Weather forecasters 'obsessed with rain' are damaging tourism Likewise I despair when weather presenters all too often seem to delight and get excited about poor weather and skip over the periods of fair weather. Come on guys I do not want any of you to lie - all we want is the truth and nothing but the truth. Mr Bell claimed presenters seemed "obsessed with making a bad situation far worse than it should be." He urged the tourist industry to use the internet and social media to show Cornwall "as it is, not what they may think it is" - to ensure visitors return. The campaigner said he had already lobbied the Met Office on the matter. He said: "By and large they are very professional and in the short-term provide accurate forecasts. It is the throwaway lines by presenters that are making a bad situation far worse and I ask the industry, where justified, to contact the TV programme directors each time a flippant comment is made to remind them they are there to deliver accurate and professional forecasts and not try and be stand-up comics at our expense, let alone turn a drama into a crisis. A Met Office spokesman said: "I don't think anyone would disagree when we say the weather so far this June and the early part of July has been rather disappointing with a good deal of wet and windy weather for many of us."