Today’s big news story was Conan O’Brien‘s flip-off to NBC — until the Haiti earthquake. Late in the afternoon at around 5 p.m. EST, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti just outside Port-au-Prince ...

Compassion vs Self-Congratulation The New York Times's Alessandra Stanley explores the tension inherent in TV disaster coverage. "In a disaster this huge, television reporters are the heralds of the ...

A man wears American and Haitian flags in his hat, as members of South Florida's Haitian-American community listen to speakers during a rally to condemn hate speech and misinformation about Haitian ...