News Anchor Channels ‘Don’t Look Up’ To Downplay ‘Lethal Weather’ While Reporting On British Heatwave

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A British news anchor’s dismissive response to the brutal heatwave currently blasting Europe has spawned comparisons on social media to the Netflix climate change allegory “Don’t Look Up”.

GB News anchor Bev Turner was speaking with meteorologist John Hammond about the “lethal weather” in London, but appeared not to comprehend the gravity of the situation. “See John, you’re outside enjoying the sunshine.

It’s not too hot, is it?” Turner asked. READ MORE: Prince William Is A ‘Stubborn Optimist’ That Solutions To Climate Change Can Be Successful While Hammond conceded it was not as scorching as it was the previous day, he also noted that temperatures would be rising in the coming days, describing the forecasts as “frightening” while warning that Britain could experience “hundreds if not thousands of excess deaths” in the early part of next week. “This will be potentially lethal weather for a couple of days.

It will be brief but it will be brutal,” Hammond warned, with Turner interrupting to minimize what was happening. “I don’t know if something has happened to meteorologists to make you all a little bit fatalistic and harbingers of doom, but broadcasters — particularly on the BBC — every time I’ve turned on, anyone is talking about the weather and they’re saying there’s going to be tons of fatalities,” Turner said dismissively. “But haven’t we always had hot weather, John?