Wouldn't it be nice to see a roundup of all the MSM reporting on Katrina, before, during and after. What kind of a job did they do? I do remember the Fox News coverage with Shepard Smith. I emailed Fox News begging them to get Shep off the air and out of New Orleans. Shep had become a part of the story he was covering. He was too close to the story. It is only naturaly for reporters to get too close to the story when they are living the story themselves. Shep got completely out of hand in his complaining and bemoaning that no help was coming as fast as was needed. Fox News did get him out not long after that.
I noticed that when covering the Israeli/Hezbollah war, Fox News did rotate the reporters on a regular basis. Fresh perspectives were needed and Fox got new people in the area to help with the on air coverage. One reporter who was reporting from her home was Jennifer Griffin. She lives in Israel and she was also rotated off at regular intervals. I have to say that I thought she did a great job and obviously has many contacts in the area. I think she was very instrumental in getting the Fox News crew released from captivity.
I wish a blogger with more experience than me could put together a timeline and a reporting history of the major MSM players. It would be fun to look back at the coverage and compare to how the coverage is now, one year later.