Do you?
I can see with my own eyes the neglect. Just the "visual" of those people being aided a few days ago with food/water drops or INFO being bullhorned to them would've made a difference.
At this point, what's gone on at the center of New Orleans outside that dome and that convention center is nothing to be proud of and what I find amazing is that the news reporters are all over that place - have they outsmarted FEMA?
What I'm curious about is whether these news crews take in water & food with them and bring out a few people when they come back out.
Meanwhile, the female co-anchor of WWL-TV just quoted scripture on live TV. Guess she just lost all her ACLU browie points.
As a matter of fact, I do. In particular, my heroes are the first responders and health care workers who risk their own lives saving people. I am the president of their fan club too.
Frankly I think the reporting has been VERY one sided. They keep showing the tragedy - but they're not showing enough of the good. There have been 10s of 1000s rescued but they are not showing that.. all they're showing is the looting and "what is going wrong" in their minds. I'm sorry but while I don't think they should white wash it, they should be more "fair and balanced". They know that "smut" in any form is going to get ratings - so that's what they show.
Getting one camera crew into an area is much simpler than getting large-scale rescue equipment and personnel in.
One thing being completely ignored during all the blathering is that the most dire needs and areas are OFF-CAMERA.
Should relief efforts be concentrated where the camera are just for PR value? Of course not. Has it occurred to you that the location where Geraldo is yelling, although in dire straits, may actually be in better shape than other places in the city?
Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't happening.