Anderson is now crying

[eleny]

It's just all too much.

[MissB]

1. You rarely see that sort of emotion in an anchor.

[eleny]

4. He's seen a body being eaten by rats

That should do it for anyone.

[MissB]

14. I've been away all day

and just turned on the tv. Was this in the past few minutes?

[eleny]

19. Yes

It was a minute or so after his interview/argument with Sen Landrieu.

[MissB]

24. That would do it.

Goodness. :cry:

[Lex]

18. Did he report that?

Oh hell.

[Karmadillo]

28. Yes. He was trying to enlighten the unenlightenable Landrieu

about what was happening in the real world.

[eleny]

31. Yes, he told that to Sen. Landrieu a few minutes ago

She was thanking the Senate for tonight's session regarding FEMA and he came unglued at her. He told her he saw a body being eaten by rats so it was no time for senators to be back slapping and thanking each other. I hope Crooks and Liars has a video later.

[Lex]

13. I've always thought he was basically a good guy.

Even though he was a rich kid, he's had bad shit happen to him too. His brother committed suicide and he's done special reports on depression because of that.

[TahitiNut]

25. Yep. He gets "organizational" occasionally ... but seems really decent.

There's still a bit of "frat boy" that comes out strong while he's blowing in the wind ... but I have to admit I can recall being younger and thinking that might be fun.

[Lex]

2. Oh my lord.

The reporters are going to need psychological help after this.

Seriously.

[faithnotgreed]

33. its true - most that we see have been so sheltered so insular

in their political world

but now everything has been ripped apart
and we are seeing whats inside

all the best to anderson
he has been a real and needed voice of humanity and i thank him

[gkhouston]

44. yep, and not just the ones on the ground.

think about the anchors back in the studios, watching hour after hour of raw tapes, seeing things too awful to show us, and flashing back to their own experiences. Plenty o' nightmares to go around, these days.

[Lisa]

54. I'm kind of worried about Jeanne Meserve

I didn't see her on the morning lineup for CNN today. She was their correspondent at the Superdome earlier in the week, and then she was following the rescue crews. She almost cried when she described what it was like, hearing the pleas for help from the rooftops, when the understaffed rescue boats had to cease operations because it was too dark and too dangerous. I hope she is okay (I'm sure that all the media people have been trying to function in unsafe conditions without food and sleep).

I've heard that reporters have been punished in the past, for showing emotion on air.


link to her report:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=483

[Liberalynn]

55. I was thinking the same thing about

the reporters on the ground needing counseling after this.

[mshasta]

3. I know he is is.....

is this for real??? or he is acting???

[iconoclastNYC]

6. I don't think he's acting.

I know people who've met him and they only have the best things to say about him.

[TomInTib]

8. It's for real...he is overwhelmed by the horror and is angry!

[LisaL]

11. I doubt anyone would need to act, after seeing all of this.

Unless they have a heart made out of stone.

[eleny]

15. After the one sided argument he had with Sen Landrieu

I think he's had it. And didn't someone post the other day that he has family in NO?

[kittykitty]

42. Yes, he has cousins in one of these other coastal towns. He encoutered

them as the CNN crew was entering a town. They were out with chainsaws cutting up trees and branches to make the road passabble.

He told this story a day or so ago.

[charlie]

17. It seemed to me

that he's been holding it back since the beginning of the broadcast. He's pretty wound up, came within a hair of losing it with Landrieu.

[SofaKingLiberal]

32. No

that was no act

[skooooo]

5. Yep, did you hear the anger in his voice..

...when he was talking to the governor?? His voice was quivering. This is really getting to the press. Witness Jack Cafferty's rant this afternoon.

[MO_Dem]

7. I'd say he's seen and heard so many horrors

and heard so many "Baghdad Bobs" that he can't stand much more--like all the rest of us.

[jane_pippin]

9. I wish * would watch him and take some notes on how to act like a human

being.

God. The things Anderson must have seen.

[Old and In the Way]

10. The guy is burnt out by this experience.

He ought to write a book about what he's seen and how the politicians are failing the people of NO.

[Lefta Dissenter]

12. as am I

I just wrote him a note - but could barely see through my tears. He is putting a human face to the questions and suffering that the entire country is feeling.

[bluetuesday]

16. anderson

A wonderful human being~Weve got to get rid of the phony
politicians who are patting themselves on the back!

[mzmolly]

20. He's very shaken. Asking "who do we hold accountable"

Mary Landreau replied "there is a time and a place to discuss that."

He's angry/saddened. I am certain he'll address Bush's failures regarding FEMA and other matters.

[Biased Liberal Media]

26. No, NOW is the time to discuss this

NOW. NOT later.

[mzmolly]

34. That's what Anderson said, but she refused because people are still in

peril.

I agree with Landreau from a political standpoint and with you/Cooper from a human one.

[Nite Owl]

21. This has sure gotten to quite a few of

them. Hopefully they don't ever forget what the other America is really like. Jeanne Meserve was like this the other night, Cafferty was angry as hell this afternoon.

[Biased Liberal Media]

22. I'm cryign right along with him!

:cry:

[gatorboy]

23. Stop it Cooper!

He's gonna make me cry!

[Stinky The Clown]

27. The media are getting their legs again

They're seeing this first hand. They're feeling, living it, tasting it, breathing it, smelling it.

They can no longer cover for the motherfuicking slime ball bastard who is causing this grief.

He didn't cause the storm ...... he caused the shitstorm that's following his FUCKING NEGLIGENCE ..... and the media fucking KNOW it.

(For what its worth, I think the tears are real ... I know MINE are.)

[mshasta]

36. really hope so ...

this country needs it really bad!!!!!

[wli]

43. maybe they're disobeying the psyops officers in the news offices n/t

[Fleshdancer]

29. He's doing such an amazing job. n/t

[rzemanfl]

30. Last time I saw that was Elizabeth Cohen (CNN medical reporter)

in 9/11 aftermath.

[etherealtruth]

39. I have always been partial to her since then ...

Earlier this week Jean Meserve also lost it on tape ... she was so overwhelmed by the horror and devastation these people are experiencing.

CNN has done a stellar job through out this crisis

[LSparkle]

35. Hell, Cronkite cried when JFK got shot, Jennings did on Y2K ...

This is possibly the worst natural disaster ever to befall this country, so I think we can give the guy a pass.

[dflprincess]

56. Rather cried when he was on Letterman after 9/11

and there were those who slammed him for it. I also saw Rather tear up when the little girl who was trapped in the well in Texas years ago was brought out and when JFK, Jr died.

Given some of the things reporters see, it's surprising they don't breakdown more often.

[BlueJac]

37. A real human being

[Just Me]

38. His emotion touched me.

:cry:

I am sick and tired of the detachment, the absence of expressions of empathy and compassion. It's not normal.

[jmm]

40. What a difference a few days makes.

Before Katrina hit I was annoyed by some of his coverage. Especially his fixation on the buoy in the water but now his coverage has become more than a puff piece. Finally a reporter is willing to ask serious questions.

[Rex]

41. He's losing it.

This is real life Mr. Cooper!

[ocean girl]

45. I just sent him an email thanking him

He was outstanding!!!

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[eleny]

47. Next time you see a dead person being eaten by a rat...

You let me know how you kept it together. Get real.

Btw, enjoy your visit at DU.

[Beaverhausen]

48. "Be a man" what the fuck kind of comment is that?

Do you have a problem with emotions?

[Biased Liberal Media]

50. The kind only a freeper would make.

.

[Biased Liberal Media]

49. Wrong. Crying shows human emotion

There is nothing wrong with that.

[elcondor]

51. Oh yeah, I forgot ...

real men don't cry :sarcasm: :grr:

[CAcyclist]

53. There's nothing "manly" about not crying

when faced with such horror.

I'll bet your testicles are such tiny shriveled little pecans you have to go around trying to hurt other people like this so you feel better about yourself.

[nomatrix]

52. Just posted this in the thread above. So good you need to hear it .

Mary L-(not word for word too much BS)
She's going on and on thanking Bush and 41 & 42
-blah, blah, perhaps you haven't heard congress 10 billion supplemental...

Anderson-Excuse me Senator, I haven't heard because for the last 4 days I have been seeing dead bodies in the streets in MS and to hear politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, I gotta tell you there are a lot of people very upset, very angry and frustrated and it cuts the wrong way. Literally there has been a dead body laying in the street being eaten by rats... because this woman has been laying it the streets for 48 hrs and there are not enough facilities to take her up to. You get the anger that's out here?! Well who are you angry at?

Mary-I holding my anger inside.... (ass kissing B.S. to get help) blah blah....

Anderson-There are a lot of people here who are kinda ashamed of what is happening in this country right now, ashamed of what is happening in you state certainly & this is not to blame the people who are there it's a desperate situation.

No One seems to be taking responsibility. You say there's a time & place for kinda looking back but this seems to be the time & place. There are people who want answers and there are people who want someone to stand up and say
"You know what? We should have done more."
Are all the assets brought to bear?

Mary-Andersons......

Anderson-for the 1st time I'm seeing National Guards Troups.....