Meteorologists at WeatherNation have raised concerns about Real America’s Voice, the conservative channel with which it shares an owner
In one, Colorado-based meteorologists track snowstorms, hurricanes and day-to-day conditions around-the-clock for viewers ofThe other broadcasts shows on the conservative
occasionally sharing its forecasts on the political network; at times the networks feature the same advertisers.by shunning any mention of the established links between human-driven climate warming and the disasters the channel covers, thus discouraging viewers from considering the consequences of climate change.
Ten current and former WeatherNation employees who spoke with The Washington Post described a discomfort with the programming produced next door — as well as with an understanding that they should refrain from on-air references to climate change, despite the scientific consensus on how it influences on global weather extremes.And the networks’ relationship has cost WeatherNation at least one advertiser.
One former WeatherNation employee said that while he worked there, despite a vague sense of what was coming out of the studio next door, it was jarring to see how the conservative network covered the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, with what the former employee recalled as a slant supportive of the insurrectionists. “I was pretty shocked,” the person said.to appear on Real America’s Voice for a segment providing updates on breaking weather news: “I was like, ‘No, I’m not doing that.
for this story but said in an email that he sold “the WeatherNation name and other interests” to Performance One and has had no involvement with the network since then. With Performance One in charge, WeatherNation expanded its reach. By 2015, the network got a spot in DISH Network’s offerings to 14 million subscribers.Sigg and his management team, meanwhile, always were looking for new strategies to reach viewers and advertisers.
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