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Who says competitors shouldn't be cordial, even friendly at a charity event?  Niko and Arielle make it happen in Tacoma Sunday! 

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  1. Does somebody say that? Seems pretty much everyone in this market is cordial.

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  2. Yup they did and this perhaps explains part of why KING and KOMO were both caught a bit unprepared for the Seahawks breaking news

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  3. nobody expected a Saturday news drop. And staffing for news is weak on the weekend, much less the sports departments

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    1. True, but the point is, when something big breaks, even on a short-staffed weekend with probably a deliberate and late info dump, newsrooms have to react. KING did, getting Silvi on within an hour. He was at home! KOMO got caught worst on the timing. Stations always ballyhoo breaking news, so there has to be a plan when it breaks especially near newscasts. To compensate they could have had a continuous lower third crawl to repeat the information frequently during the newscast.

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    2. In full agreement with this Wayne. The news never sleeps so people in this business always have to be ready when things happen, especially things such as this that are going to generate strong public reaction. KING did and as I noted on the other post about this subject, Maddie Carter for that being her debut broadcast as the new weekend anchor, really handled that segment like a champ.

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  4. Its always nice to see our local television talent being cordial and friendly with each other. They may be fierce competitors, but moments like this show that they really do respect and support one another.

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