Pet peeve: Do as I say, not as I do.

With our recent hellishly hot temperatures, we are treated once again to mixed messages from the local television media. Two people cool and comfortable inside the studio introduce a remote reporter, standing outside in the heat, sweating like a pig. The remote tells us not to do what he or she is doing. It's hot, he or she says, and you should be inside. "Why aren't you," I wonder? How can I trust the advice you give me when you aren't even smart enough to take it yourself? How many viewers look at this kind of reporting and think, "Well, he's outside, so I guess it's okay for me to run a marathon today"? They should have a short film of someone walking down the street and bursting into flame. That will keep people inside.

A corollary to this peeve is remote reporters who stand outside a closed door, telling us about an important conference going on inside. That door could be in the basement of the TV station, I have no way of knowing otherwise. This is parodied on The Daily Show when Jon Stewart throws to their reporter in Washington, who must be on the other side of the stage in front of a bluescreen from the way the audience snickers.