A week ago it was the images we’re “used to seeing.”
Hurricanes come and go with an overwhelming buildup of an anchorman rigged in waders, duct taped to a tree with mobile homes flying past. The rain pours, winds swirl, and a week later it all ends.
Yet, as Alessandra Stanley points out in the NY Times, “After three days, Hurricane Katrina still looked nothing like what Americans are used to seeing.”
Cable news and the nets are now shifting from exposing the natural disaster to the human tragedy; stranded victims, mounting disorder, and enraged chaos.
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