[scifinoir2] Re: watch how the news reports what's happening in louisiana and mis

2005-09-01 Thread Carole McDonnell
I've been watching coverage of this Katrina thing and being just weepy about all the suffering. And I've got to say the folks at MSNBC are being pretty enlightened about everything. Honestly. They tend not to play down the looting and call it people aiming for survival. There was a shot of

[scifinoir2] Re: watch how the news reports what's happening in louisiana and mis

2005-09-01 Thread Carole McDonnell
Oops... correction. MEANT They tend TO play down the looting When they show it, they do a great job at convincing the viewer that it's about survival. Or they follow it with a spot on starving people. Great job at journalistic manipulation...for the good of a suffering group of people.

[scifinoir2] [OT] Update: Photographer believes couple did find groceries

2005-09-01 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45aid=88106 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 Update: Photographer believes couple did find groceries Sports Shooter Chris Graythen wrote the caption for his photo of two hurricane survivors with bread and soda. I believed in my opinion, that they did simply

[scifinoir2] [OT] Looting by Cops in N.O.

2005-09-01 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051261 'Times-Picayune' Announces New Home - in Houma - and Reports Looting by Cops and Firemen By EP Staff Published: August 30, 2005 6:25 PM ET NEW YORK The battered Times-Picayune of New Orleans, which

[scifinoir2] Fats Domino missing

2005-09-01 Thread Oreoblues
_http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/music/article.adp?id=20050901133509990003ncid=NWS 000101_ (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/music/article.adp?id=20050901133509990003ncid=NWS000101) NEW YORK (Sept. 1) - Fats Domino was missing Thursday, days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New