Faced with a situation they don’t really know anything about (i.e. nuclear meltdowns) all the cable nets are doing a pretty good job of packing their lineups with nuclear physicists, engineers and others who know how to explain it. This stands in stark contrast to how they handle other situations they don’t really know anything about, such as turmoil in the arab world, and so on.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=113583