In an article in today's Daily Telegraph, some of the "old stagers" from the BBC Weather Centre, take a swipe at today's "young whippersnappers" who take to our screens several times each day to bring us the latest forecast.
In words that might be suited to an article in the final edition of the News of the World, Michael Fish, Bill Giles & John Kettley(all trained meteorologists), feel that some of their replacements were only employed because they were cheap & looked good in front of the camera.Unlike in their day, they claim that many television forecasters these days do not know " what the hell they are talking about" & are prone to exaggeration, using expressions such as "bitterly cold"when quite inappropriate.
The veterans say that they all started because they had a passion for the subject from school-days, whereas now, motivation is more to do with getting on television.
I agree with much of what the veterans say & think if often appears that some of the younger presenters must have had minimum training in meteorology. It also comes across that the BBC have a distinct preference for the younger presenters, especially attractive females; the older woman is definitely out! Barry
THE GREAT BRITISH WEATHER starts on WEDNESDAY, BBC1.
No comments:
Post a Comment