Anchors, Reporters, Crews Crowd Into Haiti
The headline is not strictly true any longer, as the “star” anchors of all three U.S. TV networks have returned to New York by now.
But was there ever any real need to have Catie Couric, Diane Sawyer, or Brian Williams anchor the evening newscasts from the Port-au-Prince airport?
Of course, large contingents of reporters, technical crews and equipment are still there. Just imagine how much actual help could have been delivered to the people of Haiti, instead of the tons of TV people and their equipment.
Reporting on the Haitian tragedy is obviously needed, but the taste and the usual modus operandi of television leaves a lot to be desired.
Remember the historic trip to Cuba by Pope John Paul II? All of the anchors were of course in Havana for the event, but as soon as the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal has surfaced, all of the anchors very quickly high-tailed it back to the U.S.
That should pretty much sum it up, we suppose…
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Nothing so draws reporters like a disaster. The story has “legs” and good for the ratings. I will admit, though, that I do like Anderson Cooper’s coverage. He seems to take himself out of the focus, and let’s the cameras do the talking. He seems so genuine. I would be disheartened to think he was otherwise.
Cher, I agree that Anderson’s approach is better than most. And of course, disaster stories are good for ratings.