[opendtv] Re: Wha' Happened to the FCC?
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:59:29 -0500
At 3:48 PM -0500 3/3/10, Cliff Benham wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
More like voyeurism. It's the same reason that dumb news reporters
stand in hurricane force winds to report on what is happening
during a hurricane - It's almost like being there!
Hmm. Nevermind that with TV you can see where the eye of the storm
is and note its progress.
Clearly when one of these storms is on the prowl, more people that
could be affected tend to watch various sources of news/weather to
track the storms progress.
But this is not the exclusive domain of local TV stations, just
something they do because it affects their viewers. The Weather
Channel gets a much bigger bump (and higher ad rates) when they go
into "Hurricane Mode."
I use web based weather services rather than TV because the latest
information is always available on demand and I can analyze more data
- there are typically 6 or more computer models with wildly varying
projections.
Not much difference between watching a TV weather report or hearing
the latest coordinates on the radio. But TV does have a huge
advantage showing the destruction after the storm!
And that is mostly voyeurism unless it's your house that the tree fell on.
Regards
Craig
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