Am I the only one thinking..

[busterbrown]

that Cable T.V. coverage of Irma is all about the money Shots?..Non Stop Coverage 24/7 while the storm is still 2 days away.

I realize they provide a valuable public service service….but????

All the male reporter appearing like studs in tight Tees…. Women Reporters looking so brave and beautifu???

I realize that I’m probably way off track but..

Just wondering if any of you feel the same.

[marybourg]

1. Have you just woken up from a 60 year nap? nt

[Boomerproud]

2. No, you are not off track.

Politics provides the same advertising revenue- without the public service part.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. I've been worrying my house could be obliterated

Along with virtually all of my possessions.

Maybe an event with that type of potential should own a 3 hour window of coverage, like a football game.

[radical noodle]

4. There's a different perspective

at least for me, when I'm in the area that may/will be hit by said hurricane. I find it tiresome if it's hitting somewhere else, but am eternally grateful for the regular updates to keep in touch with how things are progressing. This time I'm grateful to know every time it bobbles, changes course and changes category. Next time, probably not so much.

[Flaleftist]

5. They still don't know for sure what it will do.

24 hour coverage is essential to get the latest information to people in its path. They are certainly enjoying the ratings, but this is a serious storm. There's is nothing wrong with nonstop coverage.

[uppityperson]

6. The purpose is to sell ad time, and give some info

[RKP5637]

8. Yep, pretty much the bottom line. n/t

[RKP5637]

7. It's a mixed bag, money and reporting. Always big money in covering disasters, but if one is

in the middle of it the reporting is appreciated. We shut if off, some of it gets way too theatrical IMO.

[BostonianMagi]

9. The Weather Channel is ALL about the hype.

In fact, they will regularly blow things way out of proportion to make their contribution to 'public service' seem larger than it is. Their job is to scare you. To make you feel like you MUST watch. Then, the ad revenues climb.

If you are under any illusion that these people have your safety in mind over their income, you're deluding yourself.

Magi

[Laffy Kat]

10. Of course. I'm sure it's a gold mine for them. nt

[Hoyt]

11. Attracts/keeps viewers and weather people get into it. I saw a weatherman

who had been hyping another hurricane headed toward Florida a few years ago, really sound upset when the storm verved back into Atlantic rather than smashing into the coast and killing people.

[lunatica]

12. What they're really covering is Climate Change

They don't say so, but that's what they and everyone else are thinking.

I think it might just make people change their minds about the "hoax" of climate change. We needed the media to do this so people could see it with their own eyes.

[susanna]

13. I am confused here, I guess...

The storm is in NOT two days away. She's moving fast, and is practically upon Key West at 3AM Eastern time. Tomorrow and Monday will tell the rest of Irma's story for good or ill.

I believe that the public service of TV news is truly important in these circumstances. Though I am an Internet junkie and don't watch TV news, many people are the opposite and TV is where they get information.

The people in this storm's path deserve the best, latest information to make any decisions they need to make while in harm's way.

Just my two cents.

[Angry Dragon]

14. Canada has no hurricanes and no Trump ........... just saying

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Well, there was Hazel

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I just wonder what's happening in Washington DC, ...

... while everyone's attention is diverted to TX, and then FL.

All those weasels working in the dark ...

[malaise]

17. A lot of it but not all

There have been some decent discussions on climate change and programs like Rachel's asked serious questions as well.

On the other hand the reporters in the field - male and female - are no different from the junkies on Wall Street.

[milestogo]

18. I'm grateful that people are willing to risk their own safety to deliver this story

It is of national interest and it is very dangerous.