A sample of headlines:
Yale Daily News:
Darien Times:
Fox News:
This is why I write postings like the one immediately below. Journalists are constantly misrepresenting weather forecasts as far less accurate than they are.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Just Because a Headline Writer Wasn't Paying Attention Doesn't Make a Storm a "Surprise"
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During our newscast this morning (in the Midwest), there was a tease to an upcoming story about the snowstorm. It was described as "unexpected." You better believe I put the kibosh to that immediately.
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