When you have a moment, would you Toronto-based news anchors and editors mind letting us know if there’s any end in sight to the Winter Weather Wallop: A Special Report you’ve subjected the nation to for the past 5 days? Two days of national pre-storm “a lot of snow is going to fall” coverage, followed by two days of national “the snow is now falling” coverage and today’s “a lot of snow fell” coverage is beginning to wear thin. It’s a story line we’ve seen before. We pretty much know how it turns out.
Last time I checked, it’s December. Logically speaking, snow in December isn’t news.
Now that I mention it, neither is it news when rain falls in May, wind blows in October, heat bakes in July, or cold snaps in March. But for reasons you haven’t bothered to explain, you treat it as such. And your interest knows no borders – it seems as though no Canadian newscast is complete without a storm report from Miami, or flood warning for Las Vegas.
If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion, please do something to restore your role as a news anchor. For starters, report news. Stop stealing material from your weatherman.
(And since I’m in the mood to give advice to anchor chairs – here’s a freebie. The next time your script includes a tour stop for the Spice Girls, fire somebody. That’s rightfully the domain of your advertising department).
I realize I’m just a lowly media consumer, and you’re a respected TV journalist, so don’t feel as though you need to pay any attention whatsoever to a word of this. You just keep staring at that drain, and I’ll just keep staring at my computer screen*. One of these days, you’ll figure out that sucking sound.
Isn’t there some leftard show called “Angry Planet”?
So now it’s not just animals that posess human emotion, now a big planet can become vengeful for past injustices.
Bambi syndrome for the globally insane.
thousands of Torontoians not coming to visit for Christmas, is just not that tragic… it means more turkey for me, and all the “stuffing” I can shovel into me.
in the old movie “Airport” is there a remark about the snow in Chicago… and how this airport is uniquely qualified to deal with this problem?
I’d call it an inconvienence. but not much more… it’s far removed from the ice storm in Quebec of a few years back.
It’s just like, real winter weather. So “not really” winter weather is international news, but this “normal” winter weather, is just national news?
I detect a note of frustration (anger? … detest?) in Kate’s post. but I don’t wonder why…
The MSM blithely broadcasts the Angst of December in Toronto, because, poor souls, they continue to believe that anybody in the ROC actually cares what happens to, or in, Toronto.
propaganda and brain washing of the younger generations
This is the most despicable thing about the scare-mongering. But the lefties know they have to get ’em young before logic and critical thinking kick in.
Meanwhile, a couple hours north in Ottawa, there’s angst over the snowplowing budget, buses & minivans stuck on every corner, and thousands and thousands of happy little kids. Too bad they didn’t fully close the schools Monday.
I live in the only country where I’ve heard someone say “I had to dig out the snowman” 🙂
Ok KevinB, It’s undeniable you’ve suffered through a major snow storm but I think the question here is just how much press does this deserve. The media tend to trip over themselves trying to find anything resembling a story. One report stood out to me. The Post reported 70 accidents between 4am and noon in “Eastern Ontario alone.” Now think of the thousands upon thousands of trips back and forth, to and from, during that time frame…and think Eastern Ontario! Do you not agree that 70 accidents is an insignificant number not worth reporting. In fact the story there is how few accidents there were but that wouldn’t fit.
“Nor is it regular snow”
Nooooo, in tarawna its a special, cold snow unlike that snow in Sask. thats ummm-cold.
Horny Toad
Boots:
I doubt there were “thousands upon thousands of trips” during that time period. I live in Toronto, but our family cottage is on Lake Champlain, south of Montreal. More than once, while making the drive for a skiing vacation (why didn’t God put a decent ski hill near Toronto?!), we’ve decided to pull off at a local motel, rather than chancing an accident driving where whiteouts and black ice are frequent. I’m sure most of the drivers in Eastern Ontario just stayed put. I’m too lazy to look it up, as it’s late, but I’d be interested to see what the number of accidents have been on weekends where there was no snow. Perhaps you could report back?
You in CANADA realy need help thats for sure