Scoop’s Views

When Hurricane Katrina was heading toward New Orleans, Louisiana just over three years ago, many residents were shoo’ing off warning to evacuate the city and other areas. In the case of Hurricane Gustav, estimates were for severe flooding and possible levy breaks. In essence, pretty much a repeat of Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately, for taxpayers around country, as well as residents of the areas where the hurricane made landfall, the hurricane didn’t live up to its projections.

With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the South Texas to Louisiana coast, evacuation orders for many towns have been issued, including in Galveston, Texas, which saw 16,000 people die in a hurricane in 1901. Galveston now has 15-foot storm walls to protect the city, which is basically bowl-shaped, but the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service are saying storm surges could be as high as 20 feet – five feet over the storm walls.

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Fox News had an open microphone near the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and during that time, the loud-mouth did what he had done ever-so-well in the past: shoved his foot in his mouth, all the way to his knee, and then, while trying to pull it back out, makes things even worse.

This time, though, it was different: it was a news crew that was recording conversations — without advising those in the area, or those who the crew knew would be recorded — and then aired those non-disclosed recordings. On one hand, you can argue it’s a violation of ethical behavior by journalists, but this is TV news, so that argument is out the window.

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