Has Katrina saved US Media - BBC

[GoneOffShore]

Here's the view from the other side of the pond:

As President Bush scurries back to the Gulf Coast, it is clear that this is the greatest challenge to politics-as-usual in America since the fall of Richard Nixon in the 1970s.

Mr Bush's famed "folksy" style has failed to impress in this crisis
Then as now, good reporting lies at the heart of what is changing.

But unlike Watergate, "Katrinagate" was public service journalism ruthlessly exposing the truth on a live and continuous basis.

Instead of secretive "Deep Throat" meetings in car-parks, cameras captured the immediate reality of what was happening at the New Orleans Convention Center, making a mockery of the stalling and excuses being put forward by those in power.

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Full story here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4214516.stm

[MojoXN]

1. An excellent read.

I just hope that the BBC was right.

MojoXN

[GoneOffShore]

2. So do I.

It's starting to look that way, even the NYT is getting into the act.

[JuniperLea]

3. It's time for all Bush supporters to cut their losses

Time for rats to abandon ship en mass.

[daninthemoon]

4. Saw a string about the German press, too. Our best hope for the

American "free" press may be pressure from the international press.

[Grateful for Hope]

5. What an excellent article

Thank you for posting it.