There was a post on reddit recently where somebody had taped a segment from The Weather Channel that portrayed a reporter “leaning into the wind” as he reported on the ruthless weather created by hurricane Florence. The reporter’s words conveyed the miles per hour of the gusts, and that there were already two deaths during this hurricane, so viewers should take care to stay alive.

There were actually many odd parts of the broadcast segment though that made the segment especially noteworthy. First, there were two individuals walking in the background behind the reporter who clearly weren’t having any trouble casually walking along the street while checking their smart phones. Also, you could see grass and bushes blowing in what wind there was and the reporter was leaning in the same direction as the wind, and if any vicious gust had occurred he would have been pushed over onto his face. The reporter clearly has never actually leaned into a wind so could not even pretend in a realistic way to coincide with his literal surroundings. The most glaring point of the broadcast was that it was on The Weather Channel, the one channel you might believe has a legitimate interest in factually reporting on the weather.