Why are reporters standing in the middle of the hurricane zone?

[fried eggs]

If they want people to take the storm seriously, maybe they should start with evacuating the reporters?

[slackmaster]

1. Tradition

Mostly.

[JBoy]

14. Like the mandatory "amnesia" episode in sitcoms and soaps

You know, where they get hit on the head and forget who they are and everything about their past, but conveniently don't lose their motor skills or ability to speak clearly.

[AlinPA]

2. Because they are stupidly following their producers' orders. It's entertainment.

[doc03]

3. Tune into CNN and see Ali Velshi standing in the middle

of an intersection in Atlantic City. The police ran him off the street one time
maybe he will blow away or get killed by one of those traffic lights.

[fried eggs]

9. Poor guy

That looks incredibly dangerous.

[doc03]

16. Two cars just ran him off the street.

[RebelOne]

4. Nothing new. They do it all the time. n/t

[KarenS]

5. Not just standing there but ridiculing people that walk or jog by them,,,, n/t

[dipsydoodle]

6. No different really

than being in a war zone. Its the job and they do it.

[dballance]

7. Or maybe they should get some other reporters to risk life and limb

Like all of FAUX news including FOX and Friends, insHanity, Joe etc. Except Shep Smith. The CNN idiots would be next on my list except Solidad.

I could go on.

[OldDem2012]

8. Is this a serious question?? Why are reporters sent to any potentially dangerous story? nt.

[fried eggs]

15. They don't have to be on the scene, do they? Just install a camera

and get to safety. We'd all be outraged if one of the reporters were to be killed on live TV.

[grasswire]

10. the ones I saw last night were barely 98 pounds, wet

Little bitty things.

[kysrsoze]

11. Because I, and millions of other viewers are sadistic, and we want to see them battle the storm!

[msongs]

12. media hysteria and over reaction nt

[TexasProgresive]

13. It worked to put Dan Rather on the National scene reporting Carla in 61(?)

Now it is just stupid. They think it will put them on the map but with all of them doing it - they will go no where unless the wind blows them there.

[annabanana]

17. Who's gonna show me what's going on blocks south of here?

http://www.nysea.com/live-cam-forecast/

[Logical]

18. Because I want to see the damn video! Glad they are!

[LanternWaste]

19. If we apply your premise consistently...

"If they want people to take the storm seriously, maybe they should start with evacuating the reporters?"

During the conflict in Viet-Nam, reporters should have reported from continental US instead of Viet-Nam so people would take it seriously?

That is, if we apply your premise consistently.

[HopeHoops]

20. BECAUSE THEY'RE FUCKING MORONS!

[louis-t]

21. Because we would never get video like this...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/7-videos-of-weather-reporters-getting-owned-hurricane-sandy/

I was really looking for the one of Al Roker nearly getting blown off a balcony after he lost all the weight.

[LiberalFighter]

22. Just think they didn't have live reporting 200 years ago.

[Speck Tater]

23. Because if there was no live coverage...

...people would be shouting that it's a coverup, or a government forced blackout.

They're big boys and girls. They can decide for themselves where to be.

[Hugabear]

24. I'm guessing the networks have a pool to see who can get someone killed live on TV first

We've already seen reporters get blown over or smacked by flying debris while reporting on incoming hurricanes. Guess that's not enough.

[onecent]

25. I have a question. How do these people get out of NY??? I suppose they stay in a

hotel in the area, but that job wouldn't be worth it to me... This storm very likely is going to bring horrific flooding and broken windows....I fear for the lives of many.