Meteorologist received death threats for tornado coverage during final round of Masters

While the final round of the Masters took place on Sunday, CBS 46 in Atlanta had to interrupt the national coverage of the golf tournament in order to warn the public about tornado threats.

Ella Dorsey, a meteorologist at the station, shared on Sunday that she received death threats for cutting into the Masters programming.

To everyone sending me death threats right now: you wouldn’t be saying a damn thing if a tornado was ravaging your home this afternoon. Lives are more important than 5 minutes of golf. I will continue to repeat that if and when we cut into programming to keep people safe.

— Ella Dorsey (@Ella__Dorsey) April 14, 2019

On Monday, the station took time to address the vile threats issued to her and the meteorology team.

The meteorology team at @cbs46 was hit with vile messages including death threats for covering tornado threats during the final round of #TheMasters pic.twitter.com/DnLq0WyVdT

— Sportsnaut (@Sportsnaut) April 15, 2019

What’s really remarkable is that the station didn’t even completely cut away from the Masters. Instead, CBS 46 showed the tournament while reporting on the dangerous weather conditions in a separate box.

Even if the station had cut completely away from the Masters, the kind of responses that came in would have been unacceptable. It’s a shame that people failed to value the safety of their fellow human beings because there was a sporting event on television.