Groundhog Day comes and goes every year and we either get 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring. But, how accurate are groundhogs at predicting the outcome? Then, there have been some big changes recently in journalism, and plenty of talk about what Americans think of the industry. But what do journalists think of it? Finally, what animal do you think has the most intelligence...besides humans of course!
Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather since the 1800s. That's a long track record and our team is looking back at his history to see just how accurate the weatherman groundhog really is...and how he compares with other animal prognosticators!
Next, it's been a terrible couple of weeks for journalism with multiple layoffs and closures across big and small outlets. Ad revenue is the main issue, but it doesn't help that Americans' opinions of the profession has fallen. We're looking at polling data that compares the attitudes about the media of all Americans with those of journalists themselves. Marist's Dr. Kevin Lerner joins to help us sort through it all.
We finish with this: Which animal is most intelligent? The results of this poll leave dog and cat lovers at odds...as usual!