Originally published at: The Weather Channel sends reporters to middle of Hurricane Ian where they struggle — some viewers call BS (video) | Boing Boing
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that last video isn’t from Ian, so why bring that up? aside from perhaps tucker carlson, was there anyone claiming that footage from yesterday was faked or exaggerated?
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Pretty sure that utility workers that MUST be out in these conditions have rules and regs regarding proper safety gear.
Almost like these weather people put on everyday clothing , just to give it that “common person” feel to their reporting.
If one dies, I fully expect the company to state that they were contractors and not actually employees and therefor not subject to OSHA rules.
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In the best ratings-hungry tradition of Eyewitless News.
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Fuckin’ A!
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It’s all about the show. One day, with any luck, a reporter will be killed by a frisbeeing stop sign and teevee ratings will go through the roof.
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“I’m alright, I’m fine. I’m fine. I just can’t stand up.”
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Evidently, he is back at it.
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The reason they do this is that this is how Dan Rather got his big break - reporting from Galveston in 1961 when Hurricane Carla hit.
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Also, here’s Geraldo doing… whatever the hell it is he does.
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Do those weather guys get contracted out from a scientologist’s postcard company?
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It’s still better than what Mulder and Scully had to deal with when they got stuck due to the hurricane…
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If that is actually hurricane force winds, how is that flag not getting ripped out of his hand?? Probably filmed before anywhere near the brunt of the storm arrived because ‘kewl’.
