It may not be true of other metro areas, but the Philadelphia TV news stations seem to
have just a handful of stories, which they cover endlessly, repeatedly, every
day. These are: Weather, sports, fires, shootings & robberies (in that
order), and maybe, occasionally, possibly, perhaps, city government or state
government, and if it's really really big big big, a national story. But their
primary interests, probably reflecting the interests of their viewers, are weather
and sports.
As for the propensity to name things, it's a truism that when you give
something a fancy name, it becomes more important.
And as for weather reporting, these days the broadcasters are
emphasizing the "wind chill factor" (or as they repeatedly call it, the "feels
like" temperature. This is, of course, more dramatic than the actual
temperature, since the "feels like" number is often near zero or below. Fahrenheit, of course. Just think how much more dramatic it would be if they
used Celsius.
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