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aaron brown was a comfort through cnn coverage of 9/11. i felt his increasing appearances were reward for all that; but i missed excellent news coverage dependable and without unimportant "fillers" : food, health, hollywood,etc., and find i cannot just go to cnn headline news when that is all i want, as i used to.
anderson cooper's coverage of the vicious beating in new orleans was punishment to witness repeatedly and without resolve. his empathy came before the horrors of survivors and corpses, victims losing their pets and families lost from one another while cnn provided, i trust, very real help.
i much prefer the dry factual information from professional, seasoned weather bureau people to idiots out there in hurricanes, like:cute? not.
i turn to msnbc for news when i'm not with our Senate on c-span2. and morning c-span washington journal until the senate is in session. i was a peter jennings' news devotee and now brian williams because he reported truth of new orleans' "security" mercenary frightening presence when very little was said nor is still about that ONE MORE MISTAKE OUR GOVERNMENT MADE not-handling at all the hurricane destruction, then safety and care of people, all living things. as crass as iraq.
i cannot abide smarmy warm or cheery reportage. "just the facts,ma'am" is vital. and information:truth i find here in salon/washington post and truthout.org and am grateful for this chance to say. jim lehrer news hour, keith olbermann's attention to administrations' manipulations are priceless. i resent most when this administration claims "the american people want" because they are never speaking for me.
thank you sincerely, joan fassett.
