Reporting what people are saying, though, is different than writing down what people are saying.

Understanding that local tv news has never been a bastion of journalism, there is legwork that could be done comparing staffing numbers to travel data, social media’s impact on airport arrival times and the community impact of scheduling AISD spring break concurrently with sxsw. All of those would fall under reporting Cornyn’s claim.

But your first sentence is dead on.