We have none. None. You would expect TV news coverage to be all over this. My bet is local TV, not being able to get rights to show video from Live 8, has opted out of covering it entirely. And what of the kids who don't have cable? What - is that blasphemy?
The only place to catch this is at AOL. So if you don't have broadband - you're shit outta luck bud. At least there you are getting this unfiltered. Including a few E-A-G-L-E-S chants I heard loud and clear. Looks like it's time for an afternoon drink. Heh.
Look, seriously, poorer kids ALL OVER PHILLY will not see Live 8.
If I was in the same situation I was as a kid - I would have missed this. It would have been an event I would have viewed as for rich people, by rich people. Even if it was free - you need some resources and time to go to a concert at a minimum.
How ironic is this?
I am not entirely sure, but it seems licensing has killed getting the message out to the largest amount of people possible.
Correction: we have some coverage: "Channel 6 has two hours of local coverage from 6 to 8 and ABC has two hours of network coverage from 8 to 10. It might not be much but it is something and at least part of it is going out to the entrie country." shares The West End.
Still, far, far less than what I recall for Live Aid. Far less. I remember waking up early in the morning to watch sunrise to sunset coverage.
There is some TV
Channel 6 has two hours of local coverage from 6 to 8 and ABC has two hours of network coverage from 8 to 10. It might not be much but it is something and at least part of it is going out to the entrie country.
(Yes this is the second time I have posted this, it didn't show up the first time for some reason. I think it has to do with the cookies on my computer. If it goes in twice I'll try to delete the first one.)
No news crews among the crowds from what I could see
I was all over today...and now I'm super hot...but I didn't see any news coverage out among the unwashed masses...and no one, except those who got up at 3 in the morning, are seeing anything.