The AJC reports on CNN correspondents' cute matching outfits for prom season, I mean hurricane season:
"'We don't give reporters outfits to wear,' said Fox News Channel spokesman Paul Schur. 'Steve Harrigan in Gulfport, Miss., has been wearing a pair of sturdy goggles and rubber shoes that grip well in the mud when the wind gets high.'
"Flood levels and power outages are important, sure, but the question on many Hurricane TV watchers' lips is, 'What's that Anderson Cooper is wearing?'
"Answer: A red heavy-duty jacket with a CNN logo the approximate size of a white cumulus cloud emblazoned over the heart area. Visible on-air in even the stormiest conditions, the jacket is part of the uniform severe weather gear that CNN began issuing after Hurricane Dennis in July.
"'The safety of our people is always foremost and paramount,' said CNN spokeswoman Megan Mahoney of the waterproof outfits made by outdoor outfitters Patagonia. 'The colors were chosen because they are the network logo colors.'
Yes, as we all know, a gigantic piece of flying debris will veer off when it approaches the mighty red of a CNN windbreaker. What Mahoney's saying doesn't make any sense or follow logically. Yes, the red will definitely flag the wearer to EMT's/passerby if you've been blown into a tree. Commendable. But what if the network logo color were black and silver? Walking around like a Pittsburgh Steeler would not be cute. And that's why CNN is dressing up its correspondents--to look cute! Solidarity by any means necessary, I guess.
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