Reflection is less important than immediacy. Content takes a back seat to emotion. We see tearful reactions,heroic acts, helicopter shots of fires and destruction. The images are gripping and memorable. Print, on the other hand, is more rational, more calm, more reflective.
Print can stress accuracy and balance over emotion and visual images.
We get facts and figures of the destruction, an explanation of the causes, plans for rebuilding. An old episode of Lou Grant brought this concept home forcefully years ago. Just as the paper was about to go to press, the local TV station ran the piece. The story wasn't theirs exclusively anymore. They would not be the first to report it.