I saw this last night and there he was drawing a map in the sand, showing his unit's position and indicating where they were moving to. I immediately e-mailed Fox News and pitched a fit! I hope everyone else that saw this did the same.
Here is a copy and paste of the "fit" I pitched, just sent to Foxnews...
"There is a posting on FreeRepublic this am that Geraldo Rivera has been expelled from the 101st Airborne. I hope this is true, because as a Fox fan who watches you from dawn till midnight, I think it is about time. Yesterday he gave out way too much information, and was appalled to hear him say he was a "friend" of Scott Ritter and Peter Arnett. He should have had better judgement than to say that on the air, even if he qualified the comments.
Furthermore, in my humble opinion, as the mom of an 82nd AB officer who went into Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, I would have been terrified for my son and his unit's safety had Geraldo been reporting on their position as he did yesterday and overnight on that of the 101st.
Aside from being tossed out of the 101st as an embedded, I hope you will issue an apology to all the parents, wives, children, and friends of the brave men in the 101st, on the air and often! And, I hope you will decide that Geraldo's many talents belong elsewhere than on your network. His reporting is too much about himself, and not enough about the very serious issues our forces are facing.
He really doesn't come even close to matching the quality of your other reporters in the field, and belongs back on the freak talk show circuit. Get him off your network as soon as you can negotiate "out" of whatever contract his agents made you sign. You are doing so well in the ratings, but Geraldo doesn't have anything to do with that, as I tend to check out what the other cable networks are doing whenever he comes on, knowing that all I will hear is Geraldo blowing crap about how cool he himself really is.
Nice theater for those who are easily impressed with phony blustering bravado, but we are not.
By the way, Oliver North is someone we never want to miss. Rick Leventhall is excellent, and so is Greg Kelly. As are the rest of your reporters in the field.
Geraldo is the "weakest link"... but Rita Crosby is beginnig to grate with her endless yapping about "her sources". I hate reporters who more interested in how important they are than the story. Linda Vester is excellent, and so is Laurie Dhue.
Get rid of the high ego types. We all find them more than an annoyance, and wish they would realize that the story isn't about them, but our effort to stop the slaughter of innocents, and preventing the cancer of WMD.
Sincerely,
name & addy deleted for my privacy here, but sent to them
PS. A copy of my letter to you is going to be posted on the thread at FreeRepublic discussing Geraldo's being tossed out of Iraq. You may read the various opinions at this link, as you might find it interesting how many of your faithful viewrs were truly offended by his "reporting"! The link follows.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/880671/posts"