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Denver Weather |
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Not what 9News stands for |
| Date Posted: |
06/05/2005 |
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Kathy is Sabine is what she is. Stunning to look at, with a smooth, polished voice and delivery. I have never seen anyone READ a severe thunderstorm warning any better.
However, her understanding of weather is extrordinarily shallow from what I observed on Friday. She is reduced to repeating, ad-nausium, the same thing (verbatim), over and over again. It was as if it was coming straight off of a script.
What was missing was any sort of interpretation of the information...any sort of analysis. That analysis and interpretation is what we expect from our weather "experts."
Of course you know what I am going to say next...everything that was missing from Kathy Sabine's weathercast is right there in front of you when watching Mike Nelson.
Unfortunately, I would have to agree that 9's coverage looks the best. |
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9News, in my opinion, has always been the station with the best look and deepest talent.
To go with someone like Kathy Sabine as chief, "weathercaster," (they can't call her a meteorologist because she doesn't have a degree), shows the level of arrogance that they have reached. They think that they can put pretty Kathy in front of viewers and ask them to look past the giddy smile and flirtatious looks, and see that she is actually someone they can trust for expert analysis in severe weather situations.
They will not, and they won't.
It was nowhere more apparent than on Firday, as she slowly and deliberately told us what we should do (go to the lowest level of your house...in an interior hallway...etc.), while everyone else in the market was giving us an idea of how this storm was behaving, where we might find the worst of it, what would happen in the next few hours, etc.
While she was expanding on the Tornado Warning, and what we should do to save ourselves, not one tornado touched down...
Flooding was the issue.
I have to agree that Mike outclassed Kathy by a wide margin on Friday. Wasn't even close.
Why 9 would go with a ditz like Sabine over Nelson must be a testament to the amount of money 7 was willing to pay.
9 will not be able to survive on looks alone forever.
The rest of us in this market are happy that KUSA is underestimating their viewership's intelligence so blatantly.
Keep at it KUSA!
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