What is your opinion on hurricane Katrina coverage last summer?

Question

Do you really believe that all blacks were poor, violent looters?

Answer 1

Our society is built upon increasingly large groups of people who seek to be victims in life. Simple as that. Its always someone else's fault. Nevermind the fact that they may live in a place which had degraded into one of the worst places in America to live purely because of the people who live there, it MUST be the fault of some white politician in DC.

Answer 2

Many representatives of the news media reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina became directly involved in the unfolding events, instead of simply reporting. Due to the loss of most means of communication, such as land-based and cellular telephone systems, field reporters in many cases became conduits for information between victims and authorities.

Many journalists also contributed to the spread of false rumors of lawlessness among the victims, which many have interpreted as an instance of yellow journalism. Many news organizations carried the unsubstantiated accounts that murder and rape were widespread, and in some cases later repeated the claims as fact, without attribution. However, only one actual report of a raping occurred during the uproar.[2] A few of the reports of rape and violence were based on statements made by New Orleans city officials, including the Chief of Police. Many officials later claimed these rumors often impeded the relief and rescue efforts.[3]

Some issues of racial bias in media coverage began to surface as Caucasian flood victims were portrayed in one Agence France-Presse photo as "finding" supplies, while a black person was described in an Associated Press photo as "looting" supplies. The photographers later clarified the two stories, one claiming he witnessed the black person looting a store, while the other photographer described the white people as finding the food floating in floodwaters.[4]

Answer 3

The media did their best to portray the worse and embarass the administration. We looked constantly at pictures of New Orleans when there was destruction throughout the Gulf coast.

Answer 4

My only question is this? How many of the people who work for Radio, Television, Newspapers who were so quick to judge others, actually went to help, or gave of their time somehow?

Answer 5

Best reality show on TV...as for the socalled racial aspect, ummm, who lives in New Orleans and who didn't get their butts out. Don't try to make it racial.