If there was any doubt about 24/7 news leadership, CP24 cleared the air in a big way today. It might be said that CTV's all-news service just simply owned the VIA Rail train derailment story that broke mid-afternoon Sunday. CtiyNews CHANNEL was left far behind. For a while, the Rogers franchise was so out of the game that it simply ignored the train wreck story. It's a lesson in technology, staff and generalship that must have CityNews bosses regretting how their money is spent -- or not spent. Of course it helped CP24 to have CTVNews standing behind it. As CP24 rolled out live on-the-scene coverage, CityNews was showing a map. Later, about 6.45 when the whole world, it seemed, was interviewing VIA Chief Operating Officer John Margison, CityNews was nowhere to be seen.
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