TV meteorologist objected to management’s ‘code red’ orders
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TV meteorologist objected to management’s ‘code red’ orders
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#2Fair use says it's actually not their protected content. You just come from a long line of coward journalists that dont respect the 1st Amendment
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I think this situation is a lot like the "shouting fire in a crowded theater" example.
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#6I guess I'm not super concerned, because I stopped watching TV news a long long time ago. In general they do everything they can to spread fear, and this is just an extension of that.
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#7Their corporate contact email: comments@sbgi.net
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#8AFAICT there's no universally agreed upon meteorological definition for "code red day." Rather, this is just something Sinclair made up for "risk of severe weather." A "code red" is also used to refer to air quality[1]. And fire risk[2]. There's also the CodeRED alert system[3].
So since this is just made up by Sinclair and doesn't have any technical definiton, what's this guy complaining about? This is Sinclair after all.
1. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/Pages...
2. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/3rd-...
Re: TV meteorologist objected to management’s ‘code red’ orders
#9AFAICT there's no universally agreed upon meteorological definition for "code red day." Rather, this is just something Sinclair made up for "risk of severe weather." A "code red" is also used to refer to air quality[1]. And fire risk[2]. There's also the CodeRED alert system[3]. So since this is just made up by Sinclair and doesn't have any technical definiton, what's this guy complaining about? This is Sinclair afte…
The problem is that most of the people who are watching don't know that "code red" has no real meaning, and they may decide what action to take based on what the TV station says. Those actions could end up being costly and unnecessary.
As the article says toward the end:
> Other meteorologists aren’t a fan of proprietary alert days to begin with, expressing reluctance toward alerts that don’t originate from the National Weather Service.
> “To me, the best option is communicating the risks issued by the Storm Prediction Center,” wrote Kit Cloninger, weekend meteorologist at KSNB in Hastings, Neb. “It’s simple, and consistency is key with broadcasting. Otherwise, viewers may wonder why one station issued an ‘alert day’ while another one didn’t.”
> Jamie Moker, a University of Arizona researcher working on improving weather modeling, agrees.
> “Branding is not universal across all stations,” he wrote. After all, the National Weather Service already has more than 100 types of weather alerts it can issue. Moker argued that the solution isn’t for stations to create more alerts but to work on communicating existing ones.
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#10I guess I'm not super concerned, because I stopped watching TV news a long long time ago. In general they do everything they can to spread fear, and this is just an extension of that.
I believe fear mongering has substantial long term negative mental health effects - something I hope will be addressed in my lifetime.