+1richard1980 wrote:Here's how news works around here:
1. They tell me what they're going to tell me later.
2. Repeat step 1 a bunch of times.
3. Repeat step 1 again just for good measure.
4. Spend 30 seconds saying whatever it is.
5. Tell me there will be more details during the next news broadcast.
6. Repeat steps 1-4 (and possibly even step 5) for the next news broadcast.
That of course goes out the window during tornado season. A typical tornado news broadcast goes like this:
1. Talk about the tornado that hasn't formed yet.
2. Show video of the clouds for a while (from at least half a dozen different angles).
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until a tornado forms.
4. Once a tornado forms, show video of the tornado (again, from at least half a dozen different angles).
5. Repeat step 4 until the tornado dissipates.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 until the tornado threat is gone.
7. Spend the next 6-8 hours showing damage.
Here's what we're going to talk about
Here's what we're talking about
Here's what we talked about