Having done the media course, it is all about composition. Composition arranged by the media ops person or the camera man more likely than by the PM. Standing in water tells the story.
Now what gets my pip is the media person standing in the puddle getting soaked by rain, becoming part of the story. During the firemens' strike, one TV shot was from a studio camera out the window at the studio pretending that their car park was at an emergency fire station.
Yes, the news shows the floods but always selective.