The news media have shamelessly used Katrina victims to advance their political and social agendas. No country has governmental resources capable of immediately responding to the basic needs of 1 million displaced people dispersed in a very large disaster area. Nor can it be accomplished in 48 hours, a week or a month. The organizational, manpower, physical and supply requirements are not available for rapid deployment in a disaster area of this size.
The news media refuse to recognize the obvious. Instead they interview emotionally distraught and uninformed people, provoking responses that can be used to advance the media’s political and social agendas by creating a sea of poisonous muck that now envelops us all in misdirected anger.
There is a difference between responsible, informative, unbiased reporting and manipulative, ideological rant. The news media are the problem.
