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The view from snow-starved Baltimore .... now 0 for 2 on big snowstorm
busted forecasts this winter.
"Dire prophecies salted airwaves"
...Analysis: Monday-morning quarterbacking TV meteorologists'
fantabulous
forecasts.
(Source: Baltimore Sunpaper, 3/6/01)
So much for the Storm of the (Very Young) Century.
So long, one thought, to the Story of the (Very Young) Month.
And yet Baltimore's television stations clung to the story that they had
relentlessly covered this weekend. What had been dubbed "a monster
storm" Friday on WBAL became "The Snow Storm that Wasn't" yesterday on
WJZ.
On WBAL-AM, talk show host Chip Franklin asked: "Are you ever going to
believe TV news if they predict a big storm again? Is there pressure to
hype it from upper management? Is their integrity being compromised by
upper management in order to boost ratings?"
Full article:
http://www.sunspot.net/features/lifestyle/bal-to.snow06mar06.story?coll=bal%2Dartslife%2Dtoday
Or, if archived: http://www.sunspot.net/ and use 'search site' utility
and
type in ''dire prophecies''
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