Weatherman sues TV station for hiring hotties

How qualified do you really have to be, to be a weatherman? Especially in LA?

Good god, weathermen are wrong 90% of the time! I think the only thing you need to be a weatherman is a goofy personality, plastic looks and a name like Doc, Skip or Flip.

 

I don't think that photo is doctored but I'm pretty sure his face is.

 

Looks like someone designed him on FIFA 12 Creation Centre.

 

I worry about the legal precedent a win by this weatherman would set. I mean, think of the strip clubs. Now, instead of hiring on looks and age, they would have to hire based on ACTUAL ABILITY to strip. That could be truly awful.

 

His "TPIR" audition.

 

It may not be racist or sexist to say this and is an easy joke to make...but being friends of numerous meteorologists in the biz, that's a shitty thing to say.

Anyone could say the same thing about sports writers..."all they need to do is go watch a game and write what happened...who needs a degree for that?"

There is a HUGE difference between a weathercaster and an actual meteorologist.

I can put a Band-Aid on someone, or tell them they have a cold if they are shivering and blowing their nose...but it doesn't make me a doctor. Why? I don't have the proper training or certification.

I have no weather background, only a broadcasting degree...I could never be a meteorologist. Why? I don't have the proper degree. Same goes for some bimbos (not all of them, mind you).

If you see a TV weather person with a AMS seal...they worked their ass of to get that! They don't hand them out like candy. And it's not like once you get it...you get to keep it...you have to continue to prove yourself to keep it. There are also NWA and CBM seals, but AMS is the usual seal you will see.

TV sucks. It's a shallow biz that sucks out your soul. But meteorologists are usually the brightest ones in the room since they actually busted their asses to get to be one.

Maybe the should come up with a sports seal of approval so we can get rid of the majority of ass clowns on TV and/or radio and newspapers that claim to know sports. Then again, I might be out of a job then! LOL

 

Did he sue Mark Goodson for not being interviewed for a Barker's Beauty spot?

 

To echo what Spike said..

I've been in the local TV news business for 20+ years, and the vast majority of meteorologists I've been around have been absolutely hardcore about the science part of the job. They know their stuff.

Coincidentally, perhaps, a really high percentage of them are licensed pilots, including both of the evening guys at my station.

 

Spike, that is all true, but do viewers care? Especially in LA where it's 72 most of the year and it's major breaking news story if one drop of rain falls?

Call me shallow, but I'd much rather watch the fetching Jackie Johnson than the Dallas Raineses and Johnny Mountains of the world.

 

Thank God I'm pretty.

 

You'd be surprised how many viewers care. There are people who are absolutely obsessive over this stuff.

Having said that, LA and San Diego are two markets -- and possibly two of the only markets -- where you could easily get away with not knowing much. There are so few weather "events" of any kind there, it sets the bar pretty low.

 

To take your point then (that we only air/write about things the viewer "cares" about): Local media would be nothing but team photos of "national" titles, Cheerleading awards and "participation" lists of youth sports along with gamers about the team winning,or "trying hard" when they lose (if the coach even calls, faxes/e-mails info in a loss) and dead deer pics.

Who cares what viewers think...you don't want credibility? I'm not using L.A. as an example. I don't live there, I don't know..but I don't watch local TV for "hotties", I have Internet porn for that.