Geraldo Under Fire: "We've just been sniped;" Driver Injured
Geraldo was traveling in a two-vehicle convoy. The team was driving up to the gate of a military forward operating base near Mosul when the sniper started shooting. The first shots hit the security vehicle, and the driver Hussein Ali was hit in the left shoulder. He called it "quite an exciting morning." "Thank god this vehicle is armored," Geraldo said later. My favorite quote from his package: Geraldo, to the camera, moments after the attack: "Ladies and gentlemen, we've just been attacked, we've just been sniped, we've been hit, we've been hit." Tonight's edition of 'At Large' promises to be very interesting... 2:10:42 PM

Geraldo Under Fire: Shot At in Iraq Today
FOX correspondent Geraldo Rivera's convoy was shot at in Iraq today. The scenes aired on FOX this morning and again during "Weekend Live." Tony Snow said that "Geraldo is the only person I know, when he gets shot at, he says to his cameraman, 'did you get the shot?'" His brother, Craig Rivera, was filming the whole time. Details soon... 12:39:58 PM

Haiti in Crisis: Time For The Cablers To Wake Up
DCRTV Dave notes that the cable nets are barely covering the crisis in Haiti. "I did catch CNN's Wolf Blitzer doing a phone interview with Haiti dictator Aristide on Friday, and had to cringe when Wolf referred to him a 'patriot.' I guess that was part of the deal to get the 'exclusive' interview," he writes. CNN's "Haiti in Crisis" graphics are cool, and at least they air Newman's reports frequently. Why isn't Anderson there now, though, like he was a decade ago? I realize the 'Passion' is a cheap, easy story to do, but aren't the visuals out of Port-au-Prince just as compelling? It's the top story on the three cable news web sites ("bloody unrest;" "anarchy hits capital;" "rebels approach"), but it's barely touched by the TV side. If I were in Secaucus or Atlanta, I'd be scrambling to present non-stop live coverage when the shooting really starts... 11:09:05 AM

Quote of the day
Hank Stuever in Saturday's WP: "Later, Kucinich talks about health care, and King looks around, beginning even to multi-task the papers in front of him, another moment in the 'Nobody's Listening to Dennis Kucinich Show.' Kucinich has so many issues to talk about, with force and clarity, and when he does, people put their minds on screen-saver. (Even in the media room, a giant, old basketball gymnasium filled with dozens of reporters tickety-tapping, there is a discernible cessation of journalism and an increase in snackage whenever it's Kucinich's turn to answer.)" 1:48:25 AM

Is Geraldo Reclaiming Some Dignity?
What's the consensus on Geraldo's dispatches from Iraq? A couple of message threads have had me wondering. "Everyone tees off on Geraldo for this and that -heck, I have too, but I admit I've liked his stories from Iraq recently," this TVSpy'er says. "He does take a lot of crap and some rightfully so but I really enjoy the stuff he is doing now," another poster adds. Several people on MSN's FNC board have said they like the reports, too. I wonder if David Folkenflik's been watching... 1:48:15 AM