Katrina to Haiti: Inevitable and bigger media stages await
U.S. journalists are seizing on the tragedy in Haiti in a non-stop barrage of reporting, providing endless updates on a devastating earthquake that has killed an estimated 45-50,000 people. Coverage of the quake is accompanied by detailed updates of the suffering of those involved, in addition to assurances that the U.S. government (and private donors) is doing all it can to help those in dire need. This framework comports well with American journalists’ self-image– reflexively accepted – that the U.S. promotes the global good through altruism and humanitarianism. .. Anthony Dimaggio Katrina was a trial run of ghastly proportions, yet it may turn out to be small potatoes as neo -conservatives are ever ready larger landscapes. If the visuals don't tell the story of how human tragedy plays a large role in the relentless scour for certain people (from CNN to Pat Roberts to Rush Limbaugh and other co-conspirators) to demolish any moral ground of human suffering, I'm possibly livin