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The second line of
[ＬＩＮＥのメッセージで“株”暴落！](http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/komachi/plus/hnews/20160728-OYT8T50064.html)
reads:

> ハンドルネーム「やさ夫」さんが、テレビをみながらうたた寝をしていたときのことです。

why wasn't is written as:

> ハンドルネーム「やさ夫」さんが、テレビを **見** ながらうたた寝をしていた **時** のことです。

The later helps with readability. In particular, without "見", I had to do a
double-take to see the word break between "みながら" and "うたた寝".

So, there must be a reason to sometimes write simple kanji as hiragana in
newspapers?
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General rule for writing simple kanji as hiragana in newspaper articles sometimes?
Regarding 時, this 時 is a 形式名詞 which should be written in hiragana if one needs
to strictly obey guidelines. In general, you have to use とき when it translates
to _when_ , and 時 when it translates to _time_. You don't have to worry too
much in casual writings.

See: [When writing for general public, is there a general guideline for
selecting kanji?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3733/5010)

Regarding 見, I believe this should have been written in kanji. This article
looks fairly casual even though it's in yomiuri.co.jp (it's essentially a
copy-and-paste from a net forum), so perhaps it was not proofread seriously.
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