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| Author: | bigzman [ Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Let's put an end to the term "Weather Girl" |
Ginger Zee's tweet from Friday, March 13 summed it up perfectly--while raising awareness to help women succeed in science: https://twitter.com/Ginger_Zee/status/1238498233313382402 |
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| Author: | wineguy [ Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Let's put an end to the term "Weather Girl" |
I consider people who work in the news business--anchors, reporters, meteorologists, etc--to be entertainers rather than trusted purveyors of news & information. This doesn't mean they're undeserving of respect, of course, but they're celebrities and are more akin to actors and actresses than scientists and lawyers. "Weather woman" sounds weird and will only last a year or two before gender-specific identifiers are themselves too deemed offensive and in need of cancelling. It seems that people who try to dictate how others speak are less concerned with the alleged offensive nature of the language and more concerned with holding power over others' ability to express themselves without fear of stepping on whatever eggshell is wokescold's flavor of the month. That said, I'd agree that "weather girl" sounds like an Instagram model who was taught to read a teleprompter for a Monterrey variety show. I'll keep using the term "meteorologist." |
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| Author: | newsguy [ Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Let's put an end to the term "Weather Girl" |
I prefer calling them meteorologists as well. As for them being consider celebrities, well some of them are uncomfortable being called celebrities. I remember Christi Paul said on a post on Instagram she doesn't consider herself a celebrity. If they wanted to, they would have been models or actresses (some of them had roles in Movies/TV Shows). Also, some of them have competed in pageants (unsure if you consider those who complete in pageants celebrities but that's another topic). Yes, on-air talent have to be entertaining as much as informative because you just can't deliver the news and/or the weather and that's it unless times of a hurricane/severe storms/big news stories. |
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| Author: | CELEBRITYSLEUTH [ Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Let's put an end to the term "Weather Girl" |
When they start getting forecasts right I'll call them meteorologists. Till then its the Weather Idiots ( Mostly for the men in my area!) LOL. I like Ginger so I wont call her an idiot ( But she did willingly marry ben aaron so I might have to rethink that LOL :-)! |
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| Author: | newsguy [ Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Let's put an end to the term "Weather Girl" |
CELEBRITYSLEUTH wrote: When they start getting forecasts right I'll call them meteorologists. Till then its the Weather Idiots ( Mostly for the men in my area!) LOL. I like Ginger so I wont call her an idiot ( But she did willingly marry ben aaron so I might have to rethink that LOL :-)! In fairness, I did like the show Ben hosted with Kellie Pickler. Just too bad it ended because the stations wanted to give Kelly Clarkson a freaking show. |
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