'Katrinagate' fury spreads
Gabrielle Chwallek
Washington - "For God's sake, are you blind?," a woman shouts at the head of the federal emergency management agency (FEMA), Michael Brown.
"You're patting each other on the back, while people here are dying."
The woman is not a victim of Hurricane Katrina. She is a reporter with US television network MSNBC who is so affected by the misery she has witnessed she can hold back no longer...
... A number of US journalists who cover federal politics, especially television presenters, had become part of the political establishment, says Wells.
"They live in the same suburbs, go to the same parties. Their television companies are owned by large conglomerates who contribute to election campaigns."
It's a "perfect recipe" for fearful, self-censoring reportage, he says, but thinks "since last week, that's all over"...http://tinyurl.com/9vhan
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