I would suspect that the “small ring of blood” was likely where someone had been sitting.
However, within a few weeks, I expect that the weatherman will be picked up by a major network, because he has passed their “morals” test. No joke.
I first became aware that the networks “promoted perversion” when a sportscaster was caught drinking in a motel room with two underage girls. He was immediately fired by his local station, but then was picked up by a major network, at about five times his previous salary, to be one of their sportscasters.
Oddly enough, this is not unique to the MSM. The Clintons deeply distrusted anyone around them who had no known perversion, corruption, severe mental illness, or deviation. They felt they could not trust them, because they had no “dirt” on them. Their assumption was that “everyone” is like that, but that some hide it better than others.
I've heard that from liberals before - they don't trust people who are 'good'... It's a strange world.