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2016-10-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

WAPO: Drudge May Have ‘Put People's Lives At Risk' By Questioning Hurricane's Strength

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-08 04:21|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

A Fox News anchor made startling predictions about the destruction Hurricane Matthew may cause as it continues along the east coast of America.

Popular presenter Shep Smith used strong words to implore Florida residents to evacuate before disaster strikes.

He said: "This moves 20 miles to the west, and you and everyone you know are dead — all of you — because you can't survive it.
"It's not possible unless you're very, very lucky. And your kids die, too."

Link to Telegraph article.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-08 04:34|| 2016-10-08 04:34|| Front Page Top

#2 An indication that Fox News is not what it used to be is the fact that this Chicken Little daily continues to spew his nonsense. It is too bad that Ailes doesn't combine with Limbaugh and Hannity (and other interested parties) to put their money where their collective mouths are and create a new television news service.

Posted by Shick de Medici6262 2016-10-08 06:17|| 2016-10-08 06:17|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not just Fox, it's the entire industry.

"Harold, do you have someone in the audience? Yes Pat, my husband Edward."
~Wheel of Fortune.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-08 06:56|| 2016-10-08 06:56|| Front Page Top

#4 A Bing search for "Hurricane Matthew fatalities" turns up results of 0 to 4 fatalities. The same search on gurgle turns up 3-6 fatalities. At least two were people killed by falling trees, according to the articles returned in the searches. Each death is a tragedy, who knows how avoidable any of them was. No mass extinction event in any case, media hysteria notwithstanding.

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-10-08 07:33|| 2016-10-08 07:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, people have their own brains, they make their own decisions.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-10-08 08:19|| 2016-10-08 08:19|| Front Page Top

#6 When will we fly-overs ever learn to listen to the golden words of our betters?
Excuse me while I sop the drool off my chin.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2016-10-08 08:24|| 2016-10-08 08:24|| Front Page Top

#7 800+ dead in Haiti.

Posted by Knuckles Flutch2169 2016-10-08 10:21|| 2016-10-08 10:21|| Front Page Top

#8 ... Drudge warned Haiti and the US of when there was extreme danger and when the danger became less extreme. WAPO did niether.

Posted by Knuckles Flutch2169 2016-10-08 10:26|| 2016-10-08 10:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Samenow, who also serves as the Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist, attacked Drudge in an article entitled, "Drudge Report’s playing down and politicizing of Hurricane Matthew was "deplorable."

Mr. Samenow and his newspaper don't understand irony, do they?

Posted by Raj 2016-10-08 12:05|| 2016-10-08 12:05|| Front Page Top

#10 800+ dead in Haiti.

A tragedy. But Haiti is not Florida.

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-08 12:19|| 2016-10-08 12:19|| Front Page Top

#11 I saw that Beso; I think Pat rolled his eyes as best he could. I think there was another time but woman and wife.

But that is a game show, and marketed as such. Too many people tune into entertainment news thinking that the bobble heads are giving news reports instead of what they are really doing; entertaining the viewer to stay on the channel for ratings.

Chicken Little (I like that) is the scabies of entertainment news.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-08 13:02|| 2016-10-08 13:02|| Front Page Top

#12 The whole industry; I was watching a knock down baseball game, and the commenters for almost the entire half of the inning were lamenting the failure of the Metros to get past the wildcard. They were rooting for the home team - New York.

We get tv stations trying to out spectacular each other during tornado season. When the media gets into spectacular mode it is healthy to step back and take a look for yourself.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-08 13:17|| 2016-10-08 13:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Don't confuse Drudgereport (a link aggregator that rarely editorializes) with Drudge's tweets.

Posted by KBK 2016-10-08 15:13|| 2016-10-08 15:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Did any Florida weather station actually record hurricane force winds?

Posted by The peanut gallery 2016-10-08 18:30|| 2016-10-08 18:30|| Front Page Top

#15

800+ dead in Haiti.

So, fewer dead than from the UN setting up shop?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-10-08 19:34|| 2016-10-08 19:34|| Front Page Top

#16 The peanut gallery

Several places in Florida had peak wind gusts (5 second average) over 75 mph on Oct 7 but none had peak wind speeds (2 minute average) over 75mph

Posted by lord garth 2016-10-08 22:09|| 2016-10-08 22:09|| Front Page Top

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