As of this past Monday, KING-TV now claims to be producing “the first and only high-definition newscast in Seattle.” Then what’s KOMO been churning out for the past seven years, puppet shows?

Current false exclusivity claims aside, KING had previously been claiming its newscasts were in HD. But that applied only to shots of the studio anchors, and only when those anchors weren’t accompanied by superimposed graphics. But now, the whole thing’s in wide, sharp, beautiful HD. (Except for live reports from the field, which are “upconverted” from widescreen standard-def.) KING 5 Morning News on KONG 6/16 is also in hi-def now, even the cute animal-adoption segments.