MSNBC and CNN getting their rocks off on "weather porn"

I gotta say it. This wall-to-all coverage of the impending Hurricane Irma hit on Florida by cable news is atrocious. As Stephen King's wife put it: "Weather porn." Come on!

There are too many serious issues going on that TV news should be addressing. Let the locals handle the brunt of the impending disaster. I'm perfectly fine with coverage by cable news on this event. Just not wall-to-wall.

I realize ratings has to be the driving force. But once again, as they have for decades now, upper management doesn't give a goddamn about serving the public interest, just how much money can be made over the misery of others.

The other thing I've noticed is how the networks are virtually ignoring the Climate Change angle on this. I've been dipping in on MSNBC and CNN since the constant hurricane coverage began, and it was not until last night that I heard ANYTHING on how Climate Change is impacting this hurricane, as well as last week's Harvey, or the fact that there are an unprecedented three hurricanes churning the waters at the same time.

I would like to give kudos to Ali Velshi of MSNBC for bringing up Climate Change last night during his special broadcast. Since I don't watch the weather porn 24/7, I have no idea if Climate Change has been brought up or how much time has been devoted to it. All I know is that with the exception of Mr. Velshi, I haven't heard one word whenever I was watching. One would think it would be an important part of the discussion.

I love how the EPA head said that now was not the time to discuss Climate Change. Of course, for him there will be no "time" to discuss it. It reminds me when there is a horrific shooting it's always "now is not the time to discuss gun control" by the horrible people advocating the proliferation of weapons.

I've severely limited my MSNBC and CNN viewing time and will continue to for at least a week. I mean we will need to go wall-to-wall right after the hurricane is gone, right? We need to observe and interview the suffering of the Residents, too. I'll get the other important news affecting the whole nation's lives elsewhere.

Once again, I know this is an important story and I feel for the residents about to be hammered by Irma. I truly hope that everyone will be all right. But let's just tone down the coverage a bit and focus on other important issues. OK, networks?