Nicole Mitchell sues The Weather Channel

[WeatherWitness]

Nicole on The O'Reilly Factor

Interesting how he described The Weather Channel as "a service. And that "people tune in and out" for the weather. It would seem the new owners want TWC to be the opposite of that

Yeah, I mean, honestly, despite what the new owners want TWC to be, I and I am sure a lot of others will treat it as a service and "tune in and out" because they barely show any weather anymore.

But I really don't agree with his statement that "TWC is not competing for ratings."  Uh, yeah it is?

[toxictwister00]

Nicole on The O'Reilly Factor

Interesting how he described The Weather Channel as "a service. And that "people tune in and out" for the weather. It would seem the new owners want TWC to be the opposite of that

Yeah, I mean, honestly, despite what the new owners want TWC to be, I and I am sure a lot of others will treat it as a service and "tune in and out" because they barely show any weather anymore.

But I really don't agree with his statement that "TWC is not competing for ratings."  Uh, yeah it is?

He should really do his homework. He probably thinks that just because they're the single running weather 24/7 cable news network around they have no reason to be competing. If they weren't competing for ratings, they wouldn't be desperately trying so hard to attract and hold viewers around, but then again this is the same guy who tried to make Nicole's work discriminatory dilemma a political issue which made absolutely no sense. I'm glad she has other evidence to back up her case such as those emails she mentioned. Hopefully that will help strengthen her lawsuit against the network.

[Mike M]

Interesting video. I am not in the least bit surprised that O'Reilly tried to turn this into a political issue near the end, though. Why he did that, I have no clue. This is clearly a bad management problem, not a political issue. 

That's why I'm not a fan of him. He seems to turn almost anything into a political issue.

Also, TWC was designed to be a service, as Bill stated, but obviously in the last 5-10 years that hasn't been the case.

[TampaMillTWC88]

Interesting video. I am not in the least bit surprised that O'Reilly tried to turn this into a political issue near the end, though. Why he did that, I have no clue. This is clearly a bad management problem, not a political issue. 

That's why I'm not a fan of him. He seems to turn almost anything into a political issue.

Also, TWC was designed to be a service, as Bill stated, but obviously in the last 5-10 years that hasn't been the case.

I never watch the O'Reilly Factor or Fox News for that matter.

[Stephen]

Good for Nicole!  I knew something was up when she was let go. I recall her mentioning on her Facebook page about the time she was let go that they had complained about her military service impacting her availability to work. And considering how TWC has treated OCMs in the past, I'm not too surprised to hear about this.

I really hope she wins this; she deserves it after having to put up with TWC's crap.

[IceManNYR]

For those interested if TWC was going out of their way to keep Nicole off the "Hurricane Hunters" show, the answer from Nicole on Facebook is yes.

Nicole Mitchell
16 hours ago
Okay, enough of you have asked last week and this that I will comment on the Hurricane Hunter "reality" show (I say that as I've seen the camera crew have people stage things that never happened).
Yes, I flew the 2 Isaac missions. Yes, the camera crew, employed by TWC has gone out of their way to avoid me.
So, although you can see some shots of me and hear my voice sometimes (the meteorologist is crucial to a hurricane flight, so I guess it's hard to completely avoid me), that is why coverage of me is so limited.
You will see they had to ask the non-meteorologist crew members weather questions (causing some information to be wrong). Another good example, the big Communications problem, was a piece of my equipment...notice how they had everyone else try to explain it instead of asking me.
As I've said before...I might be the only person ever who was discriminated against by a civilian employer for military service, THEN had the same empolyer figure out a way to discriminate against me at my military job.
Sigh!
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=663444300337539&id=192972824051358

[TampaMillTWC88]

Nicole has found work again, per Facebook on August 20:

I am pleased to announce my return to the airwaves tomorrow!
I recently joined on with Al Jazeera America as part of the meteorology department, and for now I will be on as the morning meterologist from 7-8:30am Eastern (and also 11am the rest of this week).
 I did a lot of research prior to joining this team, and I was impressed by the strong reputation of their journalism. I actually started in TV on the "news" (versus weather) side, and it's wonderful to be with a company with a serious committment to real, in-depth news, or as our chief executive said to The New York Times: “There will be less opinion, less yelling and fewer celebrity sightings.”
And, no, I wasn't asked to post anything....I would welcome the addition of a network with more serious news coverage regardless of whether or not I worked there! :-)
 Plus, it has been exciting to help get a new station off the ground and aid in getting our weather department going!
 No, this doesn't mean I have left the Reserves. In fact, I leave Friday with the full support of my new supervisor (a fellow Vet!).
 
So, I would be honored if you would check us out.
 As I said, I will be on bright and early tomorrow. Hope to "see" you then!
 
PS: Here is one of many articles about today's network launch if you want to know more:
 http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-why-the-arrival-of-al-jazeera-american-matters-20130819,0,7400765.story


 And here is where to go to see if your cable/satellite provider carries us: http://america.aljazeera.com/tools/getajam.html