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What makes a meteorologist? |
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vetmet |
| Date Posted: |
05/05/2005 |
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No horse beating here. Just a lot of obfuscation and going completely off topic among above posters.
This has NOTHING TO DO with viewer trust, or who's more accurate or has a better track record.
It's a TITLE. It's about who can claim the title of meteorologist! [and I challenge anyone without the training to read a morning weather map and show me where the greatest risk of tornados lies]
Without the TRAINING, you LACK the TOOLS. It's a SCIENCE, it's a PROFESSION, just like medicine, just like astronomy, geology, etc.
Weathercasters without ANY academic training--and the news directors who happily sanction them--who call themselves "meteorologist" on air with impunity DO diminish and demean the credibility of the whole industry (only a small fraction of which is in our little TV news fantasy world).
It's just part of the overall deterioration of quality and credibility in TV news. |
| Message: |
Is this your first day on Planet Earth?
Have you EVER seen a thread on this message board stay strictly on topic all the way through to the end? What fun would that be?
Please, insert sound of tongue sticking out here.
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