I'm not believing what I'm seeing on FOX

[banshee]

I have never seen such extreme sensationalism by so called journalist and reporters.

[coolwater]

I have never seen such extreme sensationalism by so called journalist and reporters.

Are you frikkin kidding me, buddy? That's real. Those people have been there for 5 days and STILL, NO help. Those reporters are human too and they have about had enough themselves.

I'm not too proud to call myself an American after watching the way we have handled this whole situation.

[Brent]

I have never seen such extreme sensationalism by so called journalist and reporters.

Explain it to me...

My mom told me some parts but I think she was overreacting a bit.

[jkt21787]

I have never seen such extreme sensationalism by so called journalist and reporters.

Explain it to me...

My mom told me some parts but I think she was overreacting a bit.

She probably wasn't. Geraldo was on. Thats all that needs to be known.

[Brent]

I have never seen such extreme sensationalism by so called journalist and reporters.

Explain it to me...

My mom told me some parts but I think she was overreacting a bit.

She probably wasn't. Geraldo was on. Thats all that needs to be known.

Oh lord...

Did he draw maps again?

[soonertwister]

I honestly don't know how you can call it sensationalism when people have been waiting in the heat and nightmarish conditions for days, and they are being ignored or not provided any information about when help may come.

How do sensationalize babies dying, people being murdered, and people dropping dead on the interstate while police cars and everyone else just drive by all the stranded people, and never even stop to ask them what their situation is?

This isn't self-promotion, it is literally a battle to save hundreds if not thousands of lives. You cannot sensationalize such a thing.

[SunnyThoughts]

THis isn't sensationalism...This is LIVE tv...showing what is actually going on in that city. If it weren't for those cameras...do you actually think we would KNOW this was going on down there? I posted this on another thread " If Geraldo can get down there with TV cameras...why can't busses get down there and take those poor people OUT?"

[soonertwister]

Geraldo DOES keep talking about how it's been six days, and maybe it just seems like that to him, but the hurricane struck on Monday, and almost no one was aware of the levee breaks until Tuesday.

Those people have been stuck at the Civic Center for four days for the maybe 8,000 that might have been there on Monday. For the rest of them, and I suspect that it's a bit less than 30,000, they for the most part have arrived in the last two days. I've been following the timeline on the migration to that area, and the big influx to that area started Wednesday afternoon or evening.

[soonertwister]

And speaking of sensationalism, I'll throw in a little of my own.

They attempted a rescue of the residents of an elderly care facility in eastern New Orleans today, only to find all 80 residents already dead. They think they may have all drowned in one of the first levee breaks.

Sorry to sensationalize, I guess I caught the bug from Shephard and Geraldo...

[Stephanie]

I honestly don't know how you can call it sensationalism when people have been waiting in the heat and nightmarish conditions for days, and they are being ignored or not provided any information about when help may come.

How do sensationalize babies dying, people being murdered, and people dropping dead on the interstate while police cars and everyone else just drive by all the stranded people, and never even stop to ask them what their situation is?

This isn't self-promotion, it is literally a battle to save hundreds if not thousands of lives. You cannot sensationalize such a thing.

I agree. However, if I hear that Geraldo is ANYWHERE, I will automatically become skeptical about what he is "reporting".

[mahicks]

I'm sorry for not reading the whole thread....I just read the OP post and immediately went to the post reply button.

Fox News...To ME, is SHOCK TV....I will never in the near future think anything different....Do I watch it sometimes??? Yes....It has some great first breaking info...But......I also have to "mute the volume" just a bit....................[/u][/i]



edited for grammar, which still probably sucks, but was obvious.............

[Brent]

I honestly don't know how you can call it sensationalism when people have been waiting in the heat and nightmarish conditions for days, and they are being ignored or not provided any information about when help may come.

How do sensationalize babies dying, people being murdered, and people dropping dead on the interstate while police cars and everyone else just drive by all the stranded people, and never even stop to ask them what their situation is?

This isn't self-promotion, it is literally a battle to save hundreds if not thousands of lives. You cannot sensationalize such a thing.

I agree. However, if I hear that Geraldo is ANYWHERE, I will automatically become skeptical about what he is "reporting".

I do as well, in fact, I don't watch him for that reason. He seems to just exaggerate everything.

Ever since I watched him draw a map of troop positions in Iraq late one night, I pretty much ignore him.

[jkt21787]

I honestly don't know how you can call it sensationalism when people have been waiting in the heat and nightmarish conditions for days, and they are being ignored or not provided any information about when help may come.

How do sensationalize babies dying, people being murdered, and people dropping dead on the interstate while police cars and everyone else just drive by all the stranded people, and never even stop to ask them what their situation is?

This isn't self-promotion, it is literally a battle to save hundreds if not thousands of lives. You cannot sensationalize such a thing.

I agree. However, if I hear that Geraldo is ANYWHERE, I will automatically become skeptical about what he is "reporting".

Exactly. Given some of his earlier "reporting", thats what makes you wonder about it all. BUT, this is probably the one time where Geraldo's reporting is not far from the truth. Sadly...

[Ivanhater]

I honestly don't know how you can call it sensationalism when people have been waiting in the heat and nightmarish conditions for days, and they are being ignored or not provided any information about when help may come.

How do sensationalize babies dying, people being murdered, and people dropping dead on the interstate while police cars and everyone else just drive by all the stranded people, and never even stop to ask them what their situation is?

This isn't self-promotion, it is literally a battle to save hundreds if not thousands of lives. You cannot sensationalize such a thing.

I agree. However, if I hear that Geraldo is ANYWHERE, I will automatically become skeptical about what he is "reporting".

haaaa, i remember a saturday night live sketch of them being geraldo and acted like he was reporting from somewhere int he middle east whit gunfire going off and the "set" broke down behind him, it was sooo funny

[Liberty30]

Shep Smith was definitely NOT sensationalizing the situation. He was simply trying to tell people the truth. He's been in the city for the entire storm, if there's anyone I'll listen to about this, it's him. Unfortunately there is a segment of people out there who are trying to downplay the gravity of the situation, overplay the results that have been achieved, and generally pretend there's just whole lot of exaggeration out there. You really have to side with the reporters and the mayor on this one. The message still needs to be gotten out, about what the people in .

Geraldo... he's a grandstanding slimeball.

[soonertwister]

haaaa, i remember a saturday night live sketch of them being geraldo and acted like he was reporting from somewhere int he middle east whit gunfire going off and the "set" broke down behind him, it was sooo funny

Apparently his props at the Civic Center were more professionally designed. I didn't see any fake babies or fake frustration and anger.

I guess he hired a better staff.

[Ivanhater]

haaaa, i remember a saturday night live sketch of them being geraldo and acted like he was reporting from somewhere int he middle east whit gunfire going off and the "set" broke down behind him, it was sooo funny

Apparently his props at the Civic Center were more professionally designed. I didn't see any fake babies or fake frustration and anger.

I guess he hired a better staff.

i wasnt saying anything about what he was doing now, i wasnt watching, im talking about the conversation that was going on in this thread, so spare me

[banshee]

I call it sensationalism because because both Geraldo and Shephard Smith were over the top with their reports. I know, as does the rest of the world who have been watching the news, whats happening there. But Geraldo's reaction with the baby, was overly dramatic. Why? Because it appeared to me, the people he was talking to werent starving nor dehydrated. The baby wasnt crying until Geraldo began hyping up. Proporational reaction. I've seen few people actually dehydrated or not able bodied individuals who couldnt walk to safety prior to the storm.

As for Shep, from what I heard, there is a check point where he is and people arent being allowed to go over to the next city. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from all appearances the sun was going down and I would think people arent being allowed to cross the 'red sea' to get into the promised land after dark because of crime and the safety of all involved.

[Thunder44]

It's hard to sensationalize what's going on there. But people like Geraldo, Shep. Smith, Rev. Jackson, somehow find a way to that. If you were watching Geraldo on the O'Reilly show tonight, you would think he himself was one of the refugess stuck at the Convection Center for days.

[schmita]

The weirdest part for me was watching Bill O'Reilly tryin to stop Geraldo !!
It was hysterical.
Hubby and I laffing our stuff off.
I think Geraldo is an idiot and I thing all the networks think so too. So why do they keep hiring him?
RATINGS!!
They don't care about it: it is sensationalism.

Shep, though I am not familiar with the guy (never watch Fox, just now) seems about ready to collapse. Get this guy some sleep!!
irina