Poll of the Day > Is the liberal media over sensationalizing Irma?

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Might it be that they are trying to make the female named hurricane sounds stronger than it is to support their feminist agenda?

Oh shut up.
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24-hour news cycle, and it's associated disaster of the week.

They're both over sensationalizing Irma and under sensationalizing it at the same time. They're so worked up about Irma possibly hitting the US that they kinda' forgot that it already did hit the US. Puerto Rico deserves more attention than it's getting.
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Golden Road posted...

Puerto Rico deserves more attention than it's getting.

But, the Puerto Rican bankruptcy was a dozen panic-cycles ago.

Golden Road posted...

They're both over sensationalizing Irma and under sensationalizing it at the same time. They're so worked up about Irma possibly hitting the US that they kinda' forgot that it already did hit the US. Puerto Rico deserves more attention than it's getting.

I've seen quite a bit of coverage from the islands that news teams were able to get to so...no?
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Rush Limbaugh actually made this accusation (specifically that the mainstream media is overblowing the hurricane's potential dangers).

Not even making that up. The hard right now thinks that weather reports are fake news.
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Golden Road posted...

They're both over sensationalizing Irma and under sensationalizing it at the same time. They're so worked up about Irma possibly hitting the US that they kinda' forgot that it already did hit the US. Puerto Rico deserves more attention than it's getting.

Yep, the especially considering fact that the storm was bigger than the island sort of warrants a bit more attention

Then again, the media has been such a shit show over and over again
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It is the worst storm in history, coming right after Houston. The claim doesn't make much sense either as global warming is MSNBC's cash cow as well. If anything Fox News and other outlets might be avoiding it because Trump thinks it's a conspiracy theory.

Looks like it was a big flop, not worse than Harvey

wah_wah_wah posted...

Looks like it was a big flop, not worse than Harvey

The measured strengths of its winds were definitely not a flop; did you see what it did to Barbuda and St. Martin? The U.S. mainland is fucking lucky that 1) it weakened from a category 5 and 2) its path moved westward in the last 24 hours. The Keys are still getting rocked and we'll see how badly central FL gets it.

Also odd to see a storm considered a "flop" if it doesn't result in dilapidation >__> that's a good thing.
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Does the Caribbean get dominated by hurricanes every year? There's one coming behind Irma that's supposed to be bad too. I don't think I'd want to live there.

SkynyrdRocker posted...

Does the Caribbean get dominated by hurricanes every year?

No.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

wah_wah_wah posted...

Looks like it was a big flop, not worse than Harvey

The measured strengths of its winds were definitely not a flop; did you see what it did to Barbuda and St. Martin? The U.S. mainland is fucking lucky that 1) it weakened from a category 5 and 2) its path moved westward in the last 24 hours. The Keys are still getting rocked and we'll see how badly central FL gets it.

Also odd to see a storm considered a "flop" if it doesn't result in dilapidation >__> that's a good thing.

From a media hype standpoint, it flopped. But yeah. I'd only classify 2 as being lucky. The weakening of the storm was expected. Even at Cat 3, a direct hit on Miami probably would have cleaned out the entire city.

This is the only news I watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5j1GPjszew

Is it biased? You tell me.

No, people are legitimately pissed their shit is blowing away.

It is strange that the hurricane has dominated so much of the airtime and media outlets are barely talking about the massive wildfires in the northwest
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Mead posted...

It is strange that the hurricane has dominated so much of the airtime and media outlets are barely talking about the massive wildfires in the northwest

Because we have wildfires here literally every year.

Chaos Genesis posted...

Oh shut up.

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Dash_Harber posted...

Mead posted...

It is strange that the hurricane has dominated so much of the airtime and media outlets are barely talking about the massive wildfires in the northwest

Because we have wildfires here literally every year.

How often do you think hurricanes happen?
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Tbh I didn't even realize the wildfires were ongoing because I was sucked into hurricane mode

I have family in the south and none in the PNW, sorry for the selfishness :>
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SkynyrdRocker posted...

There's one coming behind Irma that's supposed to be bad too.

Looks like Jose is weakening:
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/09/11/Hurricane-Jose-slowly-weakening-in-the-Atlantic/9571504625837/

Mead posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

Mead posted...

It is strange that the hurricane has dominated so much of the airtime and media outlets are barely talking about the massive wildfires in the northwest

Because we have wildfires here literally every year.

How often do you think hurricanes happen?

Fair enough.

darkknight109 posted...

Rush Limbaugh actually made this accusation (specifically that the mainstream media is overblowing the hurricane's potential dangers).

Not even making that up. The hard right now thinks that weather reports are fake news.

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The media will over sensationalize anything, regardless of what it actually is, or how good or bad it actually is.
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TigerTycoon posted...

The media will over sensationalize anything, regardless of what it actually is, or how good or bad it actually is.

This is the core truth that gets lost in Limbaugh firehosing.

Media coverage only really needs to be:
"There's a hurricane coming - head for the hills."
"Hurricane is still coming - why haven't you left yet?"
"Hurricane's here - you're fucked now!"
"Hurricane's gone."

Instead, there seems to be some compulsive need to send a van down and have a guy stand on the street in the middle of the hurricane, then point cameras at all the dumbasses who didn't flee.