I'm not happy about the dumbing down of our society either but I hardly think that Dan Corbett talking about bbq's in his forecast can have any bearing on that! After half an hours tedious inane 'news' surely a bit of light-heartedness (after all the weather isnt life and death for most of us!) is rather refreshing, unsurprising really that he has so many fans.
We need more Dan's in the world, it would be a much better place.