Reporters in Bad Weather

[Binro]

Why is it necessary for reporters to stand in the middle of bad weather to report the bad weather? Just get indoors, preferably the pub.

AIBU?

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

@KatherineofGaunt

YANBU. Have they never seen a disaster movie with bad weather? There's always a reporter who ends up meeting an unfortunate end live on air.

Yes! They usually get hit by the head of the Statue of Liberty, but given the weather on Saturday I wouldn't have been at all surprised to see that bowling past the window.

[KrispyKale]

The backwards and forwards wastes a lot of time imo. It happened at about the same time documentaries went repetitive and less in depth.

[DameAlyson]

Reeta / Huw / Christopher / Sophie just reading an autocue in London isn't going to catch anyone's interest.

But very often the reporter in the street/outside Number 10/outside Buckingham Palace doesn't know any more than the newsreader in the studio anyway.

[DevilishlyEvil]

[BashfulClam]

I’m in the west of Scotland, high wind here but not as bad as the east but I saw my first snow of the season earlier.

[Rachie1973]

@mrsfollowill

Were you watching the BBC news earlier?! Poor woman bracing herself against the howling wind, soaked to the skin, hair flying all over- she needs to get herself inside a warm pub next to the fire with a hot drink. I'm sure they do it to demonstrate just how bad the weather really is but I felt so sorry for her and she seemed quite pissed off really- I would be the same so I hope she is well paid and indoors now

Yes! In the blue Mac. Did you see the long ‘I’m so over this job’ blinks?

All the time advising us to ‘stay indoors’

[ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy]

It sounds like all the untethered bins are roaming down our street right now! 🙈

[MrsSkylerWhite]

ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy

How are you NW coast and not under a warning? The whole NW coast is yellow warning (unless you mean not the red warning?). “

Yes, sorry, by “the warning” I meant the red one.
Just pulled the curtains back to watch the wildness as I go to sleep.

[KrispyKale]

Plus they were told not to travel in the red zone.🤷

[Rainbowsew]

@RedRobin100

Lol OP I saw that poor woman in Stonehaven also

So ridiculous and unnecessary!! Just show bloody footage of the rain no need for her to be standing in the middle of a bloody hurricane getting soaked

Was just thinking the same, soaked and looked frozen poor thing!

[KrispyKale]

This was something we used to mock in US news.
I don't know what they are trying to prove.

[Kite22]

YABU. Bits like that make the news seem a lot more real.
Plus, as others have said, they haven't gone there just to do their 2 minute 'piece to camera' , they have travelled to get some human interest side to the story and some detail to fill in and make people think about it.
Reeta / Huw / Christopher / Sophie just reading an autocue in London isn't going to catch anyone's interest.

[MrsFin]

They don't need to interview the council in person though, and not if they are not actually interviewing the man in the street.

That was just one example though - maybe not the best.
At least 50% of the time DH and I say "they didn't need to go there too tell us that"

[ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy]

@MrsSkylerWhite

Wouldn’t want to be out there tonight in any circumstances. We’re in the NW, not even covered by the weather warning but already thinking we’ll be looking at the damage in the morning.
One of the cats wanted to go out a couple of hours ago. Rapidly changed her mind when I opened the door for a few seconds, she involuntarily have a toothy grin and the tea towel was whipped off of the oven door 🤣

How are you NW coast and not under a warning? The whole NW coast is yellow warning (unless you mean not the red warning?).

We're on the NW coast too. It's wild, and getting worse. Can't think we will get much sleep!

[Bootskates]

It does seem stupid. Especially when it's verging on dangerous.

Saying that when I'm heading off to work in a stuffy office in July and they're reporting gorgeous sunny weather from a beach in Devon or somewhere, it all balances out

[Persephoned]

Most of the time I don't know why they need to be "on location".
Like why do they need to go to Swindon High St to tell us Covid cases are rising in Swindon?
(I made that example up. Don't panic if you're from Swindon!)

Because they will have been there to speak to people, find out if that’s the case, interview the Swindon council leader, and generally do their job as a journalist which is a lot of things as well as doing a 1minute piece to camera

[Mapletreelane]

Damian from Drop the Dead Donkey did immediately spring to mind when I saw BBC reporter in the storm on 10 o'clock news just now 🤭🤭

[Credenhill22]

Watch some of Kate adie's reporting environments.

[JustLyra]

This is one of my pet hates. Especially when they do downright dangerous things - stop risking causing bother for the emergency cases.

One I saw the last time we had flooding had the reporter right in the middle of a flooded field - we would have believed you if you were standing next to the field, or in front of it, you didn't actually have to stand in the middle of it to be believable.

[TaranTulasForSamhain]

I was hoping Teresa would pop up. 🤣Go Teresa

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I'd love some woman in the pub with a drink, "it's minging outside, better not". I'd watch that.

[MrsFin]

Most of the time I don't know why they need to be "on location".
Like why do they need to go to Swindon High St to tell us Covid cases are rising in Swindon?
(I made that example up. Don't panic if you're from Swindon!)

[Notimeforaname]

Because we end up with legends like Teresa Mannion 🤣🤣
DON'T MAKE UNNECESSARY JOURNEYS!!

[notimagain]

[Persephoned]

Generally the reporter is on location as they have been speaking to people there and covering the story…otherwise the news would consist of someone sitting behind a desk for 30 mins reading things off Twitter