Jim wrote:

I'd appreciate knowing where this quotation came from.

It came from my rather hurried attempt to string together the logic a
reporter may have followed to report that this pilot is being cited for
not "checking the weather," amongst other charges.

To follow along: FARs state it is a pilot's responsibility to obtain
all pertinent information in preparation for a flight... one
contribution to this is for the pilot to get a standard briefing... a
standard briefing contains a lot of weather information.... pilot never
obtained a recorded standard briefing (if the FAA is to be believed)...
reporter incorrectly concludes that pilot never checked the weather...

How'd I do? :-)

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Peter