I am WITH Georg. Governor Deal: "No interview, CNN, after the way you treated the Mayor of Atlanta"

[Fred Sanders]

Absolutely the media is going to get its feelings all hurt and become pouty, but the total screeching disrespect and idiocy shown by the CNN Anchorperson to the Mayor yesterday deserved exactly that response.

CNN, YOU apologize first, it seems to be all the craze lately now anyway.

[Swede Atlanta]

1. CNN is trying to beat Faux News in outrage

I cannot stand Cuomo. I really wish they would send him to some far off land to report on the life of some obscure insect and he doesn't return.

They have grown increasingly conservative over the past few years to the point where I sometimes do a double-take to see if I am actually watching Fox.

[alsame]

2. Earlier, MSNBC was showing

clips of Mika this morning, she was very rude to the Mayor too.

[MicaelS]

3. Fuck that shit.

EVERY news organization ought to be holding these politician's and bureaucrat's feet to a roaring fucking bonfire for the way they botched handling the snowstorm.

[Dawgs]

5. How did they botch it? Are you from Atlanta? Were you here on Tuesday?

I live and work here, and know many people that were affected by this storm.

I'm not sure anyone could have done anything.

[Dawgs]

9. By the time he tried to "stagger release from work" it would have been to late.

The correct answer is closing government and schools for the whole day. Of course, why would he have thought to do that if we were only expected to get 1-2 inches of snow.

[Dawgs]

15. So we disagree and I actually live in Atlanta. Fine. n/t

[Dawgs]

18. And of course politicians never lie. n/t

[Dawgs]

21. Glad you finally came around to the option I suggested earlier. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Better yet, never mind

Atlanta is an exceptional place. Instead of USA, it is Atlanta all the way.

[Auntie Bush]

14. Because he knows how traffic piles up when it snows down South and they were warned.

No reason why he didn't close the schools. He also could have requested all non-essential workers stay home and off the roads. Did he ever request that the public stay home unless necessary to be out and about?

[Dawgs]

16. Looks like you agree with me. No? n/t

[Mike Daniels]

19. "Did he ever request that the public stay home unless necessary to be out and about?"

That works if it's a weekend and most people aren't working. On a weekday, not so much.

Rarely do private employers close down for anything but the most severe inclement weather. Since the weather wasn't bad prior to the morning rush-hour I can't imagine most business would have chosen not to open that day regardless of what the city or state gov't may have had to say.

[narnian60]

8. +1 Seems like this is a no-win situation.

I am in Houston and we DID shut down. Bad weather ended up missing us, and some people are griping about the shutdown.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Well that is always the case

as well

[Skidmore]

10. A question for you.

Didn't a similar winter storm scenario play out in that area a few years ago? I find myself wondering about learning curves since the recurrence of such an event was possible.

[factsarenotfair]

4. It's looking like we need a new cable channel - The Apology Channel.

So many public figures are having to issue apologies!!

[closeupready]

6. In my opinion, CNN is no less right-wing than every other media source.

I wouldn't look to CNN for real news.

[Hoyt]

13. Deal is a lot more at fault than the Mayor.

And, this situation has happened numerous times since at least the 1970s. But, commuters keep getting trapped.