BREAKING: How did Seattle TV cover Hawks Sale News?

I decided to peek in at the 5pm newscasts after the Seahawks sale was announced Saturday around 4.

KING was tops with Paul Silvi joining virtually from his home and discussing his belief about the ownership group leaving the team alone to defend their title and primarily working on the improvement of Lumen Field in hopes of a Super Bowl someday. Good authoritative insights from the best vet in town, responding as the station should, getting the Sports Director immediately involved.

On the other hand, there was no sports anchor for the entire show, with news anchor Madeline Carter doing all the stories. That's with four people on the staff!! Dusty Baker, Maddie's significant other, still MIA on air. Oh well, it's summer.

Maenwhile, Niko Tamurian was apparently off today at KOMO. Michelle Esteban had to cover. Niko was not on set at all and his sports segment was clearly pre-taped with no mention of the sale. What surprised me is that KOMO did not at least have Chris Daniels on the phone to flesh out the story with his contacts. Or at least get Niko on the phone to weigh in. Disappointed. Bad timing on breaking news. Real breaking news.

Poor KIRO, with no sports department, a brand new freelancer had to stand in front of Lumen and vamp the story in a rush, followed by Eric Thomas and color bars going nowhere and then trying to intro a freelance weather wizard from bygone days. His face tells it all. Yikes.

Fox was in World Cup, so no comparison I can make there. Did not even see a lower third crawl at least. Nobody home? And, no, I did not waste my time going to KJZO. If I missed something, sorry.

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