"Morgans" wrote:

It is FAR past time for the media to stop covering these chases by
chasing and filming them in their helicopters. The public can do
without it. It does no good to stop the criminal behavior.

The entertainment value seems to be far too great for this to happen. In
this case, the two helicopters involved in the incident were being joined
by three other media helicopters, plus there was reportedly a police
helicopter in the vicinity for a total of six flitting around in the same
airspace.

The thing that gave me chills was that it appears the pilot also provides
the commentary, so he not only has to maintain separation and handle the
radio, but also has to watch the chase on the ground, glance at the
monitors to see what is being videoed, and has to have the presence of mind
with all that's going on to make intelligent comments to the viewers all at
the same time. Talk about multi-tasking. And they say that cell phones
when driving are a distraction.

You'd at least think the various stations could agree to accept feeds from
their competitors to keep the number of choppers over a chase to some sane
limit.