This assumes facts not in evidence.
Most of us view the pure science of Oceanography, and the charting of currents and their seasonal changes as a pure waste of time. Who cares?
But there is a hundred years of great science ocean records, yet I have not seen a single instance of Ocean current experts providing critical input.
Or it may simply be that the average TV viewer is too stupid, dull and ignorant to be interested. So those viewers keep asking really stupid questions and making embarrassingly ignorant statements.
my bro is a retired captain.