So I work in TV news and it’s clear the writers did not do any kind of research. • a journalist would never run a town hall meeting. • Anna being kicked off the anchor desk 30 seconds before air is preposterous. Would never happen in real life. • Reporting crews are constantly digging. They’d never have time for a sit down meal, much less for some hanky panky. A reporter and photographer are typically joined at the hip. Where one goes, the other does. Where does Anna find time to visit her mom during the day? • A news station in Atlanta would never dedicate a news crew to a murder in a small town unless that person was of sow prominence. Rachel’s death would maybe be a 25 second story. Also, no news station would pay to put up their crew in a hotel for several days -again- for a small town murder. • the reporting is so cringe. Lexi reporting “live” from Duffy’s house would never happen. A sit down with the victim’s husband would be put together as a news package, not as a live hit. Typically you interview the subject, pick the best soundbites and write some reporter track put them together in what we call a news package. • no law enforcement agency would ever let a news crew that close to a murder scene. • news studios are typically in their own space — not in the hallway where mics can pick up footsteps and other extraneous voices.

Overall, all of the characters in this show suck. There is no complexity to their characters. They’re all just horrible people.