Once again, much depends on the media

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Where public opinion goes on Katrina will depend on mainstream media. Once again, as in Iraq war, 2004 election, Swift boats, and any other policy area you wish to name, the media will decide how public opinion is shaped OVER THE LONG RUN.

A year from now, what Katrina events will be remembered and what will be forgotten? What issues will be the hot topics in the nation? Who will ask the tough questions? Who writes the talking points?

There will be investigations. However we KNOW that investigations can be controlled and damage minimized...unless they are criminal and the rare independent prosecutor is involved (Plame).

So...do we get the media we saw last week -- independent and straightforward? Or do we get the media we saw during the previous 5 years?

[praisethelowered]

1. that is we seem to always end up

the horror of this and so many previous situations have been delivered to the people of this country in completely twisted ways.

I can already hear the use of the the term "government" used to name the failure here instead of "bush and neo-cons".

An anti-government spin being put on a situation that was caused by weakening the role of government services. . . . sheesh.