Katrina Coverage

Analyzing the news reports and politics of the New Orleans hurricane.

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German TV on Bush's Sep. 2 "photo op"

September 6th, 2005
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On Sep. 2 president Bush visited New Orleans, and two German TV stations are apparently claiming that his visit was a staged photo op: bulldozers and the like were brought in just for his visit, bodies were moved, etc. From this second-hand report:
ZDF News reported that the president's visit was a completely staged event. Their […]

Huffington Post blog coverage, Part 1

September 5th, 2005
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As of Sunday, August 28, the blog side of HP hadn't mentioned the hurricane: there's nothing in Arianna's wrapup nor in that from Richard Valeriani.
On Monday, August 29, the very first mention of the hurricane seems to be in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind". From the […]