You might get shot too and I wouldn't shed a tear over it. There have been a couple of stories done on Port Au Prince shop owners sleeping in the rubble of their businesses to try and protect what they have. There are good people there who have worked hard for what they have and built up a decent business in spite of the environment there. Why should they lose even the last scraps of it to some worthless street thugs?
So, seriously, you’re in the middle of this and you are fully aware that you must get water, food, shelter (which may be a blanket). Are you going to patiently wait for the rescue planes? Before you answer check out the logistical problems the rescue people need to overcome to help just a few. It may be weeks before you (and they) will get water, food, tents. So really, you’re going to wait?
If it's food and water, they should give it away. If it is not, then you have a point.
The real issue is that we don't really know what it's like in Haiti, and the reporter may or may not be telling the truth. Or do we have unfailing trust in the MSM these days?
I might note that of all the reporters who are currently in Haiti (clogging the airports with their private jets), not a one of them has a speck of dust or blood on their clothes.