Thursday, May 20, 2010
geauxgira explanation
dude , man up
there were people of every color and income and age on their roofs after the federal levees broke.
EXCLUSIVE: FOX Sports president says "there will be internal discussions" with Myers after Katrina comments
May 19, 2010 2:40 pm ET by Brian Frederick
Reached by phone at his Los Angeles office this morning, Fox Sports president Ed Goren responded to comments by Chris Myers portraying the victims of Hurricane Katrina as "standing on a rooftop trying to blame the government."
"There will be internal discussions even though it didn't occur on our network," Goren said.
Myers' comments took place on The Dan Patrick Show, which airs on Fox Sports Radio, part ofPremiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel. Here is how Fox Sports Radio explains the relationship between Fox and Premiere Radio Networks:
FOX and Premiere Radio Networks have teamed-up to bring the considerable resources and talent of FOX Sports to radio. More than just a spin-off, FOX Sports Radio is a complete extension of the FOX Sports brand delivering the winning characteristics that fans have come to expect -- great talent, insightful coverage and the undeniable...FOX success.
Myers hosts Fox Sports' NASCAR coverage and contributes to its coverage of the NFL, BCS, and MLB. He also hosts Showtime's Inside NASCAR show.
Goren added: "I don't think it's appropriate for any sportscaster to be discussing politics, religion, etc. And that point is made in every one of our seminars from NASCAR to football."
Here is what Myers said on Monday:
It's a great country here. We have disasters issues when people pull together and help themselves and I thought the people in Tennessee, unlike -- I'm not going to name names -- when a natural disaster hits people weren't standing on a rooftop trying to blame the government, okay. They helped each other out through this.
And Mike Helton, president of NASCAR, Tony Stewart, among some drivers went from the race over to the middle Tennessee area where still a lot of hardworking, tax-paying, legal American citizens have been affected by the floods and are trying to rebuild their lives and they are helping out. And I think that other people around the country, of course the music industry in and around Nashville helping, without making a big deal out of it and I think that's a good thing.
Calls to Fox Sports Radio president Don Martin were not returned.
here is the post that gave me the red ass.
Fox Sports' Ed Goren, Chris Myers apologize to New Orleans mayor for 'offensive' comments
By Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune
May 20, 2010, 6:13PM
Fox Sports President Ed Goren and commentator Chris Myers apologized today to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu for Myers' recent on-air comments disparaging the city's response to Hurricane Katrina, spokesmen for the mayor and the cable network said.
The apologies came after Landrieu sent a letter to the network's president demanding an apology for remarks Myers made Wednesday on The Dan Patrick Show.Landrieu spokesman Ryan Berni said Goren and Myers called the mayor today to express their regrets, adding that Landrieu was satisfied with their sentiments.According to Dan Bell, Fox Sportsvice president for communications, Myers also faxed the following letter:Dear Mayor Landrieu,
Thank you for speaking with me earlier today.
I would very much like to apologize to you and the people of New Orleans for the inappropriate and insensitive remarks I made this past Monday. Clearly, these remarks demonstrated poor judgment and I sincerely regret making them.
I spent six great years living and working in New Orleans. It will always be a special place to me and my family, and I certainly would never want to offend the people of this terrific city.
I wish you and every citizen of New Orleans nothing but my very best and I hope the entire city can forgive me and accept my deepest apology.
Sincerely,
Chris Myers
Myers worked as a sports anchor at WWL-TV for six years in the 1980s. He created "Fourth Down on 4," still a Sunday night mainstay for the station, and married a New Orleans native before leaving for a job with ESPN.
According to the website Media Matters for America, Myers on Wednesday compared the response to the catastrophic flooding that followed Katrina with recent floods across Middle and West Tennessee that killed 20 people, ruined 11,000 homes and caused nearly $2 billion in damage.
"It's a great country here," he said. "We have disasters issues when people pull together and help themselves and I thought the people in Tennessee, unlike -- I'm not going to name names -- when a natural disaster hits people weren't standing on a rooftop trying to blame the government, OK. They helped each other out through this."