Exactly....
"On the spot" reporting means a piece to camera whilst the occurrence is taking place or very soon after, why they have to report from the same location days after is beyond me.
Same with news at ten, political reporters giving a piece to camera {in the dark} on today's political dealings with an almost deserted Houses of Parliament in the backdrop when it can be done in the studio with a picture on the wall, but the thing that really gets me, especially when dealing with politicians, is the way reporters shout out questions to M.P.'s from about 20 feet away under the impression the M.P. will stop dead in their tracks and give them an exclusive.
Other things like breakfast T.V.....why does it take 2 people to read the news? when the rest of the news that day is done by one person, why do they need a separate person to tell you the weather, another for sport.
Why on B.B.C. breakfast on Sundays does one of the newsreaders have to go to another studio to read the headlines on the Andrew Marr Show, why can't they do it where they are.
I could go on but............