Wolf Blitzer badgering the Haitian Ambassador about looting

[TornadoTN]

Blitzer keeps hammering him with the sensationalistic talking point about looting. Completely just ignoring everything the Ambassador is saying about people just trying to survive. Blitzer says "Well, we've seen some pretty violent pictures coming from Haiti today" as if its indicative of the entire situation on the ground. Then he implores the Ambassador to use the U.S. as its Police Force.

For the past hour, Blitzer seems to be absoloutely giddy about covering this and trying to make media gold by setting people up with ridiculous assertions or blanket statements. A few minutes ago, he had a family of a girl who was in the Hotel Montana and they ambushed the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti with pleas to save their daughter - even though Search & Rescue feel that the likelihood of survivors is low.

CNN has been great, but Blitzer is a complete fool.

Sorry, had to vent.

[tabatha]

1. Yes, he's an obvious republican.

[TornadoTN]

2. It's like he wants Haiti to erupt into mass chaos and he's just playing out his fantasies

It's seriously disturbing.

[tabatha]

18. Funny, he was pushing the fact that the Israelis had a

field hospital up and the US did not.

First of all, isn't there supposed to be sharing - it is not a competition.

Second, it would probably blow his mind to know that Israel has "socialist" medicine.

[TornadoTN]

19. Right after he bashed the U.S. for not having a hospital (false)

He then had on Bill Frist, who was at a U.S. field hospital in Haiti that was performing surgeries. He praised Frist for all of the work he was doing without any sense of the idiocy that he had just been spouting about the U.S. not having a hospital.

I mean, who fucking cares who owns the hospital? As long as it's there and treating people, it doesn't matter one bit who is operating it.

[Spazito]

3. Yeah, he's a real prize for sure....

Can't stand the man, never could.

[bridgit]

4. Fuck Wolf Blitzer - CNN's whole coverage does little more than promote AC360 gear...

[lunatica]

5. Blitzer became known from nothing during the First Gulf War

So his ego got a huge dose of being treated like a superstar and he needs his fix again.

CNN has been OK. But it tends to try to make itself the story. Blitzer's badgering is his way of being the story.

[alsame]

6. DId he repeat his "They are so poor and so black" observation

from the Katrina coverage?

[Spazito]

10. I was trying to remember what he had said, thanks....

I have no doubt he will find something similar to say in that vein regarding this disaster as well.

[monmouth]

7. More info on the people missing from Lynn University..

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/families-of-missing-lynn-u-students-plead-for-184235.html

[Lilyeye]

8. I was skipping by and watched a little bit of the jerk.

I quickly turned it off when he was trying to push the idea that the U.S. is trying to take over Haiti during the relief efforts.

[Ken Burch]

9. What's Wolf's point?

There's always looting in situations like this.

It would happen if Cedras was still in power too.

And the new austerity demands are just going to make it worse.

When will the former slaveowners FINALLY stop punishing Haiti for throwing off its chains?

[Tim01]

11. WTF!! Looting a big pile of rubble?

Jesus fucking christ! People are trying to find enough food and water to stay alive. Somebody slap that fucker.

[TornadoTN]

13. No kidding. He's still yammering on about the looting and how "bad" it is

The Haitian Ambassador told him plainly, that most of the looting that he was refering to is merely people taking what they can to survive. Of course, Wolf didn't listen.

[DJ13]

12. If the merchandise has no retail value left its not looting

The stores are destroyed, and no one is going to be able to sell any of it now.

[bridgit]

14. That was the Alley Velche angle, he asked if goods were being sold in black market...

AC said they were selling right off the rubble of collapsed buildings - so CNN made the connection that because the goods had value they were therefore 'looted'

[Garbo 2004]

20. Surprised Ali Velshi didn't praise it as an example of "entrepreneur capitalism." nt

[bridgit]

22. No shit huh? I'm tired of Velche's pimp-my-cuff-links routine too

[malaise]

15. The Blitzer's of this world are dying for chaos

I detest that fool.

[BeHereNow]

16. How can you watch him?

I can't watch network news at ALL these days.
The level of hatred spewed by those people is
just too depressing for me.
I can't help but think how MANY Americans have
no other news source, thus the level of pure hate
and ignorance expressed by so many in this country.
These people and those who allow them on the air
should be arrested for promoting hate crimes.
Propaganda that promotes hate is not "free speech."
It is criminal.
BHN

[TornadoTN]

17. I normally don't, which probably explains my outrage

I'm assuming by the responses in the thread that this is a normal thing with him, but I really detest it in this case.

[tnlefty]

21. Oh, you stated complete fool, I was sure it read complete tool..

I'd like to drop him in the middle of Port au Prince, or better a little further out and film what he would do.

Asswipe. Not you, Blitzer.