Submitted on Thursday 12th December 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop the ridiculous weather stories in British tabloids
False articles about extreme weather events are being published on a regular basis in the British tabloids.
The majority of these misleading quotes come from two companies; Vantage Weather Solutions and Exacta Weather. VWS is run by a Jonathan Powell who has no meteorological training, but tells journalists what they want to hear to make a good story. Exacta Weather does not use any form of meteorological or climatological models, but does suggest it looks at observations.
The Guardian has already helped to shut down Jonathan Powell's previous company Positive Weather Solutions by publishing the following article: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jan/26/weather-forecasters-daily-mail
It is time that this nonsense was stopped all together. The Government needs to in place regulations which insure only qualified meteorologist are able to consult media companies so that all the facts can be laid bare.
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