Arianna Huffington tells Anderson Cooper to suck it up and stop acting like a little bitch. [HuffPo]
America Mourns With Anderson Cooper
Twelve of the thirteen miners in Sago, West Virginia have now been found dead. The original mine explosion that led to their deaths was so loud that it was heard five miles away.
The grieving by the families will be much more muted and quiet. But not so the strangers: the cable newsmen and out-of-town “journalists” will now share their own grief not only with the family members, but also their demographically correct audiences:
America will mourn with Anderson Cooper.
Last night, after learning that he had been incorrectly reporting for three hours the "miracle" of the miners being alive, Cooper became pale, before declaring himself "at a complete loss for words."That was last night. Cooper may have been at a loss for words last night, but if his past on-air behavior is a guide, he will not be at a loss for tears tonight.
America will once again mourn with Anderson Cooper.
Friday, January 6, 2006
The Hyperbaric Anderson 360. Turning it around for Bush.
Anderson Cooper 360
Frankenstein gives the words of a dead miner so much meaning. And heeeerrrreeee’s Andy.
1000
Before he breathed his last breath. You don’t know what breath he was taking either.
… he just went to sleep. It wasn’t bad. HE witnessed what was going to happen to him otherwise he couldn’t tell the family he was passing away.
HE WITNESSED THE DEATHS OF OTHERS TO MAKE THAT OBSERVATION. THAT OBSERVATION WAS A COMFORT TO HIM.
Dear God.
No one should die like that.
Cruelty. This entire circumstance is laced with extreme cruelty. From the violations to the discovery of the bodies and now this realization.
Destroy that company the way they destroyed those men and their families futures together.
1005
“They did the best they could.” No, I am sorry. The miners could be alive and have not gone into a mine so badly penalized without resolving the issues of safety. Bush could have cited this mine as an example to human rights abuses by shutting it down rather than taking it’s cut.
1007
Gupta is part of this morbid broadcast? Unbelievable.
1010
Now this is the news. The morbidity set aside to the families to own while we pay them respect as a nation seeking JUSTICE FOR THE DEATHS. Not brushing it aside as a bothersome event. Miscommunications. It’s unfortunate a mine so badly managed existed. I am confident as the danger of the mine grew greater they discussed shutting it down. Or, perhaps, Don Evans, the Former Secretary of Commerce while he was Bush’s right hand man.
Oh, wait that is Rove’s place. So that would place Don Evans in the Left Hand of God. Oh, I mean Bush.
But to get back to Don Evans. What a work of genius. Or better put, slight of hand, to put the mine in NEW management that could take the fall for the deaths as the mine was reaching it’s ‘end of life.’ Now. Now under new management the Sago Mine could have a second life in the face of the deaths of the miners. The Sago Mine they loved so dearly could live on to provide a way of life to their families. A full investigation would reveal the need for new technology. New capital expanse to extract the coal, THE DEEPEST UNDER THE EARTH. Right, George? That is what he said. “Under the Earth.” Why would he say that UNLESS there was a plan beyond the investigation?
This is an acceptable loss for a nation with a president that sees only PROGRESS in Technology in the face of death. Every Neocon lives for that. Defying Death. What a moral thing that is.
1018
Here we go. TECHNOLOGY. It will improve the lives of miners including the one still alive. Anderson, you are as much a slimeball as Bush and Rove.
Here we go. New Technology IMMEDIATELY available to prove we can prevail. An honor to the dead. Isn’t that the call Bush has to justify his war in Iraq? You betcha.
Commercials.
The Sago Mine needs to be shut down.
Oh. My. “The International Coal Group” has only existed since 2004. I’ll be darn. About the time Don Evans was looking to Germany for a new job. A trade up from six figures from seven in salary. Who are the investors in “The International Coal Group?”
The penalty for Sago Mine's owner?
'Kudlow & Company' wants to know the appropriate response to safety violations at the coal mine.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P140388.asp
Buyout king Wilbur Ross created International Coal Group (ICO, news, msgs) in 2004 by buying the assets of Horizon Natural Resources at a bankruptcy auction. One of those, West Virginia's Sago Mine, was the site of an underground explosion early Monday that claimed the lives of 12 miners.Sago Mine was cited for repeated safety violations over the past two years, including multiple citations for inadequate ventilation and failure to fully secure the mine against a roof collapse. The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued more than 200 citations for alleged violations at the site last year, up from 68 in 2004. Most of the citations were issued before the current owners took over the mine in November, Knight Ridder reported, but International Coal Group was cited by the federal government three times in five days in December for allegedly allowing flammable coal dust to collect in a work area. Those citations were among 17 issued last year at the mine for "accumulation of combustible materials." What is the appropriate response against the mine's owner? Vote in our online ballot, and watch "Kudlow & Company" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC.
1021
A discussion of Israel.
1025
commercails
1028
I hope the treatment works for ONLY SURVIVOR. Please don’t take this wrong. I want to stop a Runaway Train before it gets started AGAIN. Possibly causing the same people in this incident more pain. Sorry. Very sorry. This may very well improve his chances and I hope it does. I don’t want this to allow Bush to snowball hope for $ monies $ both by investors and employees by spinning more falsehoods as he chronically does.
Very sorry..
Hyperbaric treatments are used for DIVERS. The Bends. There isn’t anything new about this technology.
The Healing Powers of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
Oxygen is essential to proper healing of bodily tissues, whether it's skin, muscle or bone. In most cases, the act of breathing combined with a healthy network of veins and arteries provide enough oxygen for body tissues to heal. However, in certain circumstances, hyperbaric oxygen treatment is used to substantially increase oxygen flow within tissues to improve healing.
Patients undergoing hyperbaric treatment are placed in a chamber where 100% oxygen is circulated. The oxygen is pressurized so that air pressure may be 2-3 times greater than normal. This allows the lungs and skin to absorb more concentrated oxygen in a shorter period of time.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment was originally used to relieve scuba and deep-sea divers of a dangerous condition called decompression sickness or "the bends." While ascending from underwater, nitrogen gas bubbles may form in the lungs, tissues and bloodstream. Blood flow may be blocked, with disastrous results, and blood vessels may be damaged. Hyperbaric treatment neutralizes the effects of nitrogen.
Today, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society has approved use of hyperbaric oxygen for several other conditions besides the bends. The length and number of treatments depends on the condition and its severity.
Air or Gas Embolism: This is similar to the bends, when air or gas bubbles enter arteries or veins, reducing blood flow and affecting oxygen circulation.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless gas, is a byproduct of combustion. It binds to red blood cells, blocking delivery of oxygen to the body. Hyperbaric oxygen accelerates the clearance of CO from the body, restoring oxygen delivery and preventing toxic effects on the central nervous system and blood vessels.
Gas Gangrene: This bacterial infection eats away soft tissues, releases toxins into the blood stream and inhibits the body's defense mechanisms. These bacteria prefer low-oxygen concentrations. High doses of oxygen via hyperbaric therapy inhibit bacteria and toxin production.
Crush Injuries: Complications of crush injuries, such as from motor vehicle accidents, falls and gun shots, are very frequent. By increasing oxygen delivery to injured tissues, hyperbaric treatments reduce swelling, improve healing and help fight infection.
Problem Wounds: Wounds may fail to respond to standard care because of low oxygen levels and impaired circulation. Foot ulcers in diabetics are one such problem. By increasing oxygen levels within the wound tissues, hyperbaric therapy promotes healing.
Anemia/Blood Loss: In cases where a patient can't accept a blood transfusion for medical or religious reasons, sufficient oxygen delivery (via red blood cells) might be compromised. Hyperbaric treatment increases the oxygen content of existing red blood cells.
Intracranial Abscess: A sinus infection or bone infection of the skull may form an abscess within the skull or brain. Antibiotics may be ineffective and white blood cells require a minimum oxygen level to kill bacteria. Hyperbaric treatment provides oxygen for white blood cells and inhibits bacteria that need low oxygen levels to grow.
Soft Tissue Infections: These are serious infections -- in which tissue is dying -- that may be complicated by conditions such as diabetes or vascular disease. While primary treatments are removing the infected tissue and administering antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen may inhibit bacteria from growing and enhance the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria.
Bone Infections: Osteomyelitis, infection of the bone, that does not respond to standard treatment may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen. It inhibits bacterial growth, increases the killing power of white blood cells and enhances the effects of some antibiotics.
Radiation Therapy Complications: Chronic complications of radiation therapy used to treat cancer may result from scarring and narrowing of the blood vessels. Hyperbaric treatment allows more oxygen to reach these damaged areas and helps prevent tissue from dying for lack of blood and oxygen flow. It is most often used in the head and neck areas.
Skin Grafts: The success of transferred skin grafts or flaps (which might include skin, deeper tissue, muscle and bone) is largely dependent on sufficient oxygen supply to the affected area. Hyperbaric treatment can be used to saturate the area with oxygen before and after grafting.
Burns: Hyperbaric therapy is sometimes used to treat burns to the hands, face or groin area, or for deep second-degree and third-degree burns that cover more than 20% of the patient's body. Hyperbaric oxygen reduces swelling, limits progression of the burn injury (which continues 3-4 days after the initial injury) and may diminish lung damage from inhalation of heat and smoke.
At the Medical College of Wisconsin, researchers are studying hyperbaric therapy for additional uses, alone and in combination with other treatments. Medical College researchers have pioneered the use of hyperbaric oxygen in conjunction with NASA's near-infrared light-emitting diode technology for treatment of hard-to-heal wounds.
May be just a clinic would do the trick.
http://drcranton.com/hbo.htm
If only every affected miner had a state of the art Hyperbaric Unit.
http://www.hyperchamber.com/
.
Don’t wait. Bring the dead mummy back to life.
http://www.hyperbaric.com/pages/1/index.htm
Certainly a miracle of MODERN Bush Medical Technology.
1042
Here is a Katrina Math Scenario for you Bubba.
New Orleans homeowners worry about city bulldozing homes
1/5/2006, 5:24 p.m. CT
By CAIN BURDEAU
The Associated Press
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1136503758251240.xml&storylist=louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bulldozers will be part of the rebuilding of this city but many black homeowners are worried that their flood- and wind-damaged homes will be demolished without their consent under the sweeping powers of the mayor.
What do you suppose all this costs, Bubba? Huh? Grief because there are still people decaying in the ruins that will be bulldozed under and built over top of. Besides, I thought Bush had VAST respect for private land ownership. Go, figure, huh?
The Times Picayune needs to be required reading for the nation.
http://www.nola.com/
Funny, but, Bubba didn’t portray any of this on the news tonight.
Hm?
1048
Oh, I agree. Judge Alito has nothing to do with the current decisions about wiretapping. Current wiretapping is a crime. I would think a Supreme Court Nominee would not participate in crime. He didn’t. Did he? I mean. Maybe over dinner. Hm?
1052
You learning more about the Sago Mine?
I would think any EMOTING Anchor would have done his homework long before now as an activist in PREVENTING this tragedy.
Hm?
1053
The voice of a relative doesn't change my mind about any of the above issues. I respect his right to make the love for his family member known. "God gave him peace at the end."
I suppose it was just 'time' for all these men.
Mr. Toler is a great American , as is his family. As Amerocns they deserve to be with his family and not without. All those people still living love Mr. Toler and have needs for him alive. That man should not be dead. Martin never deserved to die. Martin wasn't called. He was taken away from his family and his community by GREED. Not that his soul has a burden. He doesn't.
HERE WE GO.
Go ahead Anderson justify the death of these men in the 'dangers' of mining. That might true IF the deaths were justified. They are not in this case. There were to many issues with this mine to justify anything EXCEPT manslaughter.
You losing bastard, Anderson. You used the empathy of this nation to propagate a program; drawing a grieving family member into an interview. You have no respect for anyone. Your is ego is everything.
You pathetic bastard. You had no right to do this !!!
1108
enough
Frankenstein gives the words of a dead miner so much meaning. And heeeerrrreeee’s Andy.
1000
Before he breathed his last breath. You don’t know what breath he was taking either.
… he just went to sleep. It wasn’t bad. HE witnessed what was going to happen to him otherwise he couldn’t tell the family he was passing away.
HE WITNESSED THE DEATHS OF OTHERS TO MAKE THAT OBSERVATION. THAT OBSERVATION WAS A COMFORT TO HIM.
Dear God.
No one should die like that.
Cruelty. This entire circumstance is laced with extreme cruelty. From the violations to the discovery of the bodies and now this realization.
Destroy that company the way they destroyed those men and their families futures together.
1005
“They did the best they could.” No, I am sorry. The miners could be alive and have not gone into a mine so badly penalized without resolving the issues of safety. Bush could have cited this mine as an example to human rights abuses by shutting it down rather than taking it’s cut.
1007
Gupta is part of this morbid broadcast? Unbelievable.
1010
Now this is the news. The morbidity set aside to the families to own while we pay them respect as a nation seeking JUSTICE FOR THE DEATHS. Not brushing it aside as a bothersome event. Miscommunications. It’s unfortunate a mine so badly managed existed. I am confident as the danger of the mine grew greater they discussed shutting it down. Or, perhaps, Don Evans, the Former Secretary of Commerce while he was Bush’s right hand man.
Oh, wait that is Rove’s place. So that would place Don Evans in the Left Hand of God. Oh, I mean Bush.
But to get back to Don Evans. What a work of genius. Or better put, slight of hand, to put the mine in NEW management that could take the fall for the deaths as the mine was reaching it’s ‘end of life.’ Now. Now under new management the Sago Mine could have a second life in the face of the deaths of the miners. The Sago Mine they loved so dearly could live on to provide a way of life to their families. A full investigation would reveal the need for new technology. New capital expanse to extract the coal, THE DEEPEST UNDER THE EARTH. Right, George? That is what he said. “Under the Earth.” Why would he say that UNLESS there was a plan beyond the investigation?
This is an acceptable loss for a nation with a president that sees only PROGRESS in Technology in the face of death. Every Neocon lives for that. Defying Death. What a moral thing that is.
1018
Here we go. TECHNOLOGY. It will improve the lives of miners including the one still alive. Anderson, you are as much a slimeball as Bush and Rove.
Here we go. New Technology IMMEDIATELY available to prove we can prevail. An honor to the dead. Isn’t that the call Bush has to justify his war in Iraq? You betcha.
Commercials.
The Sago Mine needs to be shut down.
Oh. My. “The International Coal Group” has only existed since 2004. I’ll be darn. About the time Don Evans was looking to Germany for a new job. A trade up from six figures from seven in salary. Who are the investors in “The International Coal Group?”
The penalty for Sago Mine's owner?
'Kudlow & Company' wants to know the appropriate response to safety violations at the coal mine.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P140388.asp
Buyout king Wilbur Ross created International Coal Group (ICO, news, msgs) in 2004 by buying the assets of Horizon Natural Resources at a bankruptcy auction. One of those, West Virginia's Sago Mine, was the site of an underground explosion early Monday that claimed the lives of 12 miners.Sago Mine was cited for repeated safety violations over the past two years, including multiple citations for inadequate ventilation and failure to fully secure the mine against a roof collapse. The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued more than 200 citations for alleged violations at the site last year, up from 68 in 2004. Most of the citations were issued before the current owners took over the mine in November, Knight Ridder reported, but International Coal Group was cited by the federal government three times in five days in December for allegedly allowing flammable coal dust to collect in a work area. Those citations were among 17 issued last year at the mine for "accumulation of combustible materials." What is the appropriate response against the mine's owner? Vote in our online ballot, and watch "Kudlow & Company" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC.
1021
A discussion of Israel.
1025
commercails
1028
I hope the treatment works for ONLY SURVIVOR. Please don’t take this wrong. I want to stop a Runaway Train before it gets started AGAIN. Possibly causing the same people in this incident more pain. Sorry. Very sorry. This may very well improve his chances and I hope it does. I don’t want this to allow Bush to snowball hope for $ monies $ both by investors and employees by spinning more falsehoods as he chronically does.
Very sorry..
Hyperbaric treatments are used for DIVERS. The Bends. There isn’t anything new about this technology.
The Healing Powers of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
Oxygen is essential to proper healing of bodily tissues, whether it's skin, muscle or bone. In most cases, the act of breathing combined with a healthy network of veins and arteries provide enough oxygen for body tissues to heal. However, in certain circumstances, hyperbaric oxygen treatment is used to substantially increase oxygen flow within tissues to improve healing.
Patients undergoing hyperbaric treatment are placed in a chamber where 100% oxygen is circulated. The oxygen is pressurized so that air pressure may be 2-3 times greater than normal. This allows the lungs and skin to absorb more concentrated oxygen in a shorter period of time.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment was originally used to relieve scuba and deep-sea divers of a dangerous condition called decompression sickness or "the bends." While ascending from underwater, nitrogen gas bubbles may form in the lungs, tissues and bloodstream. Blood flow may be blocked, with disastrous results, and blood vessels may be damaged. Hyperbaric treatment neutralizes the effects of nitrogen.
Today, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society has approved use of hyperbaric oxygen for several other conditions besides the bends. The length and number of treatments depends on the condition and its severity.
Air or Gas Embolism: This is similar to the bends, when air or gas bubbles enter arteries or veins, reducing blood flow and affecting oxygen circulation.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless gas, is a byproduct of combustion. It binds to red blood cells, blocking delivery of oxygen to the body. Hyperbaric oxygen accelerates the clearance of CO from the body, restoring oxygen delivery and preventing toxic effects on the central nervous system and blood vessels.
Gas Gangrene: This bacterial infection eats away soft tissues, releases toxins into the blood stream and inhibits the body's defense mechanisms. These bacteria prefer low-oxygen concentrations. High doses of oxygen via hyperbaric therapy inhibit bacteria and toxin production.
Crush Injuries: Complications of crush injuries, such as from motor vehicle accidents, falls and gun shots, are very frequent. By increasing oxygen delivery to injured tissues, hyperbaric treatments reduce swelling, improve healing and help fight infection.
Problem Wounds: Wounds may fail to respond to standard care because of low oxygen levels and impaired circulation. Foot ulcers in diabetics are one such problem. By increasing oxygen levels within the wound tissues, hyperbaric therapy promotes healing.
Anemia/Blood Loss: In cases where a patient can't accept a blood transfusion for medical or religious reasons, sufficient oxygen delivery (via red blood cells) might be compromised. Hyperbaric treatment increases the oxygen content of existing red blood cells.
Intracranial Abscess: A sinus infection or bone infection of the skull may form an abscess within the skull or brain. Antibiotics may be ineffective and white blood cells require a minimum oxygen level to kill bacteria. Hyperbaric treatment provides oxygen for white blood cells and inhibits bacteria that need low oxygen levels to grow.
Soft Tissue Infections: These are serious infections -- in which tissue is dying -- that may be complicated by conditions such as diabetes or vascular disease. While primary treatments are removing the infected tissue and administering antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen may inhibit bacteria from growing and enhance the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria.
Bone Infections: Osteomyelitis, infection of the bone, that does not respond to standard treatment may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen. It inhibits bacterial growth, increases the killing power of white blood cells and enhances the effects of some antibiotics.
Radiation Therapy Complications: Chronic complications of radiation therapy used to treat cancer may result from scarring and narrowing of the blood vessels. Hyperbaric treatment allows more oxygen to reach these damaged areas and helps prevent tissue from dying for lack of blood and oxygen flow. It is most often used in the head and neck areas.
Skin Grafts: The success of transferred skin grafts or flaps (which might include skin, deeper tissue, muscle and bone) is largely dependent on sufficient oxygen supply to the affected area. Hyperbaric treatment can be used to saturate the area with oxygen before and after grafting.
Burns: Hyperbaric therapy is sometimes used to treat burns to the hands, face or groin area, or for deep second-degree and third-degree burns that cover more than 20% of the patient's body. Hyperbaric oxygen reduces swelling, limits progression of the burn injury (which continues 3-4 days after the initial injury) and may diminish lung damage from inhalation of heat and smoke.
At the Medical College of Wisconsin, researchers are studying hyperbaric therapy for additional uses, alone and in combination with other treatments. Medical College researchers have pioneered the use of hyperbaric oxygen in conjunction with NASA's near-infrared light-emitting diode technology for treatment of hard-to-heal wounds.
May be just a clinic would do the trick.
http://drcranton.com/hbo.htm
If only every affected miner had a state of the art Hyperbaric Unit.
http://www.hyperchamber.com/
.
Don’t wait. Bring the dead mummy back to life.
http://www.hyperbaric.com/pages/1/index.htm
Certainly a miracle of MODERN Bush Medical Technology.
1042
Here is a Katrina Math Scenario for you Bubba.
New Orleans homeowners worry about city bulldozing homes
1/5/2006, 5:24 p.m. CT
By CAIN BURDEAU
The Associated Press
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1136503758251240.xml&storylist=louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bulldozers will be part of the rebuilding of this city but many black homeowners are worried that their flood- and wind-damaged homes will be demolished without their consent under the sweeping powers of the mayor.
What do you suppose all this costs, Bubba? Huh? Grief because there are still people decaying in the ruins that will be bulldozed under and built over top of. Besides, I thought Bush had VAST respect for private land ownership. Go, figure, huh?
The Times Picayune needs to be required reading for the nation.
http://www.nola.com/
Funny, but, Bubba didn’t portray any of this on the news tonight.
Hm?
1048
Oh, I agree. Judge Alito has nothing to do with the current decisions about wiretapping. Current wiretapping is a crime. I would think a Supreme Court Nominee would not participate in crime. He didn’t. Did he? I mean. Maybe over dinner. Hm?
1052
You learning more about the Sago Mine?
I would think any EMOTING Anchor would have done his homework long before now as an activist in PREVENTING this tragedy.
Hm?
1053
The voice of a relative doesn't change my mind about any of the above issues. I respect his right to make the love for his family member known. "God gave him peace at the end."
I suppose it was just 'time' for all these men.
Mr. Toler is a great American , as is his family. As Amerocns they deserve to be with his family and not without. All those people still living love Mr. Toler and have needs for him alive. That man should not be dead. Martin never deserved to die. Martin wasn't called. He was taken away from his family and his community by GREED. Not that his soul has a burden. He doesn't.
HERE WE GO.
Go ahead Anderson justify the death of these men in the 'dangers' of mining. That might true IF the deaths were justified. They are not in this case. There were to many issues with this mine to justify anything EXCEPT manslaughter.
You losing bastard, Anderson. You used the empathy of this nation to propagate a program; drawing a grieving family member into an interview. You have no respect for anyone. Your is ego is everything.
You pathetic bastard. You had no right to do this !!!
1108
enough
Cooper could never have done it alone. The fact of the matter is the Brown/Meserve exchange was more grabbing than any aspect of the CNN coverage
The 6th.
CNN Gains on Fox During Katrina
CNN made significant ratings gains on Fox News during the networks’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.From a rating of 0.5 before the hurricane, CNN rose to a 2.0 – although it still lagged behind Fox’s 2.3 rating.
A particularly poignant moment in CNN’s coverage came on the Monday night following landfall, when veteran reporter Jeanne Meserve was interviewed by Aaron Brown after she had gone out into the flooded streets of New Orleans with rescuers.
Meserve broke down in tears as she described hearing "people yelling for help and no one can get to them.”
Said Brown: "Jeanne Meserve has been on the team for almost 15 years, I think. She is a very tough, capable, strong reporter, and she met her match on a story tonight.”
CNN’s Anderson Cooper also left an impression on viewers when, during an interview with Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, he seemingly lost his temper and told her, "I’ve been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry and very frustrated.”
The New York Times reported: "Mr. Cooper’s well-shaded outrage – he stopped just short of editorializing – elicited the kind of anger that has been mostly missing from a toothless press.”
CNN Gains on Fox During Katrina
CNN made significant ratings gains on Fox News during the networks’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.From a rating of 0.5 before the hurricane, CNN rose to a 2.0 – although it still lagged behind Fox’s 2.3 rating.
A particularly poignant moment in CNN’s coverage came on the Monday night following landfall, when veteran reporter Jeanne Meserve was interviewed by Aaron Brown after she had gone out into the flooded streets of New Orleans with rescuers.
Meserve broke down in tears as she described hearing "people yelling for help and no one can get to them.”
Said Brown: "Jeanne Meserve has been on the team for almost 15 years, I think. She is a very tough, capable, strong reporter, and she met her match on a story tonight.”
CNN’s Anderson Cooper also left an impression on viewers when, during an interview with Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, he seemingly lost his temper and told her, "I’ve been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry and very frustrated.”
The New York Times reported: "Mr. Cooper’s well-shaded outrage – he stopped just short of editorializing – elicited the kind of anger that has been mostly missing from a toothless press.”
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