Katrina Coverage

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

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"New Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think"

November 20th, 2005
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Time reports:
…Mayor Ray Nagin opened up most of the city to returning evacuees last week, but only an estimated 60,000 people are spending the night in New Orleans these days, compared with about half a million before Katrina. The city that care forgot is in the throes of an identity crisis, torn between its shady, […]

Blanco makes Time Magazine's "Top Three Worst Governors" list

November 16th, 2005
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When asked about this, she said:
"Watch my results" and then she walked off.
And:
The magazine quotes pollster Bernie Pinsonat who describes Blanco as appearing "dazed and confused" after Hurricane Katrina. Time hits blanco for slowness in calling a special legislative session, and slowness in appointing a recovery commission.
At the bottom with Blanco is Ohio governor Bob […]

Time interviews Farrakhan

October 15th, 2005
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A Time interview contains this:
TIME: Did race or class issues play into the slow U.S. response to Hurricane Katrina?
Farrakhan: I was not there but the feeling is that race played a part. There are some I heard on TV saying that levee was purposely busted so that the water would come in on that side. […]

Searching for more Mike Browns

September 25th, 2005
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Time wants to know: "How Many More Mike Browns are out There?"
They concentrate on three questionable cases:
…Internal e-mail messages obtained by Time show that scientists' drug-safety decisions at the Food and Drug Administration (fda) are being second-guessed by a 33-year-old doctor turned stock picker. At the Office of Management and Budget, an ex-lobbyist with minimal […]

"Liberal" timeline, collection of quotes

September 13th, 2005
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I believe that Richard Roeper is the new thin host with Roger Ebert of their movie review television show. He also appears to be a liberal idiot, and he offers up "Say that again? 'Things are going relatively well'".