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To: tcsenter
Did you see that little boy on the news last night--face all up in the camera demanding this and that? You could even hear the reporter coaching him what to say off camera! It was the most disgusting display of self-righteous entitlement!
1,293 posted on 09/03/2005 8:52:19 PM PDT by Americanchild
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To: Americanchild
>>Did you see that little boy on the news last night--face all up in the camera demanding this and that? You could even hear the reporter coaching him what to say off camera!<<

Nope, didn't see it, but I did run across an article from 2004 reporting that a Pew Research Center survey found fewer than 10% of reporters, journalists, and editors from national news organizations identify themselves as conservative (7%). The article opens by suggesting if people want to see a rare and endangered species, they might have better luck at the newsroom of their favorite newspaper or TV station than the local zoo.

That might explain why, although the total area that lay completely devastated is at least 20x the size of New Orleans, 9.9 out of every 10 hours of hurricane coverage was on the desperation in New Orleans due to the "failed federal response", not negligent piss-poor planning and execution by local officials.

See: Louisiana SuperDome @ Wikipedia

The stadium was used in 1998 during the less extreme Hurricane Georges as a shelter. The building had no problems related to the weather but the human element resulted in looting and there were difficulties supplying the 14,000 people living temporarily in the dome with necessities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Superdome
1,294 posted on 09/04/2005 11:15:55 AM PDT by tcsenter
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