An example: a phenomenon that I think has come into play gradually over the past 3-5 years: national news broadcasts lead stories are based on the weather. "3r

An example: a phenomenon that I think has come into play gradually over the past 3-5 years: national news broadcasts lead stories are based on the weather. "3rd highest temperature seen in 5 yrs" "4th coldest winter since 2001" "2nd highest rainfall in March in the past 12 years" etc etc PS on a secondary note: shame on the news services for leading with weather so often. I guess it's laziness. No need to spend time, resources, expertise on investigating actual news.