Feb 22 2009
Haleigh Cummings is Missing and Geraldo is a Jerk
Geraldo scored himself two interviews recently - one with the mother of missing girl Haleigh Cummings and another confrontation with Ronald Cummings, Haleigh’s dad. In the first Haleigh’s mother accuses Ronald Cummings of being abusive to her and “possibly” to Haleigh. Feighning sympathy, Geraldo elicits stories that on the surface appear to be totally unsubstantiated rumors. Throughout the piece he never asks the most obvious question - “If you thought Ronald was potentially abusive then why would you let Haleigh live with him?
The second “interview” is Geraldo’s confrontation with Ronald Cummings who denies all the allegations. This is social vulturism at its best. Geraldo swoops in on the pretense of helping find the little girl and digs up as much dirt as he can on the family members. I don’t intent to defend Ronald Cummings here (who I know absolutely nothing about) but is this necessary or even helpful in the search to find Haleigh?
Watching these clips made me want to vomit. I guess you can take the host out of the talk show but you can’t take the sleazy and offensive rating hound out of the host.
