As our local TV stations go wall-to-wall with coverage of the Elijah Page execution today, here is the basic story you're going to hear over and over today:
Anchorperson: Elijah Page is scheduled to die tonight by lethal injection. We go to the State Prison where Reporter X has the latest.
Reporter X: Thanks Anchorperson. I'm standing in front of the State Prison where Elijah Page will executed tonight. But right now, he's still not dead. Back to you.
Anchorperson: Thanks Reporter X. We'll check back in a little later with the latest.
A little later. . .
Anchorperson: Elijah Page is scheduled to die tonight by lethal injection for the murder of Chester Allen Poage. We go to the State Prison, where Reporter X has the latest.
Reporter X: Yes, Anchorperson, Page was given the death penalty for killing Poage. Only Page can stop the process now. But he's still not dead yet.
Anchorperson: Thanks Reporter X. We'll check back in a little later wit5h the latest. That was Reporter X from the State Prison where Elijah Page is scheduled to die by lethal injection.
A little later. . .
Anchorperson: Elijah Page is scheduled to die tonight by a three drug lethal injection. Reporter X is standing by at the State Prison with the latest. Reporter X?
Reporter X: Thanks Anchorperson. I am standing in front of the State Prison where Elijah Page is scheduled to be executed tonight. It will be a three drug cocktail instead of a two drug cocktail, which Gov. Rounds had concerns about last year. But as for now, Elijah Page is still not dead. Back to you in the studio.
Anchorperson: Thanks Reporter X. That was Reporter X, standing in front of the State Prison, where Elijah Page is not dead yet.
And ad naseum. . . Wet hair, apply live shot, rinse, repeat.