On the May 17 edition of The Dan Patrick Show, Fox Sports reporter Chris Myers contrasted Nashville, TN flood victims with Hurricane Katrina victims, who Myers mocked as “standing on a rooftop, trying to blame the government.” Unlike Katrina victims, according to Myers, Nashville flood victims aren't “making a big deal out of it.” On May 20, Fox Sports president Ed Goren contacted Media Matters, claiming there was an “elevated discussion” with Myers, who reportedly issued an apology the same day.

Meanwhile, on the Fox News Channel, Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy said on May 14 of the Nashville flooding: "[E]ven though this is a national, and natural, disaster of biblical proportions, practically, you don't hear any whining and complaining from those people. It's not like they're saying 'hey will the federal government please bail us out?'" Occasional Fox News host Courtney Friel agreed that this was how Nashville was different from Hurricane Katrina.

It will come as no surprise to regular Fox News viewers that Roger Ailes didn't spring into action as Goren did. Nobody demanded that Doocy or Friel apologize; indeed, their comments were barely noticed.