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MorganGrayson · 09-03-2005

For a long time now, we have known that the newsmakers no longer "cover" the news...they "create" it. You only have to look at the sheer volume of coverage of the so-called "Runaway Housewife" to verify this. Some nutcase flakes before her wedding and this rates daily coverage on the "Today" show when so much of the world is falling apart? You're kidding?

Racism can not exist in a vacuum. It must be fed, nurtured and photographed from the right angle. The example always given, because it is the truth, are the toddlers in the sandbox. If you take a group of toddlers of different races and ethnic backgrounds and put them in a sandbox they immediately begin to play with each other and communicate in toddler-speak. If you come back in a decade, after parents, school, and most of all, the media, have done their horrific jobs, they are no longer quite so eager to play together. They view each other with distrust and sometimes hatred.

Cameras love images of black people breaking the law. That's their message and it has been for some time. Now, 70% of the population of New Orleans and area is black. Therefore, if there are to be looters, I imagine 70% of them will be black. That's not racism, that's statistics.

The comparison between 9/11 and Katrina is spurious for one very important reason: as horrific as that day was, the Twin Towers were places of *business.* The survivors of that horrible day no longer had a place to work, but they could go home. Losing not only your place of business but your home, your neighborhood, your children's school, the local grocery store is a very different kind of loss. I am not in any way justifying what has occured. I, like many others, can understand looting for food, water and medical supplies. The rest...no.

There are a million stories of good, decent people helping each other that we will never see or hear on television. Why? They're boring. Footage of people doing the best they can to stay clean, to stay organized, to stay alive just isn't as much fun to point a camera at as someone telling tales of r*pe and murder.

Our local news - which I'm sure echoes the local news reports of every city and town in the US - showed the SEALS getting ready to leave for NO to help. This team is all volunteer and all trained. This is a big Navy town (San Diego), so it got coverage.

The blame for the mishandling of this crisis lies with the Administration. They have managed to prove that this country is not ready for any kind of a crisis, be it natural or man made.

The blame for the hysterical calls of "racism" lies with the media.

I will add that if it *is* true, that relief wasn't sent in on time because these people were poor and black...Goddess help us all. As a nation, we're doomed.

09-03-2005	#1
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	The "Medium and the Message" For a long time now, we have known that the newsmakers no longer "cover" the news...they "create" it. You only have to look at the sheer volume of coverage of the so-called "Runaway Housewife" to verify this. Some nutcase flakes before her wedding and this rates daily coverage on the "Today" show when so much of the world is falling apart? You're kidding? Racism can not exist in a vacuum. It must be fed, nurtured and photographed from the right angle. The example always given, because it is the truth, are the toddlers in the sandbox. If you take a group of toddlers of different races and ethnic backgrounds and put them in a sandbox they immediately begin to play with each other and communicate in toddler-speak. If you come back in a decade, after parents, school, and most of all, the media, have done their horrific jobs, they are no longer quite so eager to play together. They view each other with distrust and sometimes hatred. Cameras love images of black people breaking the law. That's their message and it has been for some time. Now, 70% of the population of New Orleans and area is black. Therefore, if there are to be looters, I imagine 70% of them will be black. That's not racism, that's statistics. The comparison between 9/11 and Katrina is spurious for one very important reason: as horrific as that day was, the Twin Towers were places of business. The survivors of that horrible day no longer had a place to work, but they could go home. Losing not only your place of business but your home, your neighborhood, your children's school, the local grocery store is a very different kind of loss. I am not in any way justifying what has occured. I, like many others, can understand looting for food, water and medical supplies. The rest...no. There are a million stories of good, decent people helping each other that we will never see or hear on television. Why? They're boring. Footage of people doing the best they can to stay clean, to stay organized, to stay alive just isn't as much fun to point a camera at as someone telling tales of rpe and murder. Our local news - which I'm sure echoes the local news reports of every city and town in the US - showed the SEALS getting ready to leave for NO to help. This team is all volunteer and all trained. This is a big Navy town (San Diego), so it got coverage. The blame for the mishandling of this crisis lies with the Administration. They have managed to prove that this country is not ready for any kind of a crisis, be it natural or man made. The blame for the hysterical calls of "racism" lies with the media. I will add that if it is* true, that relief wasn't sent in on time because these people were poor and black...Goddess help us all. As a nation, we're doomed.