More Reality-Based Reporting

Things seem to have calmed down in New Orleans today. All the displaced people have reportedly been evacuated from the Superdome and the Convention Center. But there are still some angry journalists to catch up with. In comments to a previous post, Jim Caldwell pointed out that FOX's Shepherd Smith was doing good work in New Orleans, and he wasn't kidding. Last night, Shep, along with Geraldo, was going off the rails about conditions on the ground, keeping Hannity and Colmes from parroting the normal talking points. Here's what they said at Talk Left:

When a network like Fox can't prevent its reporters from speaking the truth, you have to know the situation is so much worse than we've been told. Geraldo was crying, Shep Smith looked like he wanted to drive a knife thorough Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes. How frustrating for them to watch reality get trumped by spinned photos of supply-laden ships arriving.

Crooks and Liars has the video.

Over on CNN, under the headline "The Big Disconnect on New Orleans", they ran a point-by-point comparison between official government statements and what CNN reporters were seeing on the ground. Before this is all over, we might actually be able to put together a fair and balanced report of what actually happened over the last week.