Amusing to see that ET's lead story today was the LA bushfires. I love it when ET tries to do serious news, which usually takes the form of ET appropriating some murder (usually involving pregnant mothers) as entertainment. Today, they had Jaaaan Caarl, dolled-up with beauty mark as per usual, in a chopper(!) above the fires (although they provided no evidence of that) reporting such gems as "the filming of Divorce Court has been halted because the actor who plays the security guard has lost his house..." They then crossed to New York where Courtney Cox-Arquette was asked for her thoughts ("it's very sad").

Their next angle was the "emotional" reunion between a reporter whose news van burnt and the fireman who saved him. This provided another chance for news crews to get all self-important. WE nearly died. WE were in danger. Convenient that they get a nice news headline out of parking their van too close to the fire. I guess the bushfires do fall under ET's reporting mandate, as they are threatening LA, the home of numerous important celebrities.