What Drives You Crazy About Winter Weather Coverage?
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One day after snow, sleet and freezing rain hit the Charlotte area, let’s take a step back and look at how the news covers the weather. Β You’ve seen the reporters doing their best to prove how icy and cold it is outside, kicking sleet-covered roads and turning hot water into snow.
Frankly, it becomes mind-numbingly difficult to come up with something new to say if there’s nothing new happening. Β Which is probably why one of the other stations out there was promoting their coverage by saying, “It’s icy at the airport… how officials say the sun could help.” Β True story.
Obviously, it’s important to bring you information about dangerous weather. Β And when stations go on for hours, the repetition helps people who just tuned in to catch up. Β But if you’re watching it for hours, some of that repetition starts to seem crazy.
So Rance Adams hit the streets to ask you guys: what drives you crazy about the way news media covers winter weather?
