Justified Rage or Law & Order

I’m bouncing back between CNN, the network news and Fox News to monitor the coverage of the events in New Orleans. Most of the channels are focusing on the human interest stories–the death and disaster aspect of the coverage. Fox News and some other outlets are focusing on the looting and law & [...]

The World Reacts to New Orleans

“Commentators noted the victims of the hurricane were overwhelmingly African Americans, too poor to flee the region as the hurricane loomed unlike some of their white neighbors.New Orleans ranks fifth in the United States in terms of African American population and 67 percent of the city’s residents are black.“In one of the poorest states in [...]

Justified Rage or Law & Order

I’m bouncing back between CNN, the network news and Fox News to monitor the coverage of the events in New Orleans. Most of the channels are focusing on the human interest stories–the death and disaster aspect of the coverage. Fox News and some other outlets are focusing on the looting and law & [...]

The World Reacts to New Orleans

“Commentators noted the victims of the hurricane were overwhelmingly African Americans, too poor to flee the region as the hurricane loomed unlike some of their white neighbors.New Orleans ranks fifth in the United States in terms of African American population and 67 percent of the city’s residents are black.“In one of the poorest states in [...]