Clueless Katrina Comments, Katrina Bashing, Storm Porn, and the Katrina Effect

From the California fires to the CarFax commercials citing that totaled Hurricane Katrina vehicles are being resold - I'm sick of the media making comparisons to Hurricane Katrina. Let's get the tally. Here's a list of illegal comparisons: Sago mine disaster, 911, California fires, David Graham - The Star "Storm Porn - Call it the Katrina effect: it's no longer enough to just report the weather; it has to be entertainment", that stupid CarFax commercial, and finally, the Presidential election and the "Katrina vote". What is next? Anyone care to predict the next comparison?

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