Last week - after publishing Mike Morgan's silly email - Steve Lackmeyer asked some of our local TV meteorologists some "hardball" questions related to severe weather coverage:
Having some final thoughts about this weekend's discussion. Why not throw some hardball questions not just at Mike Morgan, but also at Rick Mitchell, Gary England and Brady Brus?
Give Mike credit for at least firing back. Now let's see if the others do as well. Maybe we can understand them better. Or maybe they'll end up with a better understanding of their viewers' concerns.
Not surprisingly, none of the weatherman Steve listed responded to his request. He did, however, get a response from KOKH morning weatherman Jon Slater. What's funny about Jon's email is that he didn't even try to answer any of Steve's questions. He just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that some people think he was fired from his last job in Tulsa.
I was pointed to one of your blogs on weather from a friend of mine the other day. For the most part harmless folks talking about stuff. I do have a question for you though. Do you moderate these things at all? I mean everyone has their own thoughts about things...I get that....but when folks start making statements about other people that can't be verified by you then what's the point of this? Where is the responsibility here? Can I write anything I want and defame folks and you just let it go through? I'm not talking about opinions, I'm talking about facts.