inane weather coverage

[Jerry]

Reporters have always gone "in harm's way'". Think of the war correspondents in WW II. quite a few of them were injured or killed, the most famous being Ernie Pyle. It also happened in Korea, Viet Nam as well as the current conflicts. They know the risks they are taking.

[bigdad1]

Reporters have always gone "in harm's way'". Think of the war correspondents in WW II. quite a few of them were injured or killed, the most famous being Ernie Pyle. It also happened in Korea, Viet Nam as well as the current conflicts. They know the risks they are taking.

Not the same thing at all. Ernie Pyle was a hero and he was reporting something relevant such as a war in a time of no televisions or computers. Other war correspondents during Korea and Vietnam were also doing something worthwhile and they did know what risks they were taking. Telling a mid-twenties woman to go stand in the teeth of a hurricane isn't comparable. What does she know about risk? She just wants face time. The stations could put a remote camera out there and not risk lives. It isn't just the reporter who is at risk it is the police and fire and other rescue people who have to go help the dolts when they get into trouble. The reports from the middle of a storm or other natural disaster make as much sense to me as when the President or some other politician feels it necessary to spend taxpayers money to go see for them selves that indeed New Orleans is flooded.