Television coverage of Hurricane Katrina gave the world an intimate,
often
ugly view of what life is really like in the inner cities of America.

No. What we see here is not an insight view of what you call inner cities.
the general public sees all of America. They (most of them) only see those
TV reports and believe that this is the same for all of the USA.

Really? I would hope that your reporters would be smart enough to know the
difference -- but perhaps your reporters are as thick as ours?

American inner cities are really quite concentrated, relatively small
geographic areas. They are very scary places that often the police fear to
enter, that are kept placated by (a) throwing lots of tax dollars at them,
and by (b) allowing all sorts of illegal, self-destructive behavior to
flourish, such as drug sales and usage.

This is apparently done in the mistaken belief that -- so long as "they only
kill each other" -- the rest of America can get on with business. It's an
awful thing, is terribly unfair to the inhabitants, and should be a major
concern of both political parties.

Of course, neither party cares, and neither addresses the issue in any
meaningful way.

But please try to spread the word that 99% of America is nothing like what
you have seen in the horribly biased Katrina coverage of late. (Although it
is getting better, at least in the U.S. We've been seeing more and more
coverage of the positive things that are going on in Louisiana...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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www.AlexisParkInn.com
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