Gary Drescher wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Yes, that is what the liberal media would have you believe and that is
why you mainly see black people on the roofs. It doesn't help the agenda
nearly as much to show a balanced cross section of those in desparate
straits.


Huh? Are you actually not aware that the vast majority of people stranded
in New Orleans are black? You think the journalists are just hiding the
pictures of the white folks when they pan their cameras down the streets
or around the stadium?

Majority, yes, 100%, no. I've not seen a white or Hispanic person yet
shown on a roof waiting. Are you actually not aware that the media shows
what is controversial rather than what actually is?


The news media craves dramatic imagery. Every available photograph of people
stranded on the roofs of nearly submerged houses is dramatic enough to get
wide circulation. Do you really suppose the media is suppressing the photos
of white people on rooftops?

It wouldn't surprise me at all. How many stories or photos have you
seen from Iraq that show anything postive there? Virtually none. Do
you believe that the only things happening in Iraq are car bombs? You
would if you watched only the national media in the USA. I see no
reason to suspect anything different vis-a-vis the coverage of the
Katrina disaster.


More importantly, do you have a shred of *evidence* to support such a
supposition? (For example, have you found such suppressed photos in the
right-wing news outlets or blogs?) And can you explain why the images of the
hurricane victims more generally (apart from the handful of available
rooftop photos) do *not* exclude the minority of white victims, if there's a
liberal conspiracy to show only the black ones?

The evidence is a long history of bias. There have also been severals
studies of this, but I don't have any at my finger tips.


It's not enough that the victims of this natural disaster are being blamed
by some. You've even figured out a way to blame the news media for *showing*
the victims if the victims are disproportionately black.

I've not blamed the victims of this disaster. I do blame the local and
state governments primarily and definitely believe the media coverage
has been pathetic, but the latter is no surprise as this has been the
case for at least 20 years and I seldom watch the national media any
longer other than Fox. Fox at least tries to give the appearance of
balance, which is more than ABC, NBC, CBS or, especially, CNN even
attempt. After seeing things like the fabricated exploding Chevrolet
truck gas tanks, I have 0% confidence in what I see on any of these
networks.


Matt