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ELI5:Why are car chases televised so much on the West Coast and barely ever shown on the East Coast (USA)
gpt
This phenomenon is almost unique to Los Angeles. That city has a huge amount of freeways, and several different TV news stations  with their own competing helicopters. A car chase on a freeway is one of few things that makes those helicopters actually useful for producing interesting television.