permission to hand their supplies out.

which were running nonstop with multiple camera crews on site, to PR. It looks like MSNBC only has two reporters on the ground in PR, but they are just replaying the same video clips.

The same footage is on a loop. That's not even good coverage let alone anywhere near "top" reporting.

And sometimes more than once a day. They have also had the mayor of San Juan on a number of times, with her pleas for assistance, listing specifics.

Last night Rachel Maddow had an on the air interview with the mayor of San Juan who again asked for specific relief. That segment was replayed and analyzed last night and more times today with yet another interview with her. I saw the coverage today even though I was not at the TV as much as usual.

Only one is from today, and it has been replayed many time today, as have all the older videos. The point is, with the other mainland disasters every news media had multiple camera crews on scene, but PR doesn't get the same critical exposure.

It takes constant reporting just to get the public's attention to generate a loud outcry and boost response to the needs of the people in PR. One reporter and one video segment a day isn't going to generate any sense of urgency to convey the dire needs of our fellow American citizens who are still in danger.

I've seen many additional attempts at reporting on MSNBC where the signal was lost or of such poor quality it was not usable. Of course, MSNBC does not add those to their list of videos to be replayed - they were truncated or useless. There were also many more stories than I took the time and space to post - if you go to MSNBC.com and search for Puerto Rico there are a lot in their video archive and many more that I have seen on air that are not in the list online.

With Katrina, there was not as much disruption of the signals out and it was MUCH easier to get reporters there and keep them on scene, so of course there was much more coverage. Puerto Rico is farther away and even without a disaster, harder to broadcast from. Even so, the mayor of San Juan is using valuable cell phone power to reach out to the news broadcasters to ask for help, even though apparently she has been reaching out to FEMA and the White House, too.

I would prefer knowing that more supplies and aid are being shipped to the island than the same weight in reporters and broadcasting equipment. I'm sure the people of Puerto Rico would feel the same way.

in remote places that are far from civilization and in areas that have never heard of an electrical outlet or a cell tower. We've seen Richard Engle broadcasting by using a satphone from all over the ME. Many other journalists use that type of tech to connect to orbiting satellites instead of cell sites.

Your argument is not relevant to what I'm saying. The news media can and should be doing a much better job in reporting on the growing humanitarian crisis that is affecting millions of American citizens in PR. If you disagree, then look elsewhere for a fight about whatever your issue might be.

Its the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT that's supposed to be paying attention to PR.

Without public scrutiny and the backlash of criticism that followed the government's poor response to providing disaster assistance, would the Trump administration bothered to do anything more? In just one example, the hospital ship Comfort wasn't set to be deployed to PR until Hillary publicly criticized Trump for not sending that critical resource to help those people.

Its just more Whataboutism.

And you know who doesn't take the blame for anything the Trump administration fucks up.

That's how the news cycle thing goes. 24-48 hours for dumb shit in the headlines. A week or so for big things.

Maria hit Puerto Rico exactly a week ago

Chris Hayes (I think) and another person where he talked about how media coverage was slow initially due to the conditions and the inability to get reporters in (airports and ports were closed for a bit) and get data out (lack of power).

the media with his nonsense. Shame on him.