I am so sorry for not posting in so long, but I could not let this item of hypocrisy slide from Geraldo Rivera (even being on Fox News, I still can’t stand him). On his show, there was a brief discussion about recent comments made by Rush Limbaugh regarding the tragedy in Haiti. Geraldo called Rush, “a shameless racial provocateur.” This is quite amusing considering that Rivera wrote a book about how Americans fear Hispanics, which sounds like being a “racial provocateur.” While I disagree with Rush’s choice of words, I do think that his assessment of the Obama administration’s response to this tragedy, as opposed to the Christmas underwear bomber is good. While I have heard that the lack of dead Americans allows for the administration to get away with waiting three days to speak about the terror incident, why is it not legitimate to criticize the President for not speaking with the nation as quickly about the Christmas attack as he did Haiti? Both events were significant to our nation and world regardless of the disparity in death toll. Criticism of the choice of words is acceptable, but Geraldo Rivera has no room to talk when it comes to calling someone (in different terms) a race baiter. This is merely an example of his style of reporting, with emotion and flair. While Geraldo has a right to his opinion, I have a right to mine and I feel that his characterization of Rush was hypocritical, given some of his controversial past.

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