[SteveMcKing]

Ted Koppel zinged back: "Don't you guys watch television?"

Oh Ted, who couldn't watch YOU every night.

[zipp_city]

I am sure if they asked The NAACP for some funds to help these people it would be forth comming.

[Billthedrill]

"Journalism seems to have recovered its reason for being," Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz wrote.

For a few days it went absolutely crazy bashing Bush, which is what Kurtz means, and all that he means. It is an indication of just how small journalism has become.

[FreedomCalls]

"Foamy the Squirrel" has some clear comments to make about the press coverage of Katrina. CAUTION: THERE ARE MANY EXPLETIVES IN HIS RANT. ADULTS ONLY.

[jmc1969]

The disparity between the total outrage by the news media compared to that "yah they could have don't it a bit better but no one deserves to be fired" from the US public is funny. The media thinks that they know what is best for America, and this just shows that they can't force the public to think or believe what they way they want them to.

[Trust but Verify]

Shows the outrage of the media, perhaps. The media has been outrageous and extremely unprofessional.

[SunnySide]

"The newly assertive tone of Katrina coverage, particularly on TV, struck many as a welcome return to a brand of journalism seldom found in recent years "

"Struck many" .... yeah "the many" Liberal Do Nothings within the MSM. Transparency alert.

[JimSEA]

Media watchers say journalists were empowered by their own first-hand reporting and by the grim images showing thousands of hurricane victims left for days to fend for themselves amid the rising floodwaters that swamped New Orleans.

As a newly created conspiracy theorist, I believe that Governor Blanco had these immages clearly in mind when she refused the Red Cross permission to enter NO. I do not believe she acted alone but that she consulted with others in the Democratic / Move-on.org leadership to create as much chaos as possible and, since it was poor Blacks, blame it on Bush who they have consistently accused of Racism. The reaction of the Congressional Black Caucus and others was just too early and too sure of itself to believe otherwise.

[crazyhorse691]

In another era it was called yellow journalism. But, I still want to know that if its okay for the journalists to get personally involved in the news they are reporting, than why not carry it a step further and give logistical help? I heard some dropped water(they even have the video to prove it).

[citizencon]

>MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, calling the situation "a national disgrace<

Make that former Republican period. BTW his contract with MSNBC has just been extended through 2020...

[Laura_RB]

I'm getting very tired of CNN/NBC/CBS etc reporting to me about this "widespread criticism" that Bush/FEMA/"the Feds" are taking.

The only "widespread criticism" of federal actors is coming from CNN/NBC/CBS. It must be nice to be able to tell people what they think, and then be able to cite that you told them what to think as evidence that they think it.

Morons. Hopefully everyone saw the numbers from Gallop earlier this morning. Most Americans think "the Feds" have done a good job.