While I believe “the media” is very often incompetent and generally lazy (and gutless when it comes to this administration) I think most often the reason for their lameness is the desire to sell the story. Think about the missing pretty white girl in Aruba, contrasted with the thousands of other missing children in America. But I digress.

In recent (and especially in the past couple of) years there have been a series of bad hurricanes and the media has been quick to look for answers in the “dramatic increase” in hurricane activity. So, as I was browsing the National Hurricane Center’s website, I came across this:

Hurricanes by Decade:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml

You’ll notice it appears we have come out of a period of relative calm in this area. Look at the 30’s and 40’s, it would appear that we are about on pace to match those, not dramatically increase the totals. So, I think this shows the media’s lack of knowledge of history and it’s love of sensationalism.

But I’m sure some will find a conspiracy, but methinks it's more ignorance and laziness.