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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrudge Report’s playing down and politicizing of Hurricane Matthew was ‘deplorable’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/10/06/drudge-report-posts-infuriating-and-flawed-comments-on-hurricane-matthew/?tid=pm_pop_bLate Thursday afternoon, monstrous Hurricane Matthew was just hours away from a likely devastating impact with Florida. It was a time when meteorologists, emergency managers and politicians of all persuasions were joining to deliver a simple, clear message in the spirit of keeping people safe: Take this storm seriously, and prepare.
Yet the popular Drudge Report website, visited by a massive audience, including vulnerable Floridians, was casting doubt on the severity of the Category 4 storm. In big, bold all-capital letters, it said the storm was ragged and suggested it could be fizzling. It made this proclamation at the same time the National Hurricane Center was calling for potentially disastrous impacts in Florida.
Drudges contradictory message was not only infuriating to meteorologists who knew the dangerous storm was holding its own, but it may also have put peoples lives at risk.
For Florida residents who were perhaps on the fence about whether to evacuate at the last minute, the words on that website may have introduced enough doubt to lead them into a decision they will regret.
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Drudge Report’s playing down and politicizing of Hurricane Matthew was ‘deplorable’ (Original Post)
steve2470
Oct 2016
OP
Matt Drudge and Ann Coulter are drowning, and you can only save one. What to do?
Retired George
Oct 2016
#3
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,040 posts)1. RW nuts seem determined to reduce their impact on the gene pool
I would not be surprised if Trump already is gathering the supplies
and transport needed for some trips to affected areas.
14 posted on 2016-10-06, 9:25:55 AM by mware (RETIRED)
and transport needed for some trips to affected areas.
14 posted on 2016-10-06, 9:25:55 AM by mware (RETIRED)
Maybe Putin is helping - Russian secret weather control satellites
have out-maneuvered Obamas secret weather control satellites. And
since Trump has made it clear he is not seeking conflict with Russia,
ultimately that means Trump is stopping the hurricane.
19 posted on 2016-10-06, 6:31:48 PM by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
have out-maneuvered Obamas secret weather control satellites. And
since Trump has made it clear he is not seeking conflict with Russia,
ultimately that means Trump is stopping the hurricane.
19 posted on 2016-10-06, 6:31:48 PM by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
Guessing Big Medias scripts are already being written to bash Trump
for appearing somewhere too soon if he upstages Boss Fraud again,
etc.
Hussein Head freaks will politicize ANYTHING, so lets watch for it,
and read past Big Medias headlines before accepting ANY Big Media
news report as true, ESPECIALLY when it appears to have no DIRECT
relationship to politics.
40 posted on 2016-10-06, 4:23:39 PM by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
for appearing somewhere too soon if he upstages Boss Fraud again,
etc.
Hussein Head freaks will politicize ANYTHING, so lets watch for it,
and read past Big Medias headlines before accepting ANY Big Media
news report as true, ESPECIALLY when it appears to have no DIRECT
relationship to politics.
40 posted on 2016-10-06, 4:23:39 PM by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
Catastrophic Damage is Anticipated for Coastal Areas.
You can sure tell this is a left-wing government agency.
45 posted on 2016-10-06, 4:25:39 PM by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
You can sure tell this is a left-wing government agency.
45 posted on 2016-10-06, 4:25:39 PM by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
Its already happened. Florida Governor Rick Scott has asked Obama to
declare Florida To be in a state of emergency and Obama signed the
declaration. Reliance on the federal government helps leftists.
190 posted on 2016-10-06, 7:32:53 PM by Nero Germanicus
declare Florida To be in a state of emergency and Obama signed the
declaration. Reliance on the federal government helps leftists.
190 posted on 2016-10-06, 7:32:53 PM by Nero Germanicus
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)2. Global warming is a "hoax", remember?
Derp
Retired George
(332 posts)3. Matt Drudge and Ann Coulter are drowning, and you can only save one. What to do?
You go to McDonald's, that's what!
GWC58
(2,678 posts)4. Throw them a Lifesaver, then tell them to
Suck it!!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)5. I'd pop a beer
and watch the show. They would kill each other trying to save themselves. Does that make me bad? Probably. But nowhere near the level of bad that these two cretins have caused.