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Sep 6th, 2005 at 11:38 am by Susie

The BBC asks the question: Has Katrina saved the U.S. media?

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4 Responses to “Saving the Media”

on 06 Sep 2005 at 11:41 am1Eli Stephens

No. It has exposed the American viewing public to what the media could be like, and has been, briefly. They’ll revert all too soon; some have already done so.
on 06 Sep 2005 at 12:33 pm2Izquierdo

I fear that Eli is correct.
Even if reporters wanted to change, their bosses wouldn’t go along.
on 06 Sep 2005 at 8:44 pm3Mike TLLC

I see that CNN has started reverting back to showing the good side of Big Government. The FEMA official that they shows had the smile on his face after tell some guy that he will have 100% help with his clain. Funny I saw the same smile on a guy that told me I’ll back you 100% but remember that 100% of nothing is still nothing.
on 07 Sep 2005 at 10:40 am4Linda

Yeah. The press is already regressing. Very few papers have run the story that appeared in this morning’s La Times about FEMA blocking photographers from taking pictures of the dead:

“From Reuters

NEW ORLEANS â€” The U.S. agency leading Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts said Tuesday that it does not want the news media to photograph the dead as they are recovered.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected journalists’ requests to accompany rescue boats searching for storm victims.

An agency spokeswoman said space was needed on the rescue boats.

“We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media,” the spokeswoman said in an e-mail.

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BTW, the Washington Post has been kissing Bush’s ass all week (on the editorial page).

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