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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 429734" data-attributes="member: 27">Fear-mongering on local TV weather segments.There's a large hurricane swirling about in the open Atlantic over a thousand miles away.  It's heading northeast, away from not only Florida but the entire North American continent. It's obviously no danger to us, but the hurricane is the lead story on every local newscast.  Five, sometimes ten minutes of a local meteorologist breathlessly reporting every aspect of the storm as if our lives are in danger, with huge images of swirling storm bands and colorful graphics.  Only after all this hype does he/she quietly point out that the storm is no threat to the American mainland, much less the local area, and they toss back to the news anchor.They really are shameless.</blockquote>