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"...deference to people in power."

Piffle. They've been absolutely ugly to conservatives since 2000.

Does he mean Blanco and the Mayor? Doubt it.

Why would the media bash their own backers?

Piffle. They've been absolutely ugly to conservatives since 2000.

Try 1995. I would say the 1994 elections, but can't, since it took roughly 6 months for the media AND the democRATS to come out of shock & get organized. But it has been non-stop since then. After all, most in the media had never known a Republican congress before, so that's why it took them a while to get it together. Remember "Mean-Spirited" & "Jack-Booted thugs"? Or Gingrich & some other Repubs being driven out , some for 'morals',while Bill & Hill were given a free pass? I do.

...couldn't agree with you more...in fact...the very short memory of the MSM seems to forget their multiple self-praise of their heroic efforts covering A New Orleans that had once again been "grazed" but not seriously hurt by a hurricane...ON MONDAY NIGHT...

OF COURSE the fact that no news was coming from the cities in LA SOUTH of New Orleans or the entire STATE of Mississippi...should have been a clue that TOTAL DEVASTATION had happened...only once again the MSM was "over" the story since it wasn't as bad as they'd hoped.

Now, we hear nothing about Mississippi...and it's quite possible that the death toll there will exceed that of New Orleans...of course, Mississippi didn't riot on the news...and in the midst of their frustration with New Orleans sucking up all the relief efforts...they managed to dig themselves out, help each other and offer prayer services today honoring the sacrifice of those on 9-11...

The MSM created the image of a failed relief effort...supported it with the same "looter" film clips for three days... AND now that an entire city has been relocated & housed...they're still trying to make the Federal response (slow)...90,000 sq miles...

And I've been on several pictorial blogs covering New Orleans before and after the storm...those thousands of people at the Convention Center (while not all) appear to have started gathering Thursday Morning as directed by the New Orleans Local Emergency Services who told them buses were coming to the Convention Center.... And if you notice, most appear in fairly good condition (definitely not all and definitely horrible for quite a few and with all my heart I wish the Red Cross & Salvation Army had been allowed in...and YES it did make me very very angry...)... BUT the hysteria of the media fed the beast... And Geraldo stands at the top of the list... I'd kept hearing about that baby he held in his arms...I felt awful and I did feel angry. BUT today, I saw the actual clip, and what I saw was a very cute & round & sleepy baby...but not a baby in dire need of medical attention at that point...(I'm a Mom and I do know the look of a child who doesn't feel well...and I did see many children who were obviously in distress...just not the one that Geraldo picked up to use has a prop...).

I'd like to hang (not by their necks..just ears...that's not considered a violent comment to post is it???) most of the media by their microphone cords (except of course, most of them now use digital connections instead of the cords...oh well, I guess I'll just hope for a massive burst of static feedback in their ears. OK, sorry for the rant, but it's just so annoying...like if Shep Smith had really worried about those folks on the overpass...why didn't he unload the electronics from his truck...load up some water & take it over...and if the body on the bridge bothered him so much, well, again...the media certainly had their heavy trucks available....aaarrrggghhh. I apologize to any that might have been offended by this rant. Really, I've toned it down... And another thing, if you check out the people who've posted pictures of the media broadcasting...those anchors specifically Brian Williams & S Smith & a couple of others...were all sitting on chairs under plastic "tents" with staff hovering all around them... Perhaps, they could've shared those comforts... (AND this comment does not apply to Jim Cantore or his crew who really did help & save lives & quit broadcasting to do so...Now, to me that's not a "media" hero...that's just a GOOD MAN doing the right thing.) I just wish that evil would quit blowing its horn & let the music of the miraculous relief be heard...