The New Republic has an article about journalists’ experiences in Haiti (including our fare hero, Anderson Cooper). An interesting statistic:
Still, as of yesterday, CNN and CBS both had about 50 staffers in Haiti, and Fox had 25. (ABC and NBC almost certainly had similar numbers but we were unable to obtain them; the major papers were considerably more restrained, with The New York Times and Washington Post both claiming about ten employees.)
It’s difficult to figure out what to feel about photos like this. On one hand, Anderson Cooper is a journalist who should be covering a story rather than creating one. However, on the other hand, Haiti requires all the help they can get. This sort of thing came up hypothetically in James Fallows’ book “Breaking the News” that I am currently reading (link to Chapter 1):
He asked Jennings to imagine that he worked for a network that had been in contact with the enemy North Kosanese government. After much pleading, the North Kosanese had agreed to let Jennings and his news crew into their country, to film behind the lines and even travel with military units. Would Jennings be willing to go? Of course, Jennings replied. Any reporter would-and in real wars reporters from his network often had. But while Jennings and his crew are traveling with a North Kosanese unit, to visit the site of an alleged atrocity by American and South Kosanese troops, they unexpectedly cross the trail of a small group of American and South Kosanese soldiers. With Jennings in their midst, the northern soldiers set up a perfect ambush, which will let them gun down the Americans and Southerners, every one. What does Jennings do?
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