Open Question About Media Coverage of Katrina

9/1/05 | snowrip

[snowrip]

I watch, and read, a LOT of news during the course of the the day, as I suspect many of us here do. In the last 24 hours I've noticed that most of the MSM television coverage has shifted away from the devastation in New Orleans and is now focused on the outlying areas like Mississippi. In particular, CBS, NBC, and ABC spend about two minutes of their morning broadcasts on the ruinous damage in N'awlins, and the rest of the time on human interest stories of the displaced survivors. Coverage of the unbelievably violent crime and looting are notably glaring ommissions as well; stories such as the shooting of police officers, gang warfare, and attacks on hospitals barely get a mention.

Has anyone else noticed this?

[AbeKrieger]

Yes because the United States needs to hide its dirty little secret from itself and the rest of the world, that it might just be that the stereotypes are all true and some people cannot be civilized.

[snowrip]

Also, there is virtually no coverage in the MSM about the US military and National Guard assistance to the victims of this disaster.

Go figure.

[stuartcr]

I'm sure, that if all they concentrated on was New Orleans, someone would find fault with that also...

[Sometimes A River]

Ouch!

[Flightdeck]

You're watching the wrong channels.

[Flightdeck]

Actually, I'd rather see less of the looting and more of the rescuing on Fox and CNN

[WolfRunnerWoman]

Well. Tuesday night I was channel surfing and came upon a CNN studio talking head asking Anderson Cooper (in the field) about looting. He said that people were only taking necessities. In the background of Anderson's live shot, I could see people looting clothing, electronics and other non-essential items.

[Sometimes A River]

All rescuing should be suspended until they can get order established.

[TNCMAXQ]

This must be why my clueless coworker blasted GWB for just talking about the problem and "not sending federal troops." No matter how much news coverage there is, some people still just don't get the facts.

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

The MSM doesn't want to show the breakdown of democrat-elected-so-called-leadership. The Power B!tches That Be tried to be compassionate and not order Shoot on Site looters. Compassion has turned to Mayhem. The gov and mayor remind me of Screwtape and Wormtail

[jimbo123]

Democrat reporters covering up for the fellow democrats in inner city New Orleans.

[Peach]

I think the answer to your question can be found here:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474685/posts

If Mayor Bloomberg had announced that thousands of New Yorkers were dead, the networks would have suspended regular programming and gone 24/7 with the news. But since it happened in the south...

[SMARTY]

I was really disgusted last night and so it turned it OFF. Stupid, gaping rectum Shep Smith on Fox, jamming a mike in some officers face and asking why he was not doing anything about the situation....one cop in one lone cruiser... I guess that was Shep's idea of journalism...bash a man in a uniform for 'something' by asking an ambiguous question, point blank of an officer who was obviously overwhelmed by events. Nice. If that's journalism then I know I could do it and do a better job of it too...who needs these idiots.

[snowrip]

I can understand an interest in "human interest" stories; however, the overwhelming majority of the damage is to N.O., and most of the real victims are still in the area just outside the city proper... not in places like Biloxi, Mississippi, which is where the entire CBS (actually, it might have been NBC) broadcast took place from both last night and this morning.

[AbeKrieger]

The best comment I have heard was from one commentator, I believe on CNN of all places. Crises don't bring out the best or the worst in people, but rather they bring out the true nature of a person.

Good people make an effort to lift up and help their fellow man, while others take advantage of disaster, as an excuse for lawlessness and violence. We're seeing exactly that.

There has always been looting of food and basic essentials, but what we have seen in NOLA is beyond the pale.

[End Times Sentinel]

My guess is it's a two fold reason:

1.  They don't want to dwell on what the animals are doing because it will have a negative impact on charities and aid.

2.  The reporters are not in N.O. because they don't want to get killed.

 

Yes because the United States needs to hide its dirty little secret from itself and the rest of the world, that it might just be that the stereotypes are all true and some people cannot be civilized.

I hate to say it, but that's a pretty difficult argue against statement.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[jimbo123]

The democrat social engineering plan is a total disaster. Are these people any better off than they were 50 years ago? The liberal reporters know the truth about the failure of the democrat vision and they want to cover it up.

[chambley1]

We're watching the cradle-to-grave cloak of liberalism shred itself to pieces in the calming breezes of reality.

[stuartcr]

Maybe, they figure Fox has NO covered, and the other places deserve coverage too.