I recall Bernard Shaw in a blacked out hotel room in Baghdad during the initial aerial assault of the Persian Gulf War. At the time, it felt new, immediate, an

I recall Bernard Shaw in a blacked out hotel room in Baghdad during the initial aerial assault of the Persian Gulf War. At the time, it felt new, immediate, and fresh. Now we get Anderson Cooper grandstanding in Haiti...now it feels somehow "staged" - news in the background, anchors in the foreground. CNN's best days are long behind them.