This is the first reality show I’ve watched. It’s mesmerizing and beautifully shot. It has the production values of a movie and it’s a wonderful way to see Los Angeles at night.
It’s a reality show version of the film Nightcrawler. It made me fall in love with Los Angeles all over again.
* I started watching this last night and it is goddamned fascinating.
It’s about real-life nightcrawlers–a.k.a. stringers–who prowl the night in Los Angeles, shooting news to sell to TV stations.
The series mostly focuses on three guys within three competing stringer companies and the way that they’re constantly trying to get on the scene and get their footage shot and edited before the other guys do.
I’ve watched two episodes so far and it really is interesting. Anyone else checking this one out?
* We have one we deal with every so often. Dude is scum. Was trying to get into the back of an ambulance to get video of a dying 14 year old from a car crash. Fire fighters damn near kicked the shit out of him. Fire Captain shoved his ass off the ambulance and almost went at him.
* The ethics of the profession is something that I was thinking about last night as I was watching the show.
I don’t think it’s unethical in and of itself. The news is what it is. These guys don’t make the news, they just document it. And we do need people to tell us what is going on out in the world.
At the same time, obviously there’s a line that you shouldn’t cross.
I think what I would personally struggle with would be the conflicting feelings of not wanting bad shit to happen to people, while also wanting to get the most interesting and most profitable story.
