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Goodness gracious, what a crybaby.

All during the hurricane the reporters in Lake Charles and the weathermen talking about the storm surge were speculating that Cameron and the areas around it were hit hard by the expected 20' surge. The news chopper out of Houston didn't get up until late Sat. afternoon, because of wind conditions. It made it east surveying the damage to Beaumont and Port Arthur, and showed that sunset shot from P.A. Can't film much after dark. Sunday we started getting in the Cameron video around lunchtime. I would doubt that any Lake Charles media outlets had a chopper, it ain't a large or wealthy market. And even if they had one, did you miss the fact that the LC airport was wiped out? That was reported about 4am on Saturday. Did you forget that we didn't get pictures of the flooding in Arabi and St. Bernard parish(NOLA) until 24 hours after they started flooding to the rooftops?

But don't let the facts get in the way of your selective memory and mythmaking. I'm not going to waste time pulling out posts from the realtime thread, all those things were being reported and are mentioned, it is there if you want to find it. But you won't and don't, because it would refute your whole thesis. There was no media conspiracy to downplay or coverup damage, that's utterly ridiculous.

I have two suggestions for FNC. I am a huge FNC fan. They do a great job on politics, the UN, etc. Some of the Washington reporters, Major Garrett for example, are great. Brit is fantastic. Most of the time I think BOR is pretty good.

They did a good job during the Iraq invasion because they had better generals doing the commentary (for the most part). I think the problem is that they have no sense of geography for the most part and not very much knowledge of physical sciences.

I think the simple remedy is to a) bring in experts as co-hosts during stories with physical sciences and geographical knowledge as a core aspect - don't let stringers with an agenda like Hemmer talk to the Corps; and b) use reporters from the local affiliates.

I don't have too much to say about CNN. Obviously the politics is pure socialism. But they did seem to get more of the facts straight when it comes to the physics and geography of the Ritrina.

Care to explain why the MSM has neglected Mississippi and Alabama after the flooding started in NOLA? Despite the horrific damage in cities such as Gulfport, Biloxi, Waveland, Bay St. Louis, etc.? They do have the resources to cover both stories, you know. Just not the desire.

Nope, no conspiracy there either. Just coincidence.

Some people are apparently so afraid of being perceived as tinfoil hatters that they deny the obvious right in front of their eyes.