The fatal collisions in Chatsworth show that newsrooms prioritize aerial camera angles over human lives, requiring aviation regulators to restrict low-altitude flights over emergency scenes.
The news cycle consumes death, treating it as a backdrop or a set piece for the next segment. On Tuesday evening in Chatsworth, the backdrop claimed more lives. Around 7 p.m., News Chopper 4 fell from the sky, turning a report on a deadly bus collision into a second massacre.