After the outrageous behaviour by the American Red Cross after 9/11 I am a little reluctant to send money to the ARC.

With all the television reports of aid for those who have been displaced, the first Organization on hand giving food, clothings, shelter and financial aid was the Salvation Army.

They ask for nothing, nobody gets a paycheck from them and they do a fabulous job.  If you feel like helping, go to the link below.

http://www1.salvationarmy.org/

I know it's a common practice of the news media but the
Ch.4 interview of the couple next to their incinerated home this morning was tasteless and not needed


Tell me about it!
Sunday A.M. I was waiting for the football games to come on. The local station rather than show the game decided that the fire was more important than the game so they went with the fire. Every damn channel was covering the fire.
So, they decide to do a close up of a man who had discovered that his 2 children had perished in their car. Thanks newscast for showing me a full grown man break down into tears. Then collapse to the ground in grief. They let the camara roll for at least a minute on this poor guy. I felt his grief, his pain. It ruined my day or at least the next hour. Way to go. Way to bring down my day.
I hate the way the news tries to be hard hitting at all costs. So much focus on the negative. Just show me the horrible fire. Tell me about this poor guys terrible news. Don't decide to show him for minutes on end crying. I really wanted to go down to the news station and beat the tar out of the station manager for that. especially when the news anchor says" we now the audience wants to see football, but this is way too important". What is? Showng some poor guys grief.
Good luck to those that lost their homes and loved ones.