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ABC Confused About Own Poll, Skips How More Blame Locals Than Bush
ABC News can't seem to figure out what percent of whites in their latest poll believe that the response to Katrina would have been faster “if the victims were wealthy and white,” with World News Tonight anchor Elizabeth Vargas (20 percent), an on-screen graphic (21 percent) and ABCNews.com (24 percent) all offering a different percentage. And while Vargas highlighted Monday night how “…
George Carlin: "Rich White Men Don't Care About Poor Black People
"Entertainer" George Carlin was a panelist on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher this past Friday September 9, 2005. The panel was discussing the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Carlin said this (audiotape on file) (emphasis mine):CARLIN: "It shouldn't be a surprise that rich white men don't care about poor black people. Period." Gee. The last time I checked, Carlin had sold…
Media Selective about Its Dead Bodies
The Kellino Zone notes:
After 9-11, the media self-imposed a restriction preventing the display of dead bodies, because it might be too offensive and disturbing.
4 years later, CNN wants dead bodies from Katrina on TV so badly that they were willing to sue the federal government in order to do so.
I wonder why the sudden interest in dead bodies...
NY Times’ Bumiller Continues With Hurricane Recovery’s Racial Over
The New York Times’ Elisabeth Bumiller has an article today that continues to dwell on the supposed impact that racism had on the immediacy of hurricane recovery efforts, and how this is hurting the president as well as Republicans:“The storm also appears to have damaged the carefully laid plans of Karl Rove, President Bush's political adviser, to make inroads among black voters and expand the…
