hippiechick wrote: 
and I said that was opinion, not news. then you said no it wasin't, it was a live report. which was it?
doesn't matter if you saw CNN or not. they were in the tent too showing the same scene. but you only see fox as the evil network when they all do the same thing for a story.

I'm not going to say any more about this, it's not the purpose of the thread, you can have the last word if you want it

 romeotuma wrote: 
Oh. oh.  This is such a difficult situation.  People who are dying of thirst and hungry will definitely get violent.  I even hate that they call it looting... there should be a less demeaning word for those who have the health, strength and will to try to live.

I check in to the Haiti situation once or twice a day, trying to comprehend the overwhelming widespread indescribable destruction everywhere.  the smell alone would be maddening.  Plus pain, thirst, hunger, trauma, grieving, homelessness, heat...

I send what strength I can.   

¡No juzgueis, por favor!

Los haitianos necesitan nuestra AYUDA, sólo CONTRIBUIR en lo que buenamente podamos cada uno, unicamente esto.

¡Basta ya de sensacionalismos y quien da mejor o peor cobertura! 

 oldslabsides wrote:
I wasn't talking to you!

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
I wasn't watching cnn, and I thought that the reporter had no right to be in that tent. It was a private moment, that was so chaotic, why did a reporter belong in there.

And the part you have italicized is referring to two men debating whether or not our gov should be over there. One said, basically, charity begins at home. The other said, the country was already in shambles, might as well leave it that way. Really!

 buzz wrote: 

 oldslabsides wrote: 
Thank you Honey! You've always shaved my back!  

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
Standard HC passive-aggressive crap - she says one thing to illicit a response and then says she meant something completely different.  This is why a pretty much avoid interaction with her.  Oh, and then plays the victim when someone calls her on her it.

 romeotuma wrote: 
more coverage doesn't equal fresh coverage. it's all repeating a few times a hour. no one is getting any better coverage than the other.

should Fox cut off Obama's speech for Haiti coverage?

 hippiechick wrote: 
you said:
some talking heads were arguing about why we shouldn't be doing what we are doing there to save people. Honestly!
and now you said it was on site coverage. which is it? I'm sure the talking heads weren't in the tent with her.

I saw that report, I thought they did a good job of balancing telling the story and preserving her privacy. btw, I saw that same woman in a report on CNN. the report was similar. I don't hear you bitching about that.

 romeotuma wrote: 
Thank you Honey! You've always got my back! 

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

From Media Matters For America—

REPORT: Top Fox News programs devote scant coverage to Haiti earthquake... MSNBC's top programs provide more than 18 times as much coverage of Haiti earthquake as Fox News' top shows...

Just the facts, m'am...  now don't get mad at me—  I like and respect you a lot and you post the funniest pictures in paradise...

 rosedraws wrote: 
It starts to feel like an obsession. It's so hard to wrap my head around it. The unbelievable horror! What it must be like for people to have to suffer like that!

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
It was not an editorial program. On a live report, he actually went into a tent where, amongst terrible chaos, a woman was giving birth, and he totally invaded her privacy.

Just because you and I have a difference of opinion doesn't mean you have to roll your eyes at me. I wouldn't do that to you.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
I miss having some TV coverage of this... but the repetition makes me glad I'm not watching endlessly just to get some new snippet.

 hippiechick wrote: 
what did you expect to hear from an editorial program? opinions are what they do. stay away if you don't like opposing opinion.
fox is covering it just fine. except maybe geraldo's show. I find him too sensational.
Shepard Smith's news program is doing decent coverage. so is Eric Shawn is doing good coverage too.

I am finding  all networks, especially those that are covering more per hour, aren't getting more or better news, just repeating it a lot.

 rosedraws wrote: 
Don't watch Fox! Their coverage is scant, and really unbelievable! I watched it off and on yesterday, to see what kind of coverage they were doing. What I saw was about 15 mins per hour (compared to MSNBC's 45 mins) and some talking heads were arguing about why we shouldn't be doing what we are doing there to save people. Honestly!

I thought msnbc was doing a very good job.

Who has the best internet coverage of events in Haiti?  I'm frustrated with CNN.com.

I found a lot more places to send emails to - there are a lot of "survival" gear companies out there.  More than I would have thought.