Tensions sometimes run high in local news, especially during an intense situation. But it’s rare to see that show up on-air. That’s what happened during a storm report on WTVA (a dual NBC and ABC affiliate in Tupelo, Mississippi) Saturday night, though, with chief meteorologist Matt Laubhan repeatedly snapping his fingers at someone off-camera named John (presumably fellow meteorologist John Dolusic) during a tornado watch report:
Oh, and there’s more!
(Can we talk about the “my cat died last week” on the closed captioning?)
Oh, and there was more still:
Apparently, though, the anger in that latter clip wasn’t at Dolusic, but at the Doppler radar system:
In any rate, this all spawned some Twitter commentary:
https://twitter.com/willbardwell/status/1117262030275268608?s=19
And apparently, Laubhan’s done some of this in the past:
https://twitter.com/CalWells/status/1117263851039465472
Meanwhile, others were mad that ABC’s coverage of Warriors-Clippers kept getting cut into for this:
https://twitter.com/JohnR5522/status/1117250663623397377
Tornadoes are obviously a dangerous situation, and some tension while covering them is understandable. But it’s still a bit unusual to see that show up on-air this way.
[Tim Burke on Twitter]