Geraldo, somewhat shockingly, was more than graciously fair in his coverage of Beck’s Restoring Honor rally yesterday. In fact, his coverage of the rally was better than any I have seen thus far. He said that the event was ‘as underreported today as it was underestimated earlier’, which is a gentle jab to everyone in the news world. Geraldo referred to the rally as ‘huge’, an ‘extraordinary accomplishment’, and ‘the most potent political force in the country’. I’d call that high praise from Geraldo.
Of course it wasn’t perfect, but then I didn’t even expect it to be as good as it was. Geraldo did say that if the rally had a down side at all, it was what he felt like was Beck’s attempt at political correctness in the lineup of people he had on stage. Hrmmmm…I thought that diversity was a requirement to a Lefty – not something to be criticized. Ok that part was a little weird.
Overall though I think Geraldo did a great job in his coverage. He had Alveda King on the show but she didn’t get to chime in nearly as much as Al Sharpton, who was clearly trying to besmirch Beck. But even so, I was impressed with Geraldo’s general attitude about the rally and the fact that he dedicated the whole show to the rally.
Kudos to Gerlado.