CNN’s coverage of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda has been remarkable. Their journalists have been on the field since before the typhoon hit the Visayas region last Friday, giving exclusive and “front-row seats” to the Yolanda’s strength and the people’s peril. Everybody in Manila shot with excitement when last Monday, we heard none other than the Silver Fox Anderson Cooper will be coming to town.
This morning, he informed the world over his Anderson Cooper 360 show that help is there, yes, but that it is not reaching where it is needed because of lack of organization. Witness the accompanying tweets:
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This one really hits the nail on the head:
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Many of the survivors are desperate to leave Tacloban as help is slow to come, incidents of looting have been reported, and the stench of death, undeniable.
