Weather in the Media: TV, TABLOIDS etc.

Hooter23 · 26-10-2013 07:30PM #1

Documentary Is or weather getting worse on More4 at 19:55 for anyone interested hope its not about this global warming B.S:pac:

Hooter23 · 14-11-2013 12:04AM

On tommorows newspaper The Star or the The Sun it said "Killer Floods on Way".
Where do they get this garbage from:rolleyes:

nelly17 · 14-11-2013 10:03AM

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/442873/Coldest-winter-in-modern-times-on-way-with-snow-forecast-for-Britain-starting-next-week

I wonder will we see another winter like last year with essentially a line of atlantic airmass over the irish sea fending off the siberian cold

maquiladora · 14-11-2013 10:10AM

nelly17 wrote: »

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/442873/Coldest-winter-in-modern-times-on-way-with-snow-forecast-for-Britain-starting-next-week

I wonder will we see another winter like last year with essentially a line of atlantic airmass over the irish sea fending off the siberian cold

Have a read of this, you should ignore every tabloid weather story like the plague, especially from the Express.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jun/15/daily-express-weather-forecast-jonathan-powell

nelly17 · 14-11-2013 10:12AM

maquiladora wrote: »

Have a read of this, you should ignore every tabloid weather story like the plague, especially from the Express.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jun/15/daily-express-weather-forecast-jonathan-powell

Bah ha ha thats deadly, cheers

leahyl · 14-11-2013 10:40AM

Hooter23 wrote: »

On tommorows newspaper The Star or the The Sun it said "Killer Floods on Way".
Where do they get this garbage from:rolleyes:

They should really be pulled up on this stuff - I mean that is completely false

Larbre34 · 14-11-2013 11:23AM

Good for the Guardian, but if zombie Express readers want to spend 30p on a peurile rag thats their problem

How about a charter ban on referencing baseless media weather articles? The good and valid sources are well known on the forum.

Lumi · 14-11-2013 11:55AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

How about a charter ban on referencing baseless media weather articles? The good and valid sources are well known on the forum.

A charter ban is a bit extreme. If people want to discuss/reference/critique these tabloid reports they can do it in this general 'weather in the media' thread

Hero777 · 16-11-2013 10:45PM

100 DAYS OF HEAVY SNOW: Britain now facing worst winter in SIXTY YEARS warn forecasters

Talk about an eye catching headline!!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/443462/Winter-2013-expected-to-be-worst-since-1947-with-heavy-and-persistent-snow-forecast-for-UK

mike65 · 17-11-2013 12:24AM

Didn't they promise that last winter?

Someone should sue the Express for causing needless distress and expenditure by local authorities (okay I doubt the average council takes that rag seriously!)

http://themediablog.typepad.com/the-media-blog/2012/08/daily-express-weather-headlines.html

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2013-10-13/the-met-office-responds-to-headlines-warning-of-worst-winter-in-decades/

Once again it is the season for speculation and big headlines regarding what the weather will do over the winter period. The front page of the Daily Express (Saturday 12th October) claims: ‘Worst winter for decades: Record-breaking snow predicted for November’.

We saw similar headlines last year and instead winter 12/13 ended up being only the 43rd coldest on record with an average temperature of 3.3C and flooding until the turn of the year.

ZX7R · 17-11-2013 12:45AM

Looks like bad weather stories are taking over from sex scandal's as there best seller's:rolleyes:

mike65 · 17-11-2013 02:49PM

Comment from Joe Public under the Express "worst winter since '47" story

Go to the beach and pick up a pebble.

Take it home and place outside on the windowsill.

If the pebble is wet its raining

If the pebble is warm its sunny.

If the pebble is cold its cold.

If you can't find the pebble its foggy.

Who needs the Met office.

finnbob123 · 17-11-2013 03:43PM

has anyone seen this article released this morning I know its England but surely it would apply here if its true figures crossed
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/443462/Winter-2013-expected-to-be-worst-since-1947-with-heavy-and-persistent-snow-forecast-for-UK

DOCARCH · 17-11-2013 03:56PM

finnbob123 wrote: »

...if its true...[/url]

They publish this sort of article every winter and nearly every week! When reading the Express you should also have a good stock of Saxa!!!

Loughc · 17-11-2013 04:35PM

finnbob123 wrote: »

have yew seen this, probably a lode of bullsh#t but anyway
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/443462/Winter-2013-expected-to-be-worst-since-1947-with-heavy-and-persistent-snow-forecast-for-UK

Better chance of seeing a field full of unicorns!

wexie · 17-11-2013 04:43PM

Loughc wrote: »

Better chance of seeing a field full of unicorns!

Arctic air will roar in from the North Pole later this week, triggering the start of the worst winter in many people's lifetimes.

James Madden, forecaster for Exacta Weather, said Britain is braced for “copious” snowfall this winter with extreme cold expected to last into the spring.
He added that Britain faces “an incomparable scenario to anything we have experienced in modern times”.

Sounds somewhat overly dramatic no?

tylercollins · 17-11-2013 05:54PM

wexie wrote: »

Sounds somewhat overly dramatic no?

Imagine it actually happened :eek:

tylercollins · 18-11-2013 10:31AM

Some bull from Daily Express this morning by none other than Nathan Rao!

Arctic blast to last a month: Warning as freezing winds bring snow and ice chaos

B1gft · 18-11-2013 04:23PM

The express newspaper is saying
100 DAYS OF HEAVY SNOW: Britain now facing worst winter in SIXTY YEARS warn forecasters
Click here

Please someone tell me, this is bull!

Saganist · 18-11-2013 04:25PM

B1gft wrote: »

The express newspaper is saying
100 DAYS OF HEAVY SNOW: Britain now facing worst winter in SIXTY YEARS warn forecasters
Click here

Please someone tell me, this is bull!

It's bull.

Victor Meldrew · 18-11-2013 05:00PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

They publish this sort of article every winter and nearly every week! When reading the Express you should also have a good stock of Saxa!!!

It was good of them to include a pic of the 1947 edition. Read below the weather headline and you can see that the paper was always a rag...

Do they publish this when someone says "hold the front page", and then it falls through...

It's like that "Loreumn ipsum" filler text...

mike65 · 18-11-2013 05:15PM

Three different people have now managed to post links to the same article, doesn't anyone read a thread before they post?

Lumi · 19-11-2013 04:25PM

Taken from The Daily Mash

Britain to be hit by entirely typical weather

TEMPERATURES in the UK are going to fall sharply over the coming weeks because that is what happens at this time of year, it has been claimed.

Meteorologists believe that winter, a spell of short, cold days commonly defined as a season, will be more or less exactly what you would expect.

Professor Henry Brubaker of the Institute for Studies said: “Household fuel costs will rise considerably as families try to increase the temperature of their homes.

“People on the verge of death may die.

"During winter snow can often reach the ground

“Ice and snow will create icy, snowy conditions.

“Your car will refuse to start.

“Because it’s winter.

“It’s really nothing to freak out about, unless you’re a pre-Neanderthal cave dweller who believes sunsets are caused by Gark, the angry moon god.”

He added: “There’s a high probability that this winter will be followed by another sudden, weather-related phenomenon known as spring.”

Housewife Nikki Hollis said: “The important thing is to stay inside, carry a flaming torch at all times and don’t be sentimental about eating your plumpest child.”

tylercollins · 21-11-2013 11:24PM

WINTER 2013 TO BE LONGEST IN HISTORY: Heavy snow could fall until MAY warn forecasters

ninebeanrows · 21-11-2013 11:59PM

tylercollins wrote: »

WINTER 2013 TO BE LONGEST IN HISTORY: Heavy snow could fall until MAY warn forecasters

How does that stuff get published, I suppose because we keep clicking on it.

tylercollins · 22-11-2013 12:06AM

Beats me! I came across this the other day... The Daily Express and their obsession with THE WEATHER

dave1982 · 24-11-2013 01:13AM

Snow in England until...............May!!!!!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/444385/Long-range-UK-weather-forecast-warns-snow-storms-and-Arctic-winds-could-last-SIX-months

Kippure · 24-11-2013 01:25AM

dave1982 wrote: »

Snow in England until...............May!!!!!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/444385/Long-range-UK-weather-forecast-warns-snow-storms-and-Arctic-winds-could-last-SIX-months

Horse ****

but I wouldn't mind if it did happen:):)

dave1982 · 24-11-2013 01:35AM

A bit of a stretch alright :pac:

Onthe3rdDay · 24-11-2013 03:55AM

Would you leave the Daily Express alone. It's using the wild weather Headlines to wean itself off the Diana headlines:D

(Not forgetting the weekly cure for Arthritis and the Migrants.)

tylercollins · 24-11-2013 11:14PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlk20ZSN5bA

Weather in the Media: TV, TABLOIDS etc.

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