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Meteorologist received death threats for interrupting Masters coverage during most-watched morning golf round of all time
Tornados brewing in the Georgia area meant an earlier start than usual for the final round of the Masters, and one CBS46 meteorologist was to receive death threats for interrupting coverage of the event to update residents in the area of the conditions.
Ella Dorsey took to Twitter on Sunday to report not just the vile abuse she was receiving, but also the importance of the work she was doing which cut into local Masters coverage.
To everyone sending me death threats right now: you wouldn’t be saying a damn thing if a tornado was ravaging your home this afternoon. Lives are more important than 5 minutes of golf. I will continue to repeat that if and when we cut into programming to keep people safe.
— Ella Dorsey (@Ella__Dorsey) April 14, 2019
Per The Weather Channel who spoke to local experts, who while being prepared for the backlash in interrupting the coverage to warn residents, were stunned by the level of abuse of some. On the subject, station news director Steve Doerr said
“The venom around this was insane, even by social media standards.”
CBS released its viewing figures for Sunday’s morning round, with an average of 10.8 million viewers tuning in to watch Tiger Woods claim his fifth green jacket. That total bested the 8.56 million number, according to Nielsen data, from the 2000 Open Championship which previously held the morning record.
According to CBS, the broadcasts viewership peaked between 2.15 and 2.30 ET with 18.3 million tuning in.
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Jamie
Apr 18, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Insane people with a god-complex and altruistic need to keep people “safe” should not be calling others insane. Probably sent the death threats to themselves. It’s the cool thing these days.
Robby
Apr 18, 2019 at 11:27 am
I’m an Atlanta resident, and was a victim to the weather coverage. There are a few issues here- they took 30 minutes to tell folks what could have been said in 30 seconds (or even a scroll at the bottom of the screen). The golf was minimized to a tiny portion of the screen, and parts were cut off (couldn’t see scores next to a player’s name). There are countless other ways to get weather information. CBS 46 and Ella are acting very self-important to assume that we can’t possibly get word of severe weather from any other source. That being said, death threats are totally uncalled for.