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I won’t even attempt to link to every blogpost or Twitter, but the disgust with the cable networks’ coverage of this storm seems absolute and universal among Louisianans. I keep looking for someone who can find something positive or useful on CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC, but people in the city and across the country are howling at how bad this coverage is.

CNN meteorologist Chad Meyers compared a hurricane to: “It’s just like getting hit with a Ho-Ho - when you get hit with the white part, it’s OK, but when you get hit with the chocolate you get whammed.” (Not a direct quote, but pretty close.) I swear to God. (Jon Stewart, find that clip!)

The New Orleans stations are doing great work. Watch all four stations’ live feed on this page.


Comments:
Cliff on September 1st, 2008 at 11:28 am #

I hope no one from the area was watching Wolf Blitzer. He almost caused me to have a heart attack. I can’t blog about this thing until I see how much water comes over that Industrial Canal wall when the wins shift. Right now I am hoping to be home at the end of the week.

[...] excellent Best of New Orleans Blog has this post about locals’ reaction to the national coverage:  I won’t even attempt to link to every blogpost or Twitter, but the disgust with the cable [...]

Brandy on September 21st, 2008 at 2:35 pm #

where is a god place to stay for halloween wsp show at the lakefront arena?

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