Two weeks after a power shut-off PG&E admitted to mishandling, the company has shut off power for more than 179,000 in response to wildfire threats in California, the New York Times reported.
Different media outlets offered several distinct pieces of coverage on this event.
Newspapers, television programs and online publications all published news coverage over the last few days about this new round of power outages.
On Oct. 22, ABC 10 covered the PG&E shut-off along with weather coverage reporting on the fire danger that caused PG&E to shut off power across the state for 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
The ABC reporters used their own personal experience to provide context and a personal angle, making the broadcast much closer to biased commentary than objective news.
Published on Oct. 23, the New York Times article about the shut-offs in California provided a much more objective and detailed look at the story.
Along with providing details about PG&E’s behavior and how it will affect its customers, the New York Times also reported how California’s two other electrical companies, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric, also warned their customers that their lights could go out.
The New York Times also provided relevant and interesting quotes from a spokesperson from Southern California Edison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, a spokeswoman for Sonoma county and a chief executive from PG&E’s parent company.
On the other hand, NPR’s online news article on PG&E’s shut-offs is objective but not detailed.
The piece mostly paraphrased and quoted a PG&E announcement, providing a list of basic facts.
NPR listed the counties affected by shut-offs on Wednesday, but no quotes from relevant experts and officials.
The New York Times provided the best coverage of the outages because it delivered detailed and unbiased reporting.
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