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from JoeUser Forums
Well, I guess Pres. Bush has one again failed to, ummm, no actually it seems the Administration deserves some credit here but it seems that this doesn't deserve a lot of heavy MSM press.

VIOLET, Louisiana - The US Army Corps of Engineers has met its goal of fixing battered levees around New Orleans as the new hurricane season starts....

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't think the press should "praise" anybody.

But I do think the press should, pretty much by definition, report the progress of reconstruction efforts after a major disaster.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
Significant if you live in New Orleans.


So you didn't approve of all of the Katrina coverage? After all, that was only really significant if you lived in NO. The MSM reports the news it wants to not everything that is actually happening.

I do think it to be newsworthy because it meets several of the criteria.

1. Is the news informative and educational; is the audience getting information it normally would not know? Yes
2. What is the local or national effect of the news on the audience? The MSM blasted the CoE. Shouldn't they let the people know they did the job they said they would?
3. Is the story timely? We already have our first tropical storm. It doesn't get more timely.
4. How will the story impact those who see and hear it? It impacts people around me and I don't live in NO
5. Will the story arouse controversy because of varied sides, opinions, or solutions? The MSM and many others said it couldn't be done.
6. Are the people, places, or events well known or prominent? Uh Yeah.
7. Is there conflict on either a physical, moral, or emotional level in the story? Not so much this one
8. Is this a story that promotes human interest or empathy? A little
9. Does the story provide an update to any previous story? Ding! Ding! Ding!
10. Is this an event that is out of the ordinary, or is it unusual in any way? They did a near impossible task (in Louisiana that is)

This meets the criteria to be newsworthy. The only reason it isn't all over your TV screen is because the MSM didn't put it there.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
#26 by stubbyfinger
Mon, June 12, 2006 4:04 PM




I didn't "repeat back" anything you said. At all. Not even close.

#27 by stutefish
Mon, June 12, 2006 4:11 PM




I don't think the press should "praise" anybody.

But I do think the press should, pretty much by definition, report the progress of reconstruction efforts after a major disaster.


Exactly my point.

A "quick google" doesn't show any MSM coverage at all, at least none that I could find. A lot of blogs and a few minor news outlets. but nothing at all from the major outlets.

As for "ratings", I agree that's also a major problem with the press, putting ratings over acurate and informative reporting.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: stubbyfinger

Stubby, when the whole world is telling you that you missed the point (note I did not say wrong), perhaps you should step back, take a deep breath, then a chill pill and get with the plan!  Geez guy, you are like a broken record, playing the same sour note over and over and over when the crowd is yelling for you to move on!

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
That’s a stupid analogy.


sorry, I guess I was too obtuse. ;~D
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
Also, I do think this particular even is newsworthy.

The media narrative for Katrina established a pattern of government incompetence.

This event breaks from that pattern. That makes it newsworthy. The media has spent the last six months reporting stories convincing us that the government just doesn't do this sort of thing.

Now it turns out that the government does this sort of thing occasionally? Totally news.
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
Also, I do think this particular even is newsworthy.

The media narrative for Katrina established a pattern of government incompetence.

This event breaks from that pattern. That makes it newsworthy. The media has spent the last six months reporting stories convincing us that the government just doesn't do this sort of thing.

Now it turns out that the government does this sort of thing occasionally? Totally news.


Yow! Great one! yes, you are 100% correct. But to acknowledge the correction without Clinton is to be sacreligous. No way could Bush do something right.
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top


Reply By: ParaTed2kPosted: Monday, June 12, 2006That’s a stupid analogy.sorry, I guess I was too obtuse. ;~D


I apologize Parated2k, I did not appreciate you comparing me to that one track Bush hating machine. I voted for him twice and while critical I have always been respectful. My response here was about the MSM reporting on Government in general and did not refer solely to Bush or this administration.