We’re So Over Katrina
Especially Elizabeth Spiers:
Housebound in the Florida panhandle thanks to Katrina, I unintentionally subjected myself to several days of hurricane-related TV news coverage from Sunday until yesterday when the newsertainment complex was (and still is) out in full force. While flipping between news networks, I came across a CNN report from a New Orleans affiliate wherein a reporter, crouched behind what appeared to be some sort of building, announced to the camera that he was going in for a closer look at the wind and rain and practically crawled to a mailbox on the street several yards away. The correspondent (IDed as Brian Andrews on mb’s own TVNewser) struggled to keep his balance and his footing as he huddled behind the mailbox and reported that weather conditions were, well, windy and rainy-a fact that was readily apparent before Andrews nearly got blown away trying to make it to the mailbox. The camera stayed in pretty much the same place, so the only difference to the viewer between Andrews dangerously exposed to the elements with only the US Postal Service to protect him and Andrews under the noticeably safer cover of the building was, perhaps, the level of viewer concern for Andrews’ safety.
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