Viewers of KESQ News on Friday night probably weren’t sure if they were watching an  announcement of “exciting news” about a local TV station cutting back on staff or a hostage video as anchors Karen Devine and John White were clearly forced to read about why laying off staff and blowing up an entire TV station is a good thing for the Coachella Valley.

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It would have been nice if they had gone “in-depth” to answer why a company would spend a ton of money to buy a TV station only to kill it a few years later and what having less options means for viewers in the Palm Springs media market.

But then, that sounds like the type of story only a station that “stands for you” would fo.