Foamy the Squirrel has some interesting criticism of the media’s performance in the aftermath of the Katrina disaster (warning, not safe for work).
This morning when I checked CNN, there was a nice example illustrating Foamy’s point. There about halfway down CNN’s list of Katrina-relates stories was this item,
CNN exclusive: Body carried on luggage rack
What, is Matt Drudge running CNN’s home page now? The actual headline to that story is New Orleans airport housing medical patients, and the story describes how FEMA personnel at an airport are so overwhelmed that they’re using unconventional methods such as luggage racks to move patients off of planes and into the treatment area.
But that apparently was sensational enough, so someone decided to go with “CNN exclusive: Body carried on luggage rack.”