People stroll by as reporter ‘braces’ against wind. Weather Channel blames ‘wet grass’
The Weather Channel on Friday defended a meteorologist who was captured bracing against the wind while two people appeared to stroll casually behind him during a report on Hurricane Florence.
The reporter, Mike Seidel, was reporting from Wilmington, N.C., Friday afternoon, where he was shown hunched over and appearing to brace against a strong wind.
In the video, he has one hand cupped to his ear and sways back and forth while reporting on the conditions. There is a blustery wind blowing grass down, and it appears to be coming from behind him “We’re in one of these (rain) bands. This is about as nasty as it’s been, we had some bands like this last night, and then the eyewall this morning ..
As he speaks, the camera zooms out and two people in shorts walk behind him, apparently without any strain or struggle, before the camera zooms back onto Seidel and then cuts to a map.
The clip was roundly criticized on social media as an example of the news media sensationalizing or exaggerating the dangerous conditions of the storm.
“So dramatic! Dude from the weather channel bracing for his life, as 2 dudes just stroll past,” said one Twitter user, whose clip has been viewed more than 17 million time.
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