oh good lord... Greta Van Susteren...

[Kenroy]

just described New Orleans as "Cesspool with dead bodies floating in the street".

I haven't watched Fox during this ordeal - I think CNN has done a remarkable job - but CNN was showing a repeat of Larry King's show, so I thought I'd flip channels.

What a HORRIBLE, sensationalistic way of describing the problem.

Fuck you Greta - fuck you Fox.

[KitchenWitch]

1. She is just the epitome of vapid

:grr:

[Erika]

2. The mayor described it the same way

The shame here is the lack of control by authorities. Where was FEMA and the NG?

[wli]

5. defunded and redeployed to rethuglican voting districts and Iraq n/t

[Kenroy]

17. do you have a link

to Hagin describing it as a "cesspool floating with dead bodies"?

[Tyranny_R_US]

3. ...I don't get it

What did she do wrong?

[Kenroy]

15. She sensationalized the problem

and it's a problem that doesn't NEED sensationalizing. It's already sensational.

To call it a "cesspool" is editorializing. To say it's a cesspool with "dead bodies floating in it" is sensational.

I could describe the Pacific Ocean as a "cesspool with dead bodies floating in it" and I could probably show I was technically correct, but it would be a horribly sensational way of describing it.

[JI7]

4. Fox isn't really a "news" channel

even though they claim to be. CNN is more of a news channel in the news they have resources and some good reporters which they could put to good use if they want to such as right now and during the Tsunami and some other times. of course they turn whorish many times.

but Fox was never intended as a serious news channel. it was created for the purpose of being a right wing propaganda outlet. so you can't expect them to do any serious reporting.

[punpirate]

6. Sounds like the change...

... from Aruba to NO was too much for her. Maybe none of the bodies floating by was that of Ms. Holloway, and she was disappointed....

Bad news reporting doesn't change with the locale.

[Tyranny_R_US]

9. ...again why is everyone so upset because of this?

Its not like shes making racial remarks like CNN or switching to the holloway story like horse voice on MSNBC shes just reporting IMO.

[Kenroy]

16. because

there's no indication it's a "cesspool".

I grew up with cesspools. She doesn't seem to know the meaning. I had one in my back yard - I can identify one pretty quickly.

The fact that somebody saw a dead body floating in it is NOT a reason to identify it as a source of dead bodies.

There are dead bodies floating in any sizeable body of water on Earth - we don't describe them that way. It's a purely sensationalistic description.

[Ediacara]

23. Well...

From reports earlier in the day, there's a great deal of sewage and other unwanted material in the water, so cesspool isn't that off.... I agree though, she could have phrased it in a less sensationalistic way, but it is pretty dang gross (not to mention unhealthy) at the moment.

[Kenroy]

24. maybe

but the Governor's press conference earlier today described it differently.

No doubt there are many pollutants in water like this. But as far as I know, sewage lines are not flowing openly into the floodwaters.

Look... it's pure sensationalism. And that's what Fox does.

I can find raw sewage and floating bodies in the Pacific Ocean, but it would be sensationalistic to describe it that way.

[Ediacara]

25. I found Blanco's statement odd

The CNN reporters walking around in it described in detail the filth factor, but Gov. Blanco said it was all "just water." I don't know if sewage lines are broken, but I wouldn't be surprised. One thing though, there is no working toilet service in the city (I assume), so you can guess what people are probably ending up using...

[Kenroy]

26. well

we're just arguing degrees.

Fox finds it useful to describe New Orleans as a cesspool. I find it excessive and sensational.

Is the water dirty? Of course it is. But a cesspool is sort of extreme. Are there dead bodies in the water? Probably - but I haven't even seen one picture showing that. It's a silly, sensational way to describe it.

What's going on doesn't need crazy exaggeration - it's already awful and newsworthy. And that's why Fox sucks and CNN, for all its faults, has done a very good job during this ordeal.

[punpirate]

18. Well, that was an amusing...

... reply.

[Qanisqineq]

7. she said what??

what the hell? Some days I think about unblocking FOX News on my DirecTV just to see the crap those people over there spew.

[paineinthearse]

8. Gretta the body chaser

Thought she was looking for the same in Aruba. Who let her out?

[VolcanoJen]

10. Rita Cosby, of the heinous voice from hell, described it as....

... a rampant crime scene. A free-for-all. A criminal paradise.

All from the comfort of her oceanfront hotel suite in Aruba.

Way to run toward danger, Rita and Greta!

[Qanisqineq]

20. the heinous voice from hell

that describes it perfectly. I tried watching her once and didn't know if she was hoarse or always sounded that way. Saw her on a commercial and figured out that she must just sound that way.

[VolcanoJen]

22. Yes, she always sounds that way.

Who on earth gave her a job on television, let alone radio, with such a horrific voice?

The mind boggles. Plus, she sucks, and she's in Aruba while her nation falls apart.

[fujiyama]

11. Greta's actually talking about the hurricane?

I thought she would still be stuck up on Natalie Hollaway.

[tuvor]

12. C'mon. Greta knows a cesspool when she sees one.

After all, she works for one.

[Pachamama]

14. Must be the description that the evangelicals gave the Faux News folks to

say when describing New Orleans....as a "cesspool"...

I'm sure that Falwell, Phelps and the likes of Pat Robertson have been busy with their prayer groups and phone chains calling and stating that the "cesspool" called New Orleans is being punished by GOD for all its sinners.

[Libby2]

13. Just reading her name

makes me ill.

[Tyranny_R_US]

21. *grins*

[Carolab]

19. Actually, sounds more like DC.

Except the dead bodies aren't floating.