Back in January, we mentioned that 60 Minutes was in town interviewing people for a report on the man-made Oklahoma earthquake crisis. After a three and half month wait, the episode finally aired last night. Fittingly, nobody in the state's largest television market got to see it:
Yep, last night's entire episode of 60 Minutes was preempted by a blast of Severe Weather Porn hosted by David Payne. Who cares that all the storms were in Lawton or far western Oklahoma and didn't really pose a threat to 95% of News 9 viewers, I appreciate this just for the irony. You have to admit that it's funny that an important report about a potentially catastrophic natural disaster that could make Oklahoma City crumble to the ground was superseded by live media over-coverage of a different type of natural disaster taking place over 100 miles away. Once again, they should really consider putting "The Natural Disaster" state on Oklahoma license plates.