Hurricane Katrina: Natural Disaster or The Best Rated Reality Show

For the people who went through the hell of Hurricane Katrina, it was a major disaster. For the television networks, you would think that it was some reality show or even a television mini-series of the week. I don't know how many times I heard a reporter ask, "Do you see any dead bodies ?" with an almost giddy undertone to their voice. Let us not forget the "On-Location" reporters who were roaming around talking to people, showing videos of looting and boating around the area reporting on the hardships, yet not once did I see them stop and comfort or even give a little something. Of course, then there was the great aftermath clips of 911 phone calls, helicopter footage and the cries of people in search of missing people (Do we really need to hear a 911 recording of a little kid about to drown in his attic, I THINK NOT!) that the networks played non-stop. The only thing worse are the celebrities (surrounded by camera, of course) running down there and screaming about how they are outraged about the disaster and how angry they are about how it was handled wrong (but. yet I don't see any of their giving the evacuees anything but some face time.)

Wait, I can't rant without dropping a note about the people who helped make most of this stuff possible (drum roll please) : The Politicians, whose lack of attention have caused this horrible event to go on longer and become worse then it had too. (also giving other people / Politicians the ammo they needed to attack with statements of racism and other shit, instead of just working to fix it.)

But that is just my view of things.
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