the best and Ford was correct to focus on the economy.