I was listening to Air America last night, and on his show I thought Jerry Springer made a great point. (Yes, he's a liberal talk radio host now. The tagline for the show is, "Swearing to use his powers only for good now!") He pointed out that there is all this horrifying news footage of people on rooftops, trapped without food, water, or medicine. His question was this - if there are helicopters that can get close enough to film these people and get the audio of their cries, aren't they close enough to rescue them? or at least drop water bottles? Honestly, where does journalistic detachment end and being a compassionate human being begin?
posted by MAtt D. at 6:57 AM