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Just want to thank you for the thorough follow up. I found the stories at the time not credible and didn't know what to make of the widespread reporting. I'm so glad to know my sense at the time has been verified by the follow up by the national guard themselves. And the information about how the phenomenon may have occured was helpful in understanding the media in the future. Thanks Aaron Kinney and Salon for once again being an accurate source of information!
Sincerely,
Marcia Sarka
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I don't think racism had much to do with the misreporting of conditions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I say this because I saw several Black evacuees, who claimed to be eyewitnesses, speak of rapes, gangs, guns, crime, etc. that they allegedly observed in the two major New Orleans evacuation centers. Perhaps, these evacuees exaggerated their stories and the media simply reported these exaggerations as facts.
I also recall seeing a White doctor speaking with Nancy Grace on her Headline News show, about the criminal activities taking place in the convention center. Was he wrong? Possibly. Was he racist? No. Mistakes are made by human beings under the best of circumstances. I think we will have to forgive reporters who made mistakes during one of the worst natural disasters to have hit America, and hope for better reporting next time.
