CNN's Bob Costas refuses to host show about Natalee Holloway (wtg Bob Costas)

AP ^ | August 19, 2005 | AP

[benjaminjjones]

Good for Costas!

I start searching whenever Foxnews (my exclusive news station) start with a non-news Natalee "alert".

Anything with John Wayne. I must have seen Rio Bravo 50 times by now.

[trubluolyguy]

I am glad someone finally had the balls to say no on this story. How long has it been since there was any actual news on it and they STILL saturate the airwaves with it.

[Mount Athos]

Could someone give me a two sentence summary of this natalee story? Did they catch the killers, pretty much know who they were, find the body, or what? Or is everything still in limbo?

[nutmeg]

LOL! Whorealdo is NEVER on in this house. (Well, I admit we watched a few minutes of his show back when he was with the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.)

Ironically, when we first got Fox News on our cable system (Dec 2001), it was Whoraldo's ugly mug that first appeared on our screen! :-(

[Kewlhand`tek]

Sheesh. Just watching FOX tabloid, er news, tonite. They cut off Senator Weldon as he was discussing Able Danger to go onto a story about Natalee Holloway. Just terrible. gee reporting on something important isnt their style. I really LOATHE fox and friends too, yeah I'd like to get some news in the morning, but instead i get giggling school girls/boys, we are a nation at war GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR 3RDpoint of CONTACT!

[JLO]

TV is crap - BUNP!

[Former Military Chick]

I have to wonder too. But this is suppose to be news, not which way the wind blows. That used to be reserved for the likes of Oprah or Donahue.

Had each time a story was done about Natalee been due to breaking news she would have been found long ago.

I suppose I resent hat fact, there is nothing I can do to assist in this case. I would not mind an update but for half of a show. Are we that hard up in the US that this is what is considered important.

I have always wondered how to bring a network to their knees, still no clue but I feel certain there is another mother out there, who's son is the only POW/MIA from this war living through her own hell, but she has graciously allowed the system to work.

I just do not want to forget about him. I am a chick who says I will not leave one of my fellow soldier's as I return home.

[Clemenza]

But its been DRAGGING ON FOR WEEKS even though several other folks have gone missing in this country and abroad. The amount of coverage this chick is getting is absolutely asinine.

[Clemenza]

REMEMBER MATT BUMP!

[trubluolyguy]

"Must have seen Rio Bravo 50 times now"


Rio Bravo, Sons of Katie Elder and True Grit....pure art.

[JLO]

Bump is what I neant. With no spelling errors.

[cubreporter]

Amen!

[Mr Cobol]

Turn off the TV. Nothing there to see and nothing worth listening to.

[eclectic]

Wow! The Most Important Story of Our Time and the guy just walks away!

[Hank Rearden]

She's fish food. Aruba can't/won't figure it out. Case closed.

[Alberta's Child]

I haven't watched a minute of Fox News since they hired that disgraceful Clinton sycophant Geraldo Rivera Jerry Rivers. That network "jumped the shark" a long time ago.

Putting an @sshole with no credibility on the air doesn't make a cable news network "fair and balanced" by any stretch.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The Natalee Hollowy disappearance is nothing short of tragic, but the cable nets, who have 24 hours to fill, need to tell us what else is going on in our world, instead of focusing on Natalee 24/7 with the same bits and pieces regurgitated over and over again.

The blame should also be laid at the feet of the Aruban authorities who initially didn't consider this tragic loss of any significant importance until 10 days after she was missing.

The judge in this case however, needs to be commended to a certain degree. I think without her steadfastness, this case would be stuck in the mud.

Having said all that, I can understand the frustration Natalee's mother must be feeling, but when she harassed one of the potential suspects, that was way beyond over the top as far as I am concerned.

[ConservativeStatement]

Anyone know why was Olbermann criticizing Rush Limbaugh tonight -- besides the obvious jealousy?

While flipping through channels, I caught the last few seconds of some tirade where he called Rush "the worst man in America" or something to that effect.