Brian_Kerhin's Blog

Over the last few weeks, we've gotten lots of feedback and commentary regarding the entire Brett Favre saga. As part of it, some viewers have suggested we have done too much coverage on the Favre story.

I would disagree - and for a few reasons.

* We haven't devoted an overabundance of reporters to the story. In preparations for the 5pm newscasts on Sunday, Monday and today, for example, just one of the three reporters were working on something Favre related. The sports staff, of course, has focused on the story. And we have used other resources - such as a story we aired Monday from a Mobile, AL, station with Favre at a Mississippi high school practice - but in terms of the general assignment reporters, they have not all been assigned to this story.

* Web traffic. On Monday, the top four most popular stories at www.fox11online.com were something about Favre. We are also seeing increased traffic in the blogging section as more people than usual post comments.

* This is a national story happening in our coverage area. The attention given the story by ESPN, Fox News, etc., is reflective of the interest in Favre. We are at ground zero of that and must cover it.

We know not every one is a Packers fan. But we also know that thousands of people are - and are talking about this. We will continue to cover other stories - today we are working stories about Farm Technology Days starting, Outagamie County talking about a 4-day workweek, a new air control tower in Oshkosh, otters arriving at Bay Beach, a lawsuit involving priest abuse victims suing the Catholic Diocese, restructuring at GM, President Bush's news conference - and more.