The armchair quarterbacking on CNN’s coverage of the nightmare in New Orleans is getting to be a bit much…
It’s apparent that there have been significant planning and communication breakdowns and that the government response has been somewhat less than adequate, and I have no problem with the focus on victims who have some very pointed comments on the subject. These people are newsworthy and I care what they have to say…
However, this is neither the time nor the place for the sort of verbal abuse that CNN’s own reporters are heaping upon every politician they interview. It’s unprofessional and inappropriate; these people frankly have enough to do right now without having to subject themselves to constant browbeating and derision from reporters who seem to have missed neither meals nor hair care opportunities this week…
The first interviewee, regardless of party, who has the balls to tell Miles O’Brien to “shut the fuck up and let me finish my sentence” — or even better, who merely stops talking entirely or just walks away — gets a big campaign donation from me…