I have no taste to see someone get hit by debris on national television. It’s a minor miracle that it doesn’t happen more often, really.
Ah, it's "Let's Kill Our Reporters By Making Them Stand Out In Life-Threatening Hurricanes" season.
— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) October 7, 2016
But Moe, how else are we going to weed out the weak reporters?
Point, but Waffle House just went to Code Red. Stay safe, man.
Eh, it’s not much more dangerous than filming on the edge of a busy street. Especially if they’re beside the ocean for maximum visual effect. (Where all the wind can pick up and throw at you, is water.)
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(You probably don’t want to hear about my unit using ponchos and a hill for some impromptu typhoon hang-gliding, do you?)
Insane fun is still fun. But reporters standing in the middle of a flood zone in a hurricane, talking about how dangerous it is to be out in a hurricane, is just stupid. And if someone died, it would be a ratings bonanza.
Shortly after making national news by lying about school children cheering at the announcement of Kennedy’s assassination, Dan Rather pioneered the practice of appearing live with the winds of the hurricane whipping about him.
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Alt-history inflection point:
During that live broadcast, he was struck by lightning.
Seven times.
The media gets religion about that “bearing false witness” thing.
His scorched yellow slicker is still on display as you enter CBS headquarters, as a reminder to all.