Ratio in progress: CNN's Brian Stelter comes to the defense of Mike Seidel

Greg P. | 9:17 PM on September 14, 2018

As we told you earlier, The Weather Channel’s Mike Seidel was called out in a now-viral video for apparently faking the weather conditions during a live shot on TV. As you can see in the video, Seidel is leaning into the wind making it look like he can barely stand up while two guys in the background just casually walk down the street.

The Weather Channel then made things worse, in our opinion, when they released a statement saying the guys in the background were able to walk so easily because they were on the pavement while Seidel was on the grass. And they said Seidel was exhausted from his reporting.

Which brings us to CNN’s Brian Stelter, who bought The Weather Channel’s excuse:

This looks bad, obviously. But FWIW, in @MikeSeidel's defense, the channel noted that "the 2 individuals in the background are walking on concrete" while he's on wet grass, and he was "undoubtedly exhausted" from constant live shots… https://t.co/KcnxW2Ejoi

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 15, 2018

Every. Time:

Omg? I mean, how are you always on the wrong side of every single thing??

— Carl Gustav, President of Whataboutism, Inc. (@CaptYonah) September 15, 2018

It was fake, but accurate maybe?

Reporters need to give viewers a realistic view of what’s happening not a dramatized one. pic.twitter.com/7mqO4CoSbz

— Jennifer Palumbo (@JenNimePalumbo) September 15, 2018

Or maybe it was an alternative fact: