Katrina fatigue boils over onto NBC Nightly News

[KamaAina]

Get used to it, people! This story is not going away! I've even noticed that Katrina-related posts here at DU are starting to sink as fast as though they had the "brazillion" joke...

http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/01/a_word_about_ou.html#below-fold

A necessary word about our coverage of the storm zone— specifically, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the City of New Orleans. Lately, a lot of viewers have felt the need to tell us what they think of our coverage, and we like that and we read them all. And while most of the e-mails we get are from folks wanting to thank us for our coverage, an increasing number do not....

A viewer in Houston writes, “I was very saddened by the damage caused by the hurricane and certainly support the re-building of New Orleans... but can’t we give this a rest?”

Another viewer writes: “I’m getting just plain sick and tired of hearing the constant drumbeat about New Orleans...”

Still another is even more direct: “ENOUGH. We’re sick and tired of 'the long road back.'"

These people make me want to :banghead: :argh: !!!

If anyone had said, "We're tired of all this 9/11 coverage. New York this, New York that." they would have been crucified and called un-American terraist-lovers. But while much of a different American city still lies in ruins, John Q. Public appears only too ready to move on to th really important issues of the day, like whether Jennifer Aniston knew that Brad and Angelina were expecting. :sarcasm:

I've actually switched, reluctantly, to the Neocon Bush** Cheerleaders, because it's the only place (other than the Internets, of course) I can get any idea what's going on down there (disclaimer: in what was my home town for a couple of years). I don't think they have nearly enough coverage. I think they could get rid of some of those bigamist bad-check-writing ex-husband stories on Dateline and replace it with Dateline: New Orleans. I think they could use the huge blocks of infomercial time weekends on CNBC for even more coverage. But the majority -- remember, the same majority that can't name even one Supreme Court justice -- thinks it can make this all go away simply by clicking the remote.

Guess what? They can't.

[CottonBear]

1. My thread from today on this very topic:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x248365

[jobycom]

2. A couple of local sites are the only ones I turn to

www.sunherald.com (Mississippi)

and

www.wwltv.com (New Orleans)

MSNBC's coverage of constant recovery instead of coverage of how bad things still are and how little attention the federal government is giving these areas has never made me happy, and they were the only ones who even remember the damned hurricane.

My favorite curse to Republicans now: May you one day have to rely on Bush.

[shance]

3. Who benefits from such lack of coverage? The Bush Administration.

What a great ploy to stop covering the New Orleans truth.

I don't even see a lot of coverage about it.

Sounds like a much needed propaganda push for the Administration while the hearings try and bring some light and truth to the matter.

[brainshrub]

4. The only people with the right to have Katrina fatigue are people in NO.

[jobycom]

6. And the forgotten zone in Mississippi--Bay St. Louis, Waveland,

Pearlington, Pass Christian (pronounced chriss-TYAN), Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs Pascagoula, Gautier. Another half-million people even more forgotten than the people of NOLA.

[donkeyotay]

5. This same tactic was used for the Abu Ghraib torture

They picked a handful of repulsive pictures and showed them over and over until people said please stop. They never honestly covered the story or it's real implications. The same with Katrina. Saturate people with images, but leave out investigating the government's role. We're just reaching The Contractors Get Rich; The People Get Screwed, Part II.

It feels like you've watched the news, but it's not news. It's perception management.

[KamaAina]

7. I hate to say "I told you so", but...

I've even noticed that Katrina-related posts here at DU are starting to sink as fast as though they had the "brazillion" joke...

C'mon. You know you need a break from wall-to-wall 24/7 Scalito. Seriously, the distinct possibility that millions of American citizens may be ready to throw in the towel on one of our country's most historic and iconic cities is worth more than a measly six replies (including mine!), don't you think?

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Scalitothon...