GG Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 You quoted me so I assumed you were responding to me. Sorry, picked the wrong post to quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 LA Times: Why no outrage from media about Obama golfing while people in New Orleans are losing their homes? Hurricane Katrina was undoubtedly a huge story and investigating the federal response to it was squarely in the fourth estate’s wheelhouse. But there’s simply no denying that the news media used that disaster as a partisan cudgel against a Republican president it detested. Worse, the media congratulated itself endlessly for its Katrina coverage despite the fact it collectively did a terrible job. Reports of roving rape gangs were broadcast uncritically. While the media employed heroic skepticism about Bush’s assurances, the New Orleans police chief’s claim of “little babies getting raped” in the Superdome sailed on through. One activist at the Huffington Post reported that four days after the storm, black people had resorted to eating the flesh of the dead. Eleven years later, Louisiana’s suffering through another flood disaster. Where’s the outraged, swarm coverage of Obama’s (non)response? Journalism students are famously taught, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” But they also seem to have been instructed, if a president you hate is on the ropes, let it fly; if a president you love is in the same spot, fall silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The media don't care about poor people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 All industries have a culture and those cultures don't change much over time. The media culture is one of bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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