IN A TOP FIVE MARKET, a spurious local TV report on the bombing of a nuclear plant has caused a mass exodus; the city's highways are at a standstill, its citizens frantic. Other local stations, afraid of missing out on the giant breaking story, parrot the bad tip. Fatalities climb past 100 as people scramble to get out. Thankfully, this has not actually happened. But it very well could,says former Fhuaaeipma anchor Larry Kane, wno depicts the above scenario in his novel Death by Deadline. The book is a thriller, but could just as easily be read as a 248-page screed against local TV news.
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