tom moody
View current page
...more recent posts
Steve Gilliard reposted this CNN article contrasting rosy assessments from FEMA and Fatherland Security about New Orleans with statements from people on the ground there. A commenter on Gilliard's blog pointed out that this is not like Iraq with controlled, embedded media--reporters are actually reporting. Part of the reason for this sudden attack of integrity on the part of the coiffed, high paid talking heads is that they feel they can go after local politicians in a way they can't go after the more powerful, vindictive Bush--e.g., Anderson Cooper grilling Mary Landrieu. Also, images of violence and mayhem feed the need of the masses for "good TV." Whatever the reason, word finally seems to be getting out after five years that the Bush Administration is incompetent and racist.