Whatta clown...

Good evening to all,
hope you're doing well out there.

As if things weren't already bad enough for the good people of New Orleans, Geraldo Rivera has blown into town with his abrasive and "in-your-face" style of speaking to people. The man has no tact at all, and his manner of speaking is sensationalist or incendiary at best. I was watching a news segment on the O'Reilly show, and here's a Geraldo quote: "after dark something is going to happen here, this place is going to blow", this was said in front of an assembled crowd that was standing peacefully, watching Geraldo exploit their pain and anguish. In my opinion the only thing that "blows" is Geraldo himself, I can't for the life of me (and this is just my opinion) imagine how anyone could consider the man to be a serious journalist or reporter? He was kicked out of Iraq for having a big mouth and revealing information he shoudn't have said on television, he should be kicked out of New Orleans for attempting to fan the flames of a situation that is teetering on the brink. Geraldo's comments didn't serve the common good, didn't improve the situation, and didn't even correctly describe the situation as it was taking place in front of him. As Geraldo said those words, people around him shook their heads in disagreement, or stood by quietly, the coward even had a large contingent of policemen "to watch his back", as he so said, while also saying "but they're not mad at me, they're mad at the government, forget the governor and the mayor, there's dead babies in there.". Real classy Geraldo, of course people are frustrated with their local, state, and federal government administrations who have let them down, but to rub that in their faces, along with the dead babies comment is nothing more than attempting to spark a public display of that frustration simply to get it on video. I can almost hear it now, if Geraldo manages to get his wish, "I'm Geraldo Rivera, reporting from a riot that has broken out at the convention center!", I'm certain he'd say it with glee in his voice, and a twinkle in his beady eyes. Please, somebody banish this man from television forever. I must say that while the information Geraldo mentioned was true about the living conditions, the deaths inside, and the powder keg situation taking place, his method did so very little to help, did very little to address the needs of the people going through this hell, and did very little to use the true power of television as a medium. A true reporter would have made a very public appeal to local, state, federal, and military officials to send somebody immediately, applying pressure through public opinion by the size of the viewing audience. However, I don't believe Geraldo has that option, as I quickly changed the channel shortly after I saw what I described, and I'd bet many others did as well. A true reporter would have words of encouragement in saying to the people that they would follow up on the situation until something was done, and they would have followed up on it by whatever means necessary to keep their word, a true reporter would have also allowed the people in the situation to speak for themselves about their needs, rather than some sort of hack attempt by the guy with the microphone and unusually large moustache trying to be bigger than the story and the center of attention. The best thing for people in the city of New Orleans to do if they see Geraldo coming, simply walk the other way, because whatever he tries to do isn't gonna be good.