• The Daily Beast, Friday, March 8, 2013 3:47 PM

"In the world of media behemoths, the most voracious may well be the Weather Channel," writes Daniel Freedlander.  From facing "down the U.S. government" by naming winter storms like hurricanes -- a move that's "historically been the purview of the National Weather Service” -- to the channel's ownership of companies that "provide the graphics... featured on some 600 local news broadcasts across the country," it seems this subsidiary of NBCUniversal Media might "have a plan for worldwide domination," writes Freedlander.

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