Good Job
It's about time someone started questioning New Oleans law enforcement. I am sure it would be cheaper to Bulldoze the hole place. Really Think about it.?.

I'm ashamed of our society, our nation....aways placing blame! Always wanting for nothing never giving, take take take. Whats wrong, with this world? My heart hurts, I have two young children, they have a future in a cruel selfish world...why has this world turned out this way, it is so sad!
Hurting in PA

"At that point, Jordan's aide stepped in front of the cameras and announced she was ending the interview.

At that point, Jordon protested that Ross' questions were 'stupid.' "

Do they have a special journalism school where TV people are taught to repeat "at that point" as many times as possible? Sort of like starting every other sentence with "now" when covering a fire or crime scene?

And how does this guy spell his name anyway? Jordan or Jordon?

My experience with District Attorneys and City Prosecutors in Louisiana could be organized into a Novel with an Oxymoronic title like ‘The Commission of Omission.’ When the Prosecutor uses language like “people who don't know how our system works” is using his well rehearsed Oxymoronic ‘commission of omission’ deception, learned so well with years of practice and two centuries of tradition. The System to which he refers is the Napoleonic Code which still shows its ugly countenance everywhere in Louisiana Courts and Legal System. These Prosecutors are insulated in their Ivory Towers of Municipal Court Buildings and City Halls completely out of touch with the Public, enforced by an abusive system of 19th Century-like political corruption. Their inaccessibility by public oversight borders on the Criminal. I have tried for years to gain citizen oversight of my local courts but they are too powerful. Their propensity to err is only exceeded by their insolent belief that they are not answerable to the Public.

Mr. Jordan has cost the New Orleans DA's office over $4 million dollars because of his conviction as a racist. Ray Nagin has never criticized or become outraged by the action, nor the conviction that followed. How sad for all of us!

I'm not upset about placing blame. I think many of us have eagerly and happily slung blame for this massive tragedy. I am upset that ABC has chosen to sling blame at a BLACK Democrat. I am upset that ABC has jumped on the same bandwagon as the KKK, Rush Limbaugh and this current administration.

"I'm ashamed of our society, our nation....aways placing blame! Always wanting for nothing never giving, take take take. Whats wrong, with this world? My heart hurts, I have two young children, they have a future in a cruel selfish world...why has this world turned out this way, it is so sad!
Hurting in PA"

What does the above have to do with article?
Why all the sappy mellodrama?
Why don't you just move somewhere that will not "hurt, shame" you?
Good Grief some of you people need to get a grip and change your damn diapers.

While I turn the station off when seeing someone being browbeaten, I appreciate newscasters asking probing questions concerning the real problems in America. As a public official, Eddie Jordan must answer to those who pay his salary, and the rampant crime currently in New Orleans is a disgrace. There is a lot of work that needs to be done there, but the criminal element is hindering those efforts. Where is the outrage over that?

Well done, Brian!

How dare we criticize and make officials accountable for their actions. It's not politically correct. Money is disappearing in the billions of dollars and no one can find the money trail. So it boils down to a "Grin and bare it" situation. As the news media exploits and compounds the problem, our response: "There they go again", but we do or say nothing. It's beyond repair.

"Since last year's hurricane, there has been growing criticism of Jordan's office by senior people in law enforcement who say, even with the acknowledged problems caused by Katrina, the District Attorney has not efficiently dealt with a huge backlog of cases, estimated at more than 3,000."

I think walking out of the interview was silly, but I have to ask - Who sets those "efficiently dealt with" guidelines, where are they posted, and how well do other cities adhere to them?

Luckily, there's no news in Iraq or Afghanistan, nothing worth commenting on re: the kidnapping and gunpoint conversions of two of your journalistic brethren, no CA post office that anti-American protesters flew the Mexican flag over, no "bombed" ambulance controversy or scandals involving Reuters, nothing to comment on about the coming North American Union, or the secret hold on S2590 by some weasel Senator...
Yes, it's a good thing nothing else is happening so we have plenty of time for vague criticism like inefficiency.

Excellent job. I'm fed up with hearing about how everyone except local government botched their jobs during the Katrina aftermath -- local governments are responsible for their communities in an emergency, and the federal government is responsible for providing assistance to them in doing so, not the other way around.

The entire New Orleans community bears a big chunk of the responsibility for how things have gone in the months since, and it's about time someone in the mainstream media called them on it. Jordan's refusal to be held accountable is unfortunately all too typical of the New Orleans leadership in general, which does not bode well for the city in the long term.

Keep up the good work, Brian.

This is just more of the same "NOT MY FAULT" game being played by the local government officials in New Orleans. They think everything is the Feds fault and take no blame for themselves, and when put on the spot they RUN. The Governor, Mayor and local officials are the most to blame for this debacle.

This interview explains just exactly what is wrong with the powers that be in New Orleans. The corruption is evident..'how dare you ask an honest question that I do not have an answer for?"
The people in Mississippi are struggling in the same manner...difference is that they have a Republican Governor and a few other things that New Orleans will never have as long as they keep electing these incompetent boobs.

From my perspecitve what I see is a media who is very critical of a city that has an African American Mayor and as well as a African American chief procecutor and what I think is being relayed to American is that African Americans don't have the intelligence to run a major US City. Again these are just my personal opinions and I am sure others willl disagree. What we all should realize is that Katrina was so huge there is no way the Mayor and even the State Government could have handled this alone.

I think Eddie Jordan is very unprofessional that he can't take comments or questions from an interviewer regarding others' criticism of him without getting tacky and angry and ending the interview.

To call the interviewer's questions "stupid"or to tell the interviewer is not honest is tacky.

If Jordan can't take criticism or can't be interviewed without getting angry he shouldn't be in the position he is in. He is very
unprofessional.

How he ever get his job is beyond me. He doesn't deserve it.

I spent nearly 10 months in New Orleans after the hurricane working for a Federal government contractor. I can honestly say, I have never seen a more corrupt and unprofessional organization as the NOPD. Not a week went by where I didn't witness actions by the NOPD and the city that didn't shock me.

Just as I suspected, todays District Attorneys care nothing about law but everything about self image.

New Orleans, next to Chigaco has the most corrupt legal system and law enforcement department in the United States. katrina exposed the peoples tired frustration and disust with them.

It speaks a lot about his emotional maturity and his inability to face criticism.

apparently he has no legitamate answer to the question if he just starts yelling "this is stupid! your questions are stupid!" thats what happens when idiots elect idiots to govern them.

I think Brian Ross' interview may have been a little lop sided. Why would you want to start an interview with questions to impune someones integrity as a means to sensationalize and hype the interview? The almighty ratings.....what else. Bring to the table some facts and not just your opinions or your beliefs. I think I would have raised my voice as well.

Well, dreek, he brought up that the criticism of the DA's office came from senior law enforcement officials and from the AG of the United States. It's a serious question to which the DA should respond.

I still haven't seen anyone ask Nagin why he couldn't use the schoolbuses or why he went on vacation during the storm or why he didn't prepare the Superdome as a shelter of last resort. Now that would be an intimidating question.