The Weather Lady Who Failed To Report The Weather

Today, while I was going over sentences for where I found the word for my definitions in Amusing Ourselves to Death, I had to stop and look over these sentences again: “For television is at its most trivial and, therefore, most dangerous when its aspirations are high, when it presents itself as a carrier of important cultural conversations. The irony here is that this is what intellectuals and critics are constantly urging television to do. The trouble with such people is that they do not take television seriously enough.” (pg. 16-17) When I saw this, I decided to see exactly what Postman was talking about, so I turned to the news. As I sat there and watched, and waited for the weather woman to say the weather - not exactly the most exciting thing to wait for - I was quite surprised that she never actually got to it. Instead, she spoke only of the lifestyles and fashion of some rap star’s wife. I was quite shocked, and I wondered why she was not fired. However, it was just the opposite, this weather girl is the most popular one on the show, and she didn’t even say the weather! I’m sure this has been discussed before me, but I am still stunned by it. Why is it so hard to go over the weather without getting distracted by the starlets and entertainers? I’ve lost hope in our media, and, frankly, our attention spans. Save it for TMZ, weather lady.