Buffalo Plane Crash

A couple quick thoughts on the tragic plane crash in Buffalo from Thursday:

For as connected and technological as our society is, it's amazing to me that the mainstream media didn't pick up on this story for well over 90 minutes. The story was covered by local affiliates, specialty websites, and Twitter well before the major networks even touched it. Why?? That's a question those networks will work to answer in the coming days and weeks

Miles O'Brien was let go by CNN late last year as part of a reorganization effort. To get into whether that was a good or bad decision is something for other people to answer...though I will say his thoughtful perspective on the incident is sorely missed in network coverage of this disaster.