Agree. Brown became the scapegoat that made Bush look bad and the media ran with it. FEMA was not designed, nor did it function, to be the first responder agency prior to Katrina. The media attacked Brown to drag Bush down in the hysterical news coverage of Katrina. That was their first goal - attack Bush. By attacking FEMA and then the Corps of Engineers they also diverted analysis of the incompetent/corrupt local leadership (all Dem) in Louisiana as well as the failure of the welfare state to create citizens who could help themselves.
Oddly enough -it looks like the voters of Louisiana figured something out. The Dems aren’t in charge of the state anymore. The response to the Oil Spill by the state looked energized and frustrated at the ineptitude of the Federal government instead of part of the same problem.