[Magdalen] Blood h[ot][umid].

[Scott Knitter]

My daily Tagesschau viewing (via tagesschau.de) ends with the
Wettervorhersage for the next day. It's mainly a map of Germany
showing expected conditions and temperatures for the next three days,
with the voice of a meteorologist in Frankfurt briefly explaining it.
No need for someone standing in front of the map and pointing out
things for us and adding his or her personality...but I know over
here, such things are critical in achieving ratings. Amazing how many
viewers tune in based on factors like a "hot" meteorologist or to see
if the weather guy gets the giggles.

I've noticed that Tagesschau (only 15 minutes at 8 p.m. daily...1 p.m.
for me) packs a great deal of news into those 15 minutes thusly: zero
banter (so no time wasted saying, "Thanks, Jim, for that report!"),
and nobody says his or her own name (these are given on the screen);
the main presenter gets a break at some point when they show a video
story with a hidden presenter voicing over it. And of course no
commercials. Having the presenter always start and end the show with a
standard greeting also removes an element of personality. But plenty
of personality comes through, IMO, in the very attractiveness of the
presenters (of both sexes and a range of ages), their crisp stylish
clothing, and their smooth, swift speech.

But I've digressed, majorly.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 7:40 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> I received a parcel from England (Twickenham, I believe) yesterday, and noted that my books were wrapped in that shipping day's Telegraph, mostly weather and some political news, noted the very polite bubbled words about how the recent rains may become less onerous soon, and then noted that the entire UK and Ireland was awash in little raincloud icons.  "Lord!" says I to myself, "I forget how BIG we are over here.  Over there, basically one weather report covers an entire nation!"  I hyperbolise, but you get my point.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA