“I researched the world of the nightcrawler/stringers. We had
one of the foremost stringers in Los Angeles, a guy named Howard
Raishbrook, as our technical advisor. He vetted our script to make
sure stuff was accurate. Obviously he’s not privy to anybody who
has dragged a body or staged a crime scene, but he understands that
the world we’ve created leaves it open for somebody to do that. For
the scenes in the newsroom, we had three or four technical
advisors. And it’s all utterly accurate, from numbers to procedural
stuff.”