To: NY.SS-Bar9
The hype comes from privately owned weather services (e.g. TWC) hawking for advertising. The more they stir doom, the more people will tune in.
7 posted on
08/22/2007 7:16:47 AM PDT by
NautiNurse
(McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
To: NautiNurse
The hype comes from privately owned weather services (e.g. TWC) hawking for advertising. The more they stir doom, the more people will tune in.Is it possible that NOAA, with 800+ million in tax dollars, forces TWC and others to rely on a more sensational style to compete?
20 posted on
08/22/2007 7:55:39 AM PDT by
NY.SS-Bar9
(DR #1692)
To: NautiNurse
I swear, Dean could have gone further south, crossed over Central America, re-emerged in the Pacific and regenerated, and Fox and TWC would still be breathlessly speculating about the potential of Dean hitting Padre Island.
25 posted on
08/22/2007 8:07:49 AM PDT by
dirtboy
(Impeach Chertoff and Gonzales. We can't wait until 2009 for them to be gone.)
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