The hype has two engines:
The cable channels’ motive for hype, is financial.
When their ratings, driven by out-hyping their competition, rise - the rates they can charge for commercials likewise increase. Hype is money.
For Obama, lefties were hoping upon hope he would look “leaderly”. Now he looks once again, like Michael Dukakis. But even more obviously desperate for a photo op.
The entire liberal propaganda operation looks very foolish.
It’s as if there has been no other news in the world for the past week except Irene.
And now that it’s fizzling out, and the actual damage is far less than feared, will the media look foolish for obsessing over it for an entire week?????
I agree completely. After this debacle I hope they can construct a strategy to gracefully back away from the "doomsday mode" and truthfully report what people are likely to encounter when the outlook improves as it did in this case.
I heard Weather Channel on-camera meteorologist say earlier today that “he felt let down” because Irene had become a tropical storm just before hitting New York city.