who doesn't think Whoreraldo was showboating during his
hurricane aftermath coverage is delusional. He made Shepard
Smith look calm.
Posted on 09/12/2005 10:00:02 AM PDT by Fido969
Kurtz Backs Geraldo in 'NYT' Dispute
By E&P Staff
Published: September 12, 2005 12:07 PM ET
NEW YORK It seemed like a minor, one-day story at the time -- amid the tragedy of the hurricane catastrophe -- but is The New York Times, which is normally pretty quick to run a correction or clarification, making it much more than that by stonewalling?
On Monday, Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post defended Geraldo Rivera in his campaign to gain an apology from the Times for accusing him of showboating during his Katrina coverage last week. The Chicago Tribune also covered the dispute today.
The Times's TV critic Alessandra Stanley wrote last week that the flamboyant Fox correspondent had "nudged an Air Force rescue worker out of the way so his camera crew could tape him as he helped lift an older woman in a wheelchair to safety." Rivera has denied this from the start, claimed that a tape of the incident does not bear this out, accused Stanley of being, "Jayson Blair in a cocktail dress," and suggested that if a male reporter had made similar allegations, Rivera would be willing to settle the dispute with his fists. Meanwhile, the Times has not issued a correction, and Stanley has said her description was accurate.
In Monday's column (third item), Kurtz writes that "a review of the videotape shows no nudging or other physical contact by Rivera. At a nursing home, Rivera and a staffer are shown lifting the woman's wheelchair down an interior flight of stairs. Then one Air Force man takes the wheelchair and a second one comes into the picture, looking as though he is going to help carry the elderly woman down the outside stairs. The second Air Force man leaves the picture and Rivera reappears, helping the first airman carry the wheelchair outside as the camera rolled."
He then quotes New York Times Editor Bill Keller: "It was a semi-close call, in that the video does not literally show how Mr. Rivera insinuated himself between the wheelchair-bound storm victim and the Air Force rescuers who were waiting to carry her from the building. Whether Mr. Rivera gently edged the airman out of the way with an elbow (literally 'nudged'), or told him to step aside, or threw a body block, or just barged into an opening -- it's hard to tell, since it happened just off-camera. Frankly, given Mr. Rivera's behavior since Ms. Stanley's review appeared ... Ms. Stanley would have been justified in assuming brute force. ... Ms. Stanley's point was that Mr. Rivera was showboating."
But Kurtz concludes: "Still, the tape shows no nudging, so the refusal to even run a clarification gives Rivera free rein to call the paper 'arrogant.'"
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That paper must be having some serious internal problems.
The Slimes should issue a clarification - but I'll forgive even THEM for assuming that Geraldo was showboating. He DOES tend to "froth up" at times when on location.
Is there anyone else out there that questions the press in NO as to why THEY didn't load up a bunch of Americans and evacuate them or at least fill up their vehicle with water and distribute it?
Almost impossible to take sides in a Geraldo/ NYT dispute.
True, but in this case, I side with ol' Jerry Rivers. I saw him talk with Brit Hume, and he did a good job of explaining what happened. Like he told Brit, the NYT does not like Fox News.
Horrendo Revolver doesn't deserve a dime.
Geraldo has his pluses and minuses, but I hope he wins this because I do believe he was slandered regarding the supposed shoving match. Got to give him credit - he called the NYT liberal scum on Hannity.
According to the NYT, if they don't specifically see something, they are free to imagine what happened and print it as fact. We've known this is the NYT philosophy for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen them admit it. Everything they print is suspect, has been since Jason Blair. Now we know they fired Jason NOT for lying and making things up, but for getting caught.
It doesn't matter if he was "showboating" 99% of the time. In the video that the claim is made with, there is no "nudge". She lied.
little-eraldo even made the fleeing victims seem very calm.
NYT got it right.
he's a nitwit.
The Horror. The Horror.
Huh? When did Horrendous Revolver ever NOT showboat when on cam?
Due to his inexcusable behavior during the Klintoon impeachment, Geraldo gets a bad rap from conservatives. My personal opinion is that he is an excellent reporter and deserves commendation for his war reporting, his work with the Pa miners and his resuces of victims in the wake of Katrina.
excellent reporter and deserves commendation for his war reporting,
Your kidding, right?
he draws a map in the sand to let,what's left of the enemy in Iraq to know US locations.
In NO, he did a horrible job.
At the convention center, screaming to let the people cross the bridge (Miss River Bridge) and holding up a baby as though the kid was starving. It took everything he had inside him to squirt out a tear.
Keep him behind the desk. Let the real reporters go out and report.
While Im at it, Gee-raldo, cut that F-ing mustache, your about 80 years to late.
We'll agree to disagree. I am a sucka for sensationalism.
I'm enjoying this, and I hope Geronimo milks it for all it's worth. Keep in mind that any money involved in this will go to the lawyers.
Geraldo's enough of a showboater, that the NYT doesn't need to MAKE UP STUFF... given the fact they have decided to make stuff up, in their attempt to attack Geraldo, and one assumes his employer as well.. shows that well the NYT is still the great grey whore and nothing has changed there, and nothing will change there.. no matter how many lies, fabrications and distortions they get caught making up for their political ideology.
Geraldo's enough of a showboater, that the NYT doesn't need to MAKE UP STUFF... given the fact they have decided to make stuff up, in their attempt to attack Geraldo, and one assumes his employer as well.. shows that well the NYT is still the great grey whore and nothing has changed there, and nothing will change there.. no matter how many lies, fabrications and distortions they get caught making up for their political ideology.
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