And the winner of the Idiot of the Month award goes to Saint Louis' self proclaimed "News Channel" Five, or it's more realistic name: "Idiot Channel Five"
A new TV season is upon us and St. Louis' Idiot Channel (and the rest of the TV morons who pass themselves off as weather experts) has again taken to interrupting prime time programming to put up crappy graphics warning of thunderstorms a hundred miles away. Yep, just when a good show like "The West Wing" gets to a critical moment the local "meteorologist" will break in and tell you about the severe thunderstorm warning issued for a county literally 95 miles away. Never mind the fact that the people in that county can't see these warnings or infinite crawls at the bottom of the screen because they are too far away. And keep in mind the fact that the government makes the local cable or satellite carriers black out Saint Louis stations in favor of this county's local affiliates.
I don't know what is more maddening. The arrogance of the consultants who urge Idiot Channel Five and their Tv brethren to put up these lame ass warnings or the station execs wanting to show off their expensive weather toys.
So, TV managers here it is: wake up! If there is a tornado that is about to hit my house let me know. Otherwise keep your crap and weather promotions off of my television set while I am watching a network program.
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