Hurricane Matthew is affecting many parts of the country in a variety of ways.  I learned from tonight’s evening news report that there was a possibility of moving some F-18 jets from South Carolina to Scott AFB near St. Louis.  Why?  According to Ms. Dimwit, the reporter, the move would “help protect those pricey jets from Hurricane Matthew.”  Yes, she described F-18s as “pricey” in her professional (?) report.

A few minutes later, Ms. Dimwit told us that, in honor of a local policeman who was shot and killed when he responded to a call, the local football team in his neighborhood would begin tonight’s game with “a fifteen-second moment of silence.”  Who knew that a moment could last for a specified period of seconds?

This kind of reporting drives me crazy!  Whatever generation these twenty-somethings are (Gen X?  Y?  Z?), they are certainly not learning much about English grammar in school.