tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17367145.post7793893853442368146..comments2023-02-14T05:25:10.118-08:00Comments on CynWrites: A Blog For Grownups: "...And Now, A Word From Your Local Station..."C Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692426092390842756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17367145.post-47200075621601424872007-12-01T08:55:00.000-08:002007-12-01T08:55:00.000-08:00You write "'I'm sure I stand on this viewpoint alo...You write "'I'm sure I stand on this viewpoint alone, as I do on so many others...but why oh why is our local weather such a big friggin deal? It's not like we're frozen Minnesota or tornado-ridden Oklahoma, and so far I haven't seen a single monsoon, typhoon or hurricane."<BR/> <BR/>You are not alone at all--what is worse than the concentration on weather is how wrong they are, at least in the two areas I have direct knowledge of--Northern New Jersey and Southern Maine, Now and then I call the station and ask when was the last time anyone had looked out a window--hey Moron, it is pouring down rain, not partly cloudy. The weather forcasts in Maine are simply awful--they stations are 8 miles from the Island my place is on and they make perdictions as if they were on another planet. <BR/> <BR/>I have made my living by placing stories in various media outlets since 1974. Doing this has given me a great deal of specific insight as to what a news outlet uses and what it does and how much importance it places on various things. TV loves crap, worships it in fact and has on their staffs people who know a lot about crap, but nothing about anything of importance to anyone in the real world. it is so bad that I stopped watching TV news 20 years ago, unless I know that a client is coming on or there will be a story about a client. I get all my "news" from newspapers, magazines and journals and ya know what? I am still the best informed person I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17367145.post-77817533076752417722007-11-29T14:30:00.000-08:002007-11-29T14:30:00.000-08:00omg... i spit coffee on my keyboard reading this.omg... i spit coffee on my keyboard reading this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040674254150310726noreply@blogger.com