CNN Moves Soledad O’Brien, Anderson Cooper to New Orleans Storm Coverage Instead of GOP Convention
- Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:28am by
Erica Ritz
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CNN has chosen to move Soledad O’Brien and Anderson Cooper, two of its most well-known television personalities, to New Orleans in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac, according to Politico. The move is being interpreted as an indication of where the network’s priorities are — and it’s not with the Republican National Convention.
Politico writes:
The storm, which is bypassing Tampa and on course for the north Gulf Coast (and very possibly New Orleans), could now pose far bigger problems for the Republicans than high winds and waves ever would. There is a very real fear among Republicans that a natural disaster in New Orleans (seven years after Hurricane Katrina) or nearby could all but eclipse the convention — or, worse, create an unfavorable “split-screen situation” in which images of Hurricane damage are juxtaposed with the theatrics of Mitt Romney’s nomination.
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Politico then includes this excerpt from the Boston Globe:
Consider for a moment the juxtaposition of President Obama marshaling his administration’s forces and personally visiting New Orleans or Mobile, Ala., in the aftermath of the storm’s landfall, all while the convention hall is filled with delegates dressed in funny hats listening to partisan speeches.
Consider, too, the practical reality of the public and news media being forced to choose between watching a staged political event or coping with the aftermath of a natural disaster.
NBC has chosen to keep Brian Williams in Tampa “for now,” and ABC is keeping Diane Sawyer there as well. The two networks are sending their weather experts and lesser-known personalities to cover the storm in New Orleans.
However, it should be noted that CNN is, at least at this point, also leaving much of its political team in Tampa. Notable personalities include Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crowley, Piers Morgan, and John King.
Mediaite notes that Isaac, and the networks’ reactions to it, plays almost perfectly into the Obama administration’s narrative for Republicans and their convention.
The New York Times, for instance, writes:
But Tropical Storm Isaac threatens to fit just as neatly into that kind of narrative, with Mr. Obama seeking to paint Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan as opposed to a government that takes care of its most vulnerable and intent on cutting just the sort of federal services that can be critical in emergencies.
This post has been updated.
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Comments (75)
commoncents5
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:05pmDon’t forget the name Isaac in Hebrew means laughter because Sara laughed when she was told that she would conceive at 90 years old!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 1:10pmWho cares where Pravda moves their mouthpieces to………….not me .
Report Post »Chromo200
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:04pmCNN is there to film Obama walking on water and calming the storm. Telling the community that he is here to help while the GOP will let them drown.
Report Post »poster
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:04pmGood move. Now the reporting on the convention won’t be so biased. Who watches CNN anymore?
Report Post »Wildblue3
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 2:33pmOnly thing is that both of them recently made some top Dems look bad as well.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:00pmA good place for both of them – Both are full of Hot Air anyway.
Report Post »DeOppressoLiber
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:59amNever Let A Crisis Go Used. Obama wants to swoop in as a hero.
Report Post »thefnshow
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:57amsolidad is a goof…cooper should leave before cnn completely dies…go to fox…why did fox give him a talk show ?
Report Post »lizaz
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:57amWell, who cares?? We never watch CNN anyway, and most Americans know they can see the entire GOP convention story plus all the news about Isaac on Fox News. CNN will be immersed in the dem convention and we won’t be watching them then either!!!
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:56amWhat a bunch of rinophobes. So discriminating.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:56amLet’s say the next storm is an even bigger. Only the Liberals are wearing funny hats and there occupy constituents are burning down Charlotte, I mean having there convention. Will mother nature then again be playing right into Baracks hands? Look Republicans don’t watch CNN, CNN knows this. Republicans are not afraid of liberals or what they think. Let’s kick out CBS, NBC, ABC from the RNC they are so in the bag for the DNC we’d be doing ourselves a favor!
Report Post »www.TopTheNews.com
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:54amCNN is garbage, most of us agree. That being said, why has News Corp (FOX) contributed more than 20 times as much to the Obama campaign as to the Romney campaign??? Two-party system. Glad Beck left them…I linked it: http://www.topthenews.com/index.php/241-liberal-bias-news-corp-fox-has-contributed-more-than-20-times-as-much-to-obama-campaign-as-romney-s
Report Post »cameramom
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:09pmPaulbots get help
Report Post »Soul Leister
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:31pmBecause the obama campaign only gives interviews to media outlets that pay them (or they are shunned)… not you know why they are giving interviews “only” to outlets that pay them… funny, abc/cbs/nbc/etc all think they have paid enough over the last three years for a free ride (haha, but until they write more checks Obama will only do “affiliates” and magazines NO ONE READS because they are writing checks… wink.
Notice how obama has not been abusing FOX like he used to do every chance he could… they are paying to play…
Report Post »MAX0O1
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 7:20pmWE all knew GLENN is smart. HIS prediction of MSM AND CABLE going the way of the
Report Post »RINOS is coming to fruition. NEWSCORP knows it. HATES BECK.
jadams1214
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:53amwhy send reporters to cover a RINO circus.what would they do scoop up the crap that spews from the RINOS mouths.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:43pmAnd those donkey‘s are stinkin’ up the whole damn country. Don’t forget that!
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:49amI for one, have heard numerous stories about how the TV news media is doing its best not to give the RNC convention air time. This doesn’t surprise me in the least, and strangely, doesn’t even bother me. I think enough clips will be played on daily news channels to cover the highlights. If the MSM does air most of the DNC convention, it will show people just how biased they really are. I call that a win-win.
Report Post »SuperX1
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:47amThat’s OK – they wouldn’t give honest reporting anyway. They are scared of the truth, and don’t want the American public to know what a idiot we have running this country.
Report Post »Simonne
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:01pmIn the latest poll, 61% feel the media wants Obama to win, 15% Mitt & the rest are not sure. We don’t Soledad anyway at the convention. I do like Cooper as he is a liberal but tries to be fair.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:47amOf course! The perfect excuse not to cover the RNC! This is why there is all the hype about a Category 1 storm.
Report Post »13Lena
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:46amWell did anyone really expect the lame stream media to give a fair shake to the republican national conventio?. I hate to break this to them no one is going to be watching a DNC convention especially with all the women trashing Romney and lying as any good liberal will do. Obama is old news and no one cares what he has to say anymore.
Report Post »Vegascelt
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:46amObama has had 3 1/2 years to fix any problems with flood control in New Orleans. This one is on him. Time to spin this around on the liberals.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 12:01pmJust more “headwinds.”
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:44amThey getting tired of them getting beat up?? Hehehehehe!
Report Post »AnAmerican111
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:43amWho cares! No one with any intelligence watches CNN………………
Report Post »essence428
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:41amWho watches CNN? No one would have noticed without this article…
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:39amMaybe a tree will fall on them………………
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:38amI rather them to be standing on a beach, hanging sideways on a pole, than at the RNC telling fabrications about the nominees or speakers.
Report Post »mrfunn
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:37am.
where do I go to vote on your new logo ?
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Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:36amSooo, what’s that got to do with anything?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:36amGood they are gone!
soledad is proving herself to be an enemy of AMERICA.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:41amI agree .. and GET EM ISAAC … hope it misses everyone else on the Gulf ..except these two. ;-)
Report Post »jpschaeffer
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:30ambest place for them!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 27, 2012 at 11:41amYes .. they were hoping Isaac would wipe out Tampa and the RNC and it did not ;-)
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