Anything’s news in Omaha

One way you can tell you're in a city like Omaha is when there seems to be a desparation to find news-worthy topics. Since I've lived here, I've noticed that one channel in particular loves to interupt regular programming for extended periods for what is really much ado about nothing. Several times I've been watching tv on this particular channel when all of a sudden, "breaking news" happens. What kind of breaking news, you ask? Well, once there was a city council meeting regarding a proposal for a new baseball field. And apparently, the station thought I just HAD to be immediately informed about it. Since then, it's generally been about thunderstorms. THUNDERSTORMS! Are you freakin' kidding me? They happen all of the time--especially around here. And the kicker is, before interupting whatever show that's currently playing, they usually run several minutes' worth of scrolling at the bottom of the screen telling you the same crap they intend to interupt the show about. A simple weather advisory scroll on the screen is more than sufficient. I'm pretty sure that I can discern whatever else I need to know about a local storm by looking out my freakin' window. But no, according to this station, I also need to see video footage of all of the local outdoor events going on in the area that may be affected by the storm. Again, easily informable via a scroll at the bottom of the screen. I just checked the station again, and the news interuption is still going on! It's been over thirty minutes now. What makes this even more annoying is that they do this even though their regular news show is less than an hour away. Can it not wait till then? Now, there are really two things that piss me off about this. 1. I don't like my shows to be interupted for bs. 2. I hate the desparation with which media outlets act in order to get attention by making a big deal out of nothing. Leave me alone! Tell me what I need to know, straightforward, via the most non-intrusive channel possible and move on! Yeah.