Five years after the disaster that was Katrina, the media remains unwilling to expose those primarily at fault for the consequent human disaster – New Orleans.
...What followed was a national media that then turned its cameras away from the abhorrent behaviors taking place within New Orleans itself by officials and residents, instead focusing on the alleged slow response of the Bush administration to the crisis. Forgotten or willfully ignored were the faults of New Orleans Mayor Nagin, Orleans Parish officials, local and state law enforcement, and other state officials – including Governor Blanco. Katrina became a focused media-bias tool to bludgeon the Bush administration with, while the facts surrounding the on-ground response, were dismissed as counter-productive to that newly created and terribly slanted Katrina storyline.
...The Katrina disaster was indeed a failure of government – a powerful condemnation of the dangers of a welfare state that robs its citizens of the necessity of self-determination, and personal responsibility.
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Katrina: Media Bias and Lessons Learned | Socyberty
...What followed was a national media that then turned its cameras away from the abhorrent behaviors taking place within New Orleans itself by officials and residents, instead focusing on the alleged slow response of the Bush administration to the crisis. Forgotten or willfully ignored were the faults of New Orleans Mayor Nagin, Orleans Parish officials, local and state law enforcement, and other state officials – including Governor Blanco. Katrina became a focused media-bias tool to bludgeon the Bush administration with, while the facts surrounding the on-ground response, were dismissed as counter-productive to that newly created and terribly slanted Katrina storyline.
...The Katrina disaster was indeed a failure of government – a powerful condemnation of the dangers of a welfare state that robs its citizens of the necessity of self-determination, and personal responsibility.
FULL ARTICLE HERE:
Katrina: Media Bias and Lessons Learned | Socyberty
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