http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242 A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-23696 Funky Dung Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:52:36 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-23696 <blockquote>"My sole source of news is the daily paper."</blockquote>"Print is dead." - Egon Spengler ;) "My sole source of news is the daily paper.""Print is dead." - Egon Spengler
]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9145 Tom Smith Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:51:20 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9145 I never, EVER watch TV news. It's a waste of time. My sole source of news is the daily paper. http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9112 Jerry Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:43:06 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9112 I quite agree with your assessment, though in my opinion anyone who still bothers watching TV news is asking for the irritation. http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9094 Rob Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:39:53 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9094 FD, No one watches the news where they do the simple 5 day weather. Well, except you and me, which really proves how out of fashion it would be! :) As for "why all the extraneous Gizmo detail, it's actually because Pittsburgh is a forecaster's nightmare. We tend to get three separate streams that determine our weather. Historically, weather prediction has been terrible here. Joe said it would -- and it didn't. They're trying to prove to you that they're doing the best they can. The last day of the 5-day is almost voodoo. Finally, between floods and that nasty winter storm in the 1990s on March 21st, folks around here are jumpy. By hyping the anxiety, you create a feedback condition where people are more likely to watch your news. It's what the public wants. The public are morons.
No one watches the news where they do the simple 5 day weather. Well, except you and me, which really proves how out of fashion it would be!

As for "why all the extraneous Gizmo detail, it's actually because Pittsburgh is a forecaster's nightmare. We tend to get three separate streams that determine our weather. Historically, weather prediction has been terrible here. Joe said it would — and it didn't. They're trying to prove to you that they're doing the best they can. The last day of the 5-day is almost voodoo.

Finally, between floods and that nasty winter storm in the 1990s on March 21st, folks around here are jumpy. By hyping the anxiety, you create a feedback condition where people are more likely to watch your news.

It's what the public wants. The public are morons.]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9093 Lightwave Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:28:12 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9093 I'm with Funky on the biased news. CNN Left, Fox Right (fair and balanced, anyone who watches believe that?), and local news is whatever the editor's agenda is. I figure if I listen to NPR in the morning and Rush Limbaugh in the afternoon maybe the left and right will balance out. Usually all that happens is a bit of nausea. If you do happen to find that un-biased news, please let the world know where it is ;)
I figure if I listen to NPR in the morning and Rush Limbaugh in the afternoon maybe the left and right will balance out. Usually all that happens is a bit of nausea.

If you do happen to find that un-biased news, please let the world know where it is ]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9072 emily t Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:59:24 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2242#comment-9072 Funny story...Katie and I watched ER last week and the first few minutes of the 11:00 news that followed. There was the potential for us to get an inch or two of snow, which, in all truthfulness, did cause a couple of fatalities earlier in the week. Regardless, the first story was "Let's go live to the North Side where it may start snowing at any time." I cannot believe that in the city of Pittsburgh, the most important and dramatic story is that it "may" start snowing. As you may or may not recall, no snow was on the ground Friday morning....
As you may or may not recall, no snow was on the ground Friday morning….]]>