Fredicka Whitfield is smiling just a wee bit too much as she reports

[wanpete]

about Katrina....I know newscasters are supposed to have a "pleasant" look, but she just seems to be smirking and I don't like it considering the nature of what may happen to many residents of the gulf coast.

Maybe I'm just a little on edge because this is just so scary!

[Drum]

1. ghouls

[marylanddem]

2. Yes, I noticed that - creepy

What is with this? Maybe she sees Katrina as her golden opportunity to be in the limelight and wants to have that perky Miss America quality so beloved of the mainstream media moguls.

[Bluzmann57]

3. Hey if you're down there

then get the hell out! And good luck to all of the folks down there. We need you on our planet, regardless of your politics. Been to New Orleans and want to go again, so protect yourselves and rest assured, you will have help rebuilding, if you need it.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

4. I saw another newscaster guy live in LA

looking really happy that the weather was starting to turn bad.
They can barely contain their excitement.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. The Weather Channel folks are the worst

they can barely control their excitement during these storms.

[Thtwudbeme]

9. Yeah, but they are meteorologists. They LIVE for this crap

What else in the world could turn on a meteorologist as much as a big mofo storm?

[Eloriel]

11. And others will be DYING for this crap --

they need to have an appreciation that the GRAVITY of the situation -- people dying -- requires just a little less on camera glee. Not that difficult a concept.

[BlueJac]

6. They love disaster

[TwilightZone]

7. Must be the "gleam in her eye"?

Don Henley was so accurate.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. She can remember what happened to Anderson Cooper

and can't wait to be blown away herself. Then she can have a hole in her ass too.

[Eloriel]

10. No. I've seen several broadcasters that were a bit too pleasant

given the gravity of the situation, one of them a weather guy this afternoon. He must've been on MSNBC because that's what I mostly watch. I've not appreciated it at all.

[KittyWampus]

12. Jim Cantore Wasn't Smiling.

[coffeenap]

13. No, he told us to get on our knees and pray. not kidding. nt

[Roland99]

14. Just watch the WWLTV live streaming video

[Is It Fascism Yet]

15. I noticed that too, they always look gleeful while giving the most tragic

news. It's downright rude and insensitive.

[spanone]

16. She's getting a lot of 'face' time. A high in the TV news arena.