They found that local television stations have increased their reliance on three main topics — weather, traffic and sports.
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The report, by the Pew Research Center and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, surveyed news consumers and concluded that while television is the main source for three popular topics — weather, traffic and breaking news — newspapers and their Web sites are the main source for 11 other topics, like local government updates, zoning news and crime reports.
That last night, we clung to a safe topic: the weather.
Gabriel, the doorman, normally deliriously chatty on the topic of weather, just cocked his head toward the big glass doors and muttered flatly, "As you see".
Unable to think of more conversation — after the disclosure of the damaged husband it was too late to introduce the topic of weather — James Duke, suddenly glib, began to rattle off the details of his good fortune.
Of course, while the topic of weather can be about as boring as conversation can get, it probably doesn't need to be said, but it also can have a big effect on your plans for your lunch break, your weekend camping trip, what you decide to wear and so on.
While transacting over a pint of milk, he'd always bring up the most British of topics — the weather.
The whirlwind series of events has created a new lexicon that is as commonplace as those used in conversations on that most learned of Irish topics – the weather.
Village conversations had a way of veering off suddenly, like a hawk that catches some invisible air current, but inevitably they returned to settle on certain topics: food, weather, money.
